Sarkad District

Sarkad District
Sarkadi járás
Districts of Hungary

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Sarkad District within Hungary and Békés County.
Country  Hungary
County Békés
District seat Sarkad
Area
 • Total 570.97 km2 (220.45 sq mi)
Area rank 6th in Békés
Population (2011 census)
 • Total 22,908
 • Rank 9th in Békés
 • Density 40/km2 (100/sq mi)

Sarkad (Hungarian: Sarkadi járás; Romanian: Districtul Șercad) is a district in north-eastern part of Békés County. Sarkad 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

Sarkad District borders with Berettyóújfalu District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the north, the Romanian county of Bihor to the east, Gyula District to the south, Békéscsaba District, Békés District and Szeghalom District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Sarkad District is 11.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town and 10 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

The bolded municipality is city.

Demographics

Religion in Sarkad District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (32.4%)
  Lutheranism (0.3%)
  Catholic Church (5.9%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.3%)
  Orthodoxy (5.3%)
  Other religions (3.7%)
  Non-religious (30.3%)
  Atheists (0.9%)
  Undeclared (20.9%)

In 2011, it had a population of 22,908 and the population density was 40/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 22,908 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Romanian and Roma (approx. 2,000).

Total population (2011 census): 22,908
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 23,700 persons:

Approx. 1,000 persons in Sarkad District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. ↑ népesség.com, "Sarkadi járás népessége"
  3. ↑ 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)
  4. ↑ 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)

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