Mezőtúr District
# Mezőtúr District

Mezőtúr (Hungarian: Mezőtúri járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. Mezőtúr is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. This district is a part of Nagykunság historical and geographical region.

## Geography

Mezőtúr District borders with Törökszentmiklós District and Karcag District to the north, Gyomaendrőd District (Békés County) to the east, Szarvas District (Békés County) and Kunszentmárton District to the south, Szolnok District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Mezőtúr District is 5.

## Municipalities

The district has 2 towns and 3 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)

* Kétpó (682)
* Mesterszállás (691)
* Mezőhék (317)
* Mezőtúr (17,337) – district seat
* Túrkeve (8,741)

The bolded municipalities are cities.

## Demographics

Religion in Mezőtúr District (2011 census)

In 2011, it had a population of 28,191 and the population density was 39/km².

| Year | County population | Change |
| - | - | - |
| 2011 | 28,191 | n/a |

### Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 1,000).

Total population (2011 census): 28,191 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 24,515 persons:

* Hungarians: 23,576 (96.17%)
* Gypsies: 618 (2.52%)
* Others and indefinable: 321 (1.31%)

Approx. 3,500 persons in Mezőtúr District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

### Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

* Reformed – 5,688;
* Catholic – 2,609 (Roman Catholic – 2,575; Greek Catholic – 34);
* Evangelical – 103;
* other religions – 185;
* Non-religious – 12,292;
* Atheism – 316;
* Undeclared – 6,998.

## Transport

### Road network

* Main road (NW→SE): Törökszentmiklós... – Mezőtúr District (2 municipalities: Kétpó, Mezőtúr) – ...Mezőberény

### Railway network

* Line 120 (NW→SE): Budapest... – Mezőtúr District (2 municipalities: Kétpó, Törökszentmiklós) – ...Lőkösháza
* Line 125 (N→E): Mezőtúr District (1 municipality: Mezőtúr) – ...Battonya

## Gallery

* Mezőtúr, Town Hall
* Aerial view of Kétpó
* Hortobágy-Berettyó river near Mezőtúr
* Reformed Church in Túrkeve
