Sarkad District

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.

Sarkad District Sarkadi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Sarkad District within Hungary and Békés County.
Coordinates: 46.74°N 21.38°E / 46.74; 21.38
Country	Hungary
County	Békés
District seat	Sarkad
Area
• Total	570.97 km2 (220.45 sq mi)
• Rank	6th in Békés
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	22,908
• Rank	9th in Békés
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)

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]

• Biharugra (839)
• Geszt (754)
• Körösnagyharsány (550)
• Kötegyán (1,355)
• Méhkerék (2,033)
• Mezőgyán (1,042)
• Okány (2,547)
• Sarkad (10,011) – district seat
• Sarkadkeresztúr (1,495)
• Újszalonta (98)
• Zsadány (1,639)

The bolded municipality is the 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:

• Hungarians: 19,758 (83.37%)
• Romanians: 1,940 (8.19%)
• Gypsies: 1,821 (7.68%)
• Others and indefinable: 181 (0.76%)

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]

• Reformed – 7,429;
• Catholic – 1,432 (Roman Catholic – 1,360; Greek Catholic – 72);
• Orthodox – 1,200;
• Evangelical – 76;
• other religions – 846;
• Non-religious – 6,932;
• Atheism – 214;
• Undeclared – 4,779.

Gallery

• 
  Sarkad, the district seat
• 
  Tisza Mansion in Geszt
• 
  Reformed Church in Sarkad
• 
  Landscape near Sarkad

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

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)

External links

• Postal codes of the Sarkad District