Szarvas District
Szarvas 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.
Geography
Szarvas District borders with Mezőtúr District ' to the north, Gyomaendrőd District to the northeast, Békés District to the east, Békéscsaba District to the southeast, Orosháza District and Szentes District ' to the south, Kunszentmárton District ' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szarvas District is 6'''.Municipalities
The district has 2 towns, 2 large villages and 2 villages.The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 28,779 and the population density was 59/km².Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Slovak, Roma, German and Romanian.Total population : 28,779
Ethnic groups : Identified themselves: 28,588 persons:
- Hungarians: 24,801
- Slovaks: 2,820
- Gypsies: 514
- Others and indefinable: 453
Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:- Evangelical – 7,523;
- Catholic – 5,510 ;
- Reformed – 1,191;
- other religions – 338;
- Non-religious – 6,860;
- Atheism – 278;
- Undeclared – 7,079.