Orosháza () is a district in south-western part of Békés County. Orosháza 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 Orosháza District is bordered by Szarvas District to the north, Békéscsaba District and Mezőkovácsháza District to the east, Makó District (Csongrád County) to the south, Hódmezővásárhely District and Szentes District (Csongrád County) to the west. There are eight inhabited places in Orosháza District.
Municipalities The district has two towns, two large villages and four villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 51,482 and the population density of .
Year County population"Orosházi járás népessége", Népesség Change 2011 51,482 n/a
Ethnicity Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Slovak (approx. 1,500), Roma (650), German (250) and Romanian (150).
Total population (2011 census): 51,482 Ethnic groups (2011 census):4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011 Identified themselves: 45,712 persons: Hungarians: 42,825 (93.68%) Slovaks: 1,460 (3.19%) Gypsies: 645 (1.41%) Others and indefinable: 782 (1.71%) Approx. 6,000 persons in Orosháza District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religion Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census: 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011
Catholic – 10,548 (Roman Catholic – 10,469; Greek Catholic – 77) Evangelical – 6,958 Reformed – 2,329 other religions – 920 Non-religious – 16,045 Atheism – 654 Undeclared – 14,028
Gallery
See also List of cities and towns of Hungary
References
External links Postal codes of the Orosháza District