Orosháza District

Orosháza (Orosházi járás) is a district in south-western part of Békés County. Orosháza is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.

Geography
Orosháza District is bordered by Szarvas District to the north, Békéscsaba District and Mezőkovácsháza District to the east, Makó District (Csongrád County) to the south, Hódmezővásárhely District and Szentes District (Csongrád County) to the west. There are eight inhabited places in Orosháza District.

Municipalities
The district has two towns, two large villages and four villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) • Békéssámson (2,318)

• Csanádapáca (2,617)

• Gádoros (3,555)

• Kardoskút (885)

• Nagyszénás (5,070)

• Orosháza (28,910) – district seat

• Pusztaföldvár (1,700)

• Tótkomlós (5,780) The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.

Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 51,482 and the population density of 72 /km².

Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Slovak (approx. 1,500), Roma (650), German (250) and Romanian (150).

Total population (2011 census): 51,482 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 45,712 persons: Approx. 6,000 persons in Orosháza District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 42,825 (93.68%)
 * Slovaks: 1,460 (3.19%)
 * Gypsies: 645 (1.41%)
 * Others and indefinable: 782 (1.71%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Catholic – 10,548 (Roman Catholic – 10,469; Greek Catholic – 77)
 * Evangelical – 6,958
 * Reformed – 2,329
 * other religions – 920
 * Non-religious – 16,045
 * Atheism – 654
 * Undeclared – 14,028