Békés county

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Békés
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Békés
County seat : Békéscsaba
Surface: 5,630 km²
Residents: 347,058   as of 2016
Békéscsaba

Békés [ ˈbeːkeːʃ ] is a county in southeast Hungary . It borders with Romania and with the counties of Csongrád-Csanád , Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Hajdú-Bihar . It has an area of ​​5,629.72 km² and a population of 347,058 (beginning of 2016). The county seat is Békéscsaba , other important cities are Békés , Orosháza , Szarvas and Gyula .

geography

The area is flat and forms part of the Great Hungarian Plain . The main river is the Körös (Kreisch) .

structure

Former classification

With the government ordinance No. 218/2012 of August 13, 2012, the statistical small regions (Hungarian kistérség ) were abolished on January 1, 2013 and replaced by an approximately equal number of districts (Hungarian járás ). The small areas were retained for a while for planning and statistical purposes, but were finally abolished on February 25, 2014. Until the dissolution there were 8 small areas in the county. Three administrative units remained unchanged during the reform: Guyla, Mezőkovácsháza and Sarkad.

The counties in Békés county

Until the end of 2012, the following small areas (kistérség) existed in Békès county

code Small area Administrative headquarters Population
(December 31, 2012)
Area
in km²
Number of
parishes
including
cities
3401 Békéscsaba Békéscsaba 71.903 450.73 6th 2
3402 Mezokovácsháza Mezokovácsháza 40,608 881.49 18th 4th
3403 Orosháza Orosháza 57,706 848.14 10 3
3404 Sarkad Sarkad 23,228 570.97 11 1
3405 Szarvas Szarvas 42,909 821.57 8th 2
3406 Szeghalom Szeghalom 39,366 1009.73 9 5
3407 Békés Békés 41,854 633.87 9 2
3408 Gyula Gyula 41,579 413.22 4th 2

Current classification

The Békés county is divided into 9 districts (Hungarian járás ) with 75 villages. One of them is a town with county law (Békéscsaba), 21 towns without county law (Hungarian varós ), 8 large municipalities (Hungarian nagyközség ) and 45 municipalities (Hungarian község ).

Location type number Area  (in km²) population Population
density  (Ew / km²)
absolutely proportionally on average absolutely proportionally on average
City with county law 1 193.93 3.44% 60.126 17.32% 310.0
Cities without county law 21st 2,940.30 52.23% 140.01 206.503 59.50% 9,833 70.2
Large community 8th 484.23 8.60% 60.53 25.193 7.26% 3.149 52.0
Communities 45 2,011.26 35.73% 44.69 55,236 15.92% 1,227 27.5
County Békés total 75 5,629.72 75.06 347.058 4,627 61.6

The current circles are:

code circle Circular seat Residents
(January 1, 2013)
Area
in km²
Number of
parishes
including
cities
045 Békés district Békés 37,259 525.24 7th 2
046 Békéscsaba Békéscsaba 82,424 636.16 9 3
047 Gyomaendrőd Gyomaendrőd 23,980 686.21 5 2
048 Gyula Gyula 41,579 413.22 4th 2
049 Mezőkovácsháza Mezőkovácsháza 40,608 881.49 18th 4th
050 Orosháza Orosháza 51,392 717.18 8th 2
051 Sarkad Sarkad 23,228 570.97 11 1
052 Szarvas Szarvas 28,558 485.06 6th 1
053 Szeghalom Szeghalom 30,125 714.19 7th 4th

Largest cities and towns

city Residents
(January 1, 2016)
Békéscsaba 60.126
Gyula 30,318
Orosháza 28.093
Békés 19,243
Szarvas 16,044
Gyomaendrőd 13,133
Mezőberény 10.148
Sarkad 9,808
Szeghalom 9.005
city Residents
(January 1, 2016)
Dévaványa 7,747
Vésztő 6,784
Mezőkovácsháza 6,059
Tótkomlós 5,902
Battonya 5,835
Füzesgyarmat 5,752
Mezőhegyes 5,274
Újkígyós 5,009
Nagyszénás 1 4,900
city Residents
(January 1, 2016)
Condoros 2 4,898
Csorvás 4,789
Elec 4,659
Körösladány 4,476
Doboz 1 4.026
Békésszentandrás 1 3,557
Medgyesegyháza 3,527
Gádoros 1 3,485
Kétegyháza 1 3,458

1 Large municipalities (Hungarian: nagyközség )
2 The large municipality of Kondoros (Szarvas district) received town charter in mid-2013

Population development

Population development of the county

Dates in bold are census results.

date population date population
01/01/1960 1 467.861 01/01/2007 382.190
01/01/1970 438,971 01/01/2008 376,657
01/01/1980 436.910 01/01/2009 371,322
01/01/1990 411,887 01/01/2010 366,556
01/01/2001 401.919 01/01/2011 361,802
02/01/2001 397.791 October 01, 2011 359,948
01/01/2002 399.061 01/01/2012 362,662
01/01/2003 396.131 01/01/2013 359.153
01/01/2004 392.845 01/01/2014 355.199
01/01/2005 389,590 01/01/2015 351.148
01/01/2006 385,847 01/01/2016 347.058

1 1960: present population; otherwise resident population

Population development of the districts

A negative population balance can be seen for all districts.

District name Population level on January 1st
2013 2014 2015 2016
Békés 37,359 36,877 36,279 35,745
Békéscsaba 82,424 81,694 81.113 80,613
Gyomaendrőd 23,980 23,642 23,343 23,118
Gyula 41,579 41,118 40,827 40.178
Mezőkovácsháza 40,608 40.186 39,661 39,032
Orosháza 51,392 50,893 50.294 49,699
Sarkad 23,228 22,926 22,728 22,449
Szarvas 28,558 28,103 27,638 27,221
Szeghalom 30,125 29,760 29,265 29.003
Békés county 359.153 355.199 351.148 347.058

History and culture

The county in its current form was created in the course of the county reform in 1950, it got its name from a county that previously existed under the same name but within smaller boundaries, see Békés county (historical) .

Museums

The State Directorate of Békés County Museums is responsible for 8 county museums . The county seat is the city of Békéscsaba .

  • Gyomaendrőd, museum of local history and creators
  • Gyomaendrőd, local history museum (Helytörténeti Múzeum)
  • Gyomaendrőd, motorcycle museum
  • Gyula , Ferenc Erkel Museum *
  • Gyula, János Corvin Museum *
  • Gyula, homestead museum
  • Kondoros , Tscharda Museum
  • Kondoros, Hungarian-Slovak Local History Museum

* County Museum

Web links

Commons : Békés county  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January, 2013. (PDF) KSH, accessed on February 4, 2017 (Hungarian / English, also XLS file).
  2. ^ Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary. KSH, accessed February 4, 2017 (Hungarian / English).
  3. KSH: Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January, 2016. In: Minden helység adata. KSH, accessed on March 7, 2017 (Hungarian / English, also PDF file).
  4. a b 6.1.1. Resident population by sex, January 1st (2001-) (STADAT table). KSH, accessed February 9, 2017 .
  5. Békés County Museums Directorate , BMMI (Békés Megyei Múzeumok Igazgatósága)

Coordinates: 46 ° 44 '  N , 21 ° 3'  E