Gyula District Explained

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.

Geography

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.

Municipalities

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.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 41,627 and the population density was 101/km2.

Ethnicity

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.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/hnk/hnk_2012.xls A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. népesség.com, "Gyulai járás népessége"
  3. 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, http://www.ksh.hu/nepszamlalas/tablak_teruleti_04
  4. 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, http://www.ksh.hu/nepszamlalas/tablak_teruleti_04