| Szarvas District | |
| Native Name: | Szarvasi járás |
| Native Name Lang: | hu |
| Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
| Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Szarvas Címer.svg |
| Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | County |
| Subdivision Name1: | Békés |
| Seat Type: | District seat |
| Seat: | Szarvas |
| Area Total Km2: | 485.06 |
| Area Rank: | 8th in Békés |
| Population As Of: | 2011 census |
| Population Total: | 28,779 |
| Population Rank: | 7th in Békés |
| Population Density Km2: | 59 |
Szarvas (Hungarian: Szarvasi járás; Slovak: Sarvašský okres) is a district in western part of Békés County. Szarvas is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.
Szarvas District borders with Mezőtúr District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the north, Gyomaendrőd District to the northeast, Békés District to the east, Békéscsaba District to the southeast, Orosháza District and Szentes District (Csongrád County) to the south, Kunszentmárton District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szarvas District is 6.
The district has 2 towns, 2 large villages and 2 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.
In 2011, it had a population of 28,779 and the population density was 59/km².
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Slovak (approx. 3,000), Roma (500), German and Romanian (100).
Total population (2011 census): 28,779
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 28,588 persons:
24,801 (86.75%)
2,820 (9.86%)
514 (1.80%)
Approx. 200 persons in Szarvas District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]