Kiskőrös District

Kiskőrös District Kiskőrösi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Kiskőrös District within Hungary and Bács-Kiskun County.
Country	Hungary
County	Bács-Kiskun
District seat	Kiskőrös
Area
• Total	1,130.33 km^2 (436.42 sq mi)
• Rank	2nd in Bács-Kiskun
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	54,625
• Rank	3rd in Bács-Kiskun
• Density	48/km^2 (120/sq mi)

Kiskőrös (Hungarian: Kiskőrösi járás) is a district in central part of Bács-Kiskun County. Kiskőrös 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

Kiskőrös District borders with Kunszentmiklós District to the north, Kecskemét District to the northeast, Kiskunfélegyháza District and Kiskunmajsa District to the east, Kiskunhalas District to the southeast, Jánoshalma District to the south, Kalocsa District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Kiskőrös District is 15.

Municipalities

The district has 4 towns and 11 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

• Akasztó (3,230)
• Bócsa (1,830)
• Császártöltés (2,323)
• Csengőd (2,020)
• Fülöpszállás (2,278)
• Imrehegy (694)
• Izsák (5,904)
• Kaskantyú (926)
• Kecel (8,687)
• Kiskőrös (14,259) – district seat
• Páhi (1,184)
• Soltszentimre (1,261)
• Soltvadkert (7,433)
• Tabdi (1,076)
• Tázlár (1,702)

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

Religion in Kiskőrös District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (48.9%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.2%)

  Lutheranism (16.1%)

  Calvinism (8.2%)

  Other religions (3.2%)

  Non-religious (6.8%)

  Atheists (0.5%)

  Undeclared (16.1%)

In 2011, it had a population of 54,625 and the population density was 48/km^2.

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	54,625	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 1,500), Roma (1,400), Slovak (1,200) and Romanian (400).

Total population (2011 census): 54,625
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 54,640 persons:

• Hungarians: 49,828 (91.19%)
• Germans: 1,524 (2.79%)
• Gypsies: 1,434 (2.62%)
• Slovaks: 1,152 (2.11%)
• Others and indefinable: 702 (1.28%)

Approx. 20 persons in Kiskőrös District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]

• Catholic – 26,821 (Roman Catholic – 26,734; Greek Catholic – 82);
• Evangelical – 8,789;
• Reformed – 4,473;
• other religions – 1,740;
• Non-religious – 3,716;
• Atheism – 273;
• Undeclared – 8,813.

Gallery

• 
  Kiskőrös, Town Hall
• 
  Aerial view of Izsák
• 
  Pintér Works Military Historical Park in Kecel
• 
  Maimed tower in Soltszentimre

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Kiskőrösi járás népessége"
3. 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [1]
4. 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [2]

External links

• Postal codes of the Kiskőrös District

46.6500°N 19.3333°E / 46.6500; 19.3333