Gyula District | |
Native Name: | Gyulai járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | District |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Gyula Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Békés |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Gyula |
Area Total Km2: | 413.22 |
Area Rank: | 9th in Békés |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 41,627 |
Population Rank: | 3rd in Békés |
Population Density Km2: | 101 |
Gyula (Hungarian: Gyulai járás; Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Districtul Jula) is a district in eastern part of Békés County. Gyula is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.
Gyula District borders with Sarkad District to the north, the Romanian county of Arad to the east and south, Mezőkovácsháza District to the southwest, Békéscsaba District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Gyula District is 4.
The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 1 village.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.
In 2011, it had a population of 41,627 and the population density was 101/km2.
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Romanian (approx. 2,500), German (1,250), Roma (1,000) and Slovak (150).
Total population (2011 census): 41,627
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 39,664 persons:
34,700 (87.48%)
2,382 (6.01%)
1,252 (3.16%)
808 (2.04%)
Approx. 2,000 persons in Gyula District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]