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Gyula District

Coordinates: 46°38′N 21°17′E / 46.64°N 21.28°E / 46.64; 21.28
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Gyula District
Gyulai járás
District
Official logo of Gyula District
Gyula District within Hungary and Békés County.
Gyula District within Hungary and Békés County.
Coordinates: 46°38′N 21°17′E / 46.64°N 21.28°E / 46.64; 21.28
Country Hungary
CountyBékés
District seatGyula
Area
 • Total413.22 km2 (159.55 sq mi)
 • Rank9th in Békés
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total41,627
 • Rank3rd in Békés
 • Density101/km2 (260/sq mi)

Gyula (Hungarian: Gyulai járás; Romanian: 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

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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

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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

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Religion in Gyula District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (20.4%)
  Calvinism (14.9%)
  Lutheranism (1.5%)
  Orthodoxy (3.4%)
  Other religions (2.8%)
  Non-religious (26.9%)
  Atheists (1.4%)
  Undeclared (28.1%)

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

Year County population[2] Change
2011 41,627 n/a

Ethnicity

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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:

Approx. 2,000 persons in Gyula District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

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See also

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References

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