Gyomaendrőd District | |
Native Name: | Gyomaendrődi járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | District |
Image Blank Emblem: | Coa Hungary Town Gyomaendrőd.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Békés |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Gyomaendrőd |
Area Total Km2: | 686.21 |
Area Rank: | 4th in Békés |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 23,943 |
Population Rank: | 8th in Békés |
Population Density Km2: | 35 |
Gyomaendrőd (Hungarian: Gyomaendrődi járás) is a district in north-western part of Békés County. Gyomaendrőd is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.
Gyomaendrőd District borders with Karcag District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the north, Szeghalom District and Békés District to the east, Szarvas District to the southwest, Mezőtúr District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Gyomaendrőd District is 5.
The district has 2 towns and 3 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities.
In 2011, it had a population of 23,943 and the population density was 35/km².
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 700) and German (200).
Total population (2011 census): 23,943
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 21,242 persons:
20,172 (94.96%)
688 (3.24%)
Approx. 2,500 persons in Gyomaendrőd District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]