Kiskunmajsa District

Kiskunmajsa District Kiskunmajsai járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Kiskunmajsa District within Hungary and Bács-Kiskun County.
Country	Hungary
County	Bács-Kiskun
District seat	Kiskunmajsa
Area
• Total	485.13 km^2 (187.31 sq mi)
• Rank	9th in Bács-Kiskun
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	18,908
• Rank	10th in Bács-Kiskun
• Density	39/km^2 (100/sq mi)

Kiskunmajsa (Hungarian: Kiskunmajsai járás) is a district in eastern part of Bács-Kiskun County. Kiskunmajsa 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

Kiskunmajsa District borders with Kiskunfélegyháza District to the north, Kistelek District (Csongrád County) to the east, Mórahalom District (Csongrád County) to the south, Kiskunhalas District and Kiskőrös District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Kiskunmajsa District is 6.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town and 5 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

• Csólyospálos (1,658)
• Jászszentlászló (2,458)
• Kiskunmajsa (11,766) – district seat
• Kömpöc (698)
• Móricgát (479)
• Szank (2,370)

The bolded municipality is a city.

Demographics

Religion in Kiskunmajsa District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (69.5%)

  Calvinism (3.4%)

  Lutheranism (0.4%)

  Other religions (1.3%)

  Non-religious (7.4%)

  Atheists (0.3%)

  Undeclared (17.7%)

In 2011, it had a population of 18,908 and the population density was 39/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	18,908	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 800) and German (200).

Total population (2011 census): 18,908
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 18,558 persons:

• Hungarians: 17,271 (93.06%)
• Gypsies: 829 (4.47%)
• Germans: 213 (1.15%)
• Others and indefinable: 245 (1.32%)

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

Religion

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

• Catholic – 13,135 (Roman Catholic – 13,116; Greek Catholic – 14);
• Reformed – 639;
• Evangelical – 74;
• other religions – 259;
• Non-religious – 1,395;
• Atheism – 52;
• Undeclared – 3,354.

Gallery

• 
  Kiskunmajsa, the district seat
• 
  Jóna Thermal Bath in Kiskunmajsa
• 
  Aerial view of Jászszentlászló
• 
  View of Jászszentlászló

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Kiskunmajsai 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 Kiskunmajsa District

46.4833°N 19.7167°E / 46.4833; 19.7167