Kecskemét District

Kecskemét (Hungarian: Kecskeméti járás) is a district in northern part of Bács-Kiskun County. Kecskemét is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.

Kecskemét District

Kecskeméti járás
Districts of Hungary
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Kecskemét District within Hungary and Bács-Kiskun County.
Country Hungary
CountyBács-Kiskun
District seatKecskemét
Area
 • Total1,212.21 km2 (468.04 sq mi)
Area rank1st in Bács-Kiskun
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total155,481
 • Rank1st in Bács-Kiskun
 • Density128/km2 (330/sq mi)

Geography

Kecskemét District borders with Dabas District and Cegléd District (Pest County) to the north, Nagykőrös District (Pest County) to the northeast, Tiszakécske District to the east, Kiskunfélegyháza District to the south, Kiskőrös District and Kunszentmiklós District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Kecskemét District is 16.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county, 2 towns and 13 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2014)[1]

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

Religion in Kecskemét District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (45.0%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.3%)
  Calvinism (10.2%)
  Lutheranism (1.0%)
  Other religions (1.6%)
  Non-religious (14.0%)
  Atheists (1.2%)
  Undeclared (26.7%)

In 2011, it had a population of 155,481 and the population density was 128/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 155,481 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German and Roma (approx. 1,750), Romanian (700), Croat (150), Russian and Serb (200), Slovak, Bulgarian and Ukrainian (100).

Total population (2011 census): 155,481
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 141,203 persons:

Approx. 14,000 persons in Kecskemét District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

  • Downtown of Kecskemét
  • Aerial view of Kerekegyháza
  • Farm Museum in Lajosmizse
  • Aerial view of Városföld
  • Cifra Palace in Kecskemét
  • Műkertváros district of Kecskemét
  • Katona József Theater (Kecskemét)
  • Aerial view of Kecskemét

See also

References
  1. A KSH 2014. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. népesség.com, "Kecskeméti járás népessége"
  3. 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)
  4. 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)


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