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Kecskemét District

Coordinates: 46°53′00″N 19°42′00″E / 46.8833°N 19.7000°E / 46.8833; 19.7000
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Kecskemét District
Kecskeméti járás
Flag of Kecskemét District
Official logo of Kecskemét District
Kecskemét District within Hungary and Bács-Kiskun County.
Kecskemét District within Hungary and Bács-Kiskun County.
Country Hungary
CountyBács-Kiskun
District seatKecskemét
Area
 • Total1,212.21 km2 (468.04 sq mi)
 • Rank1st in Bács-Kiskun
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total155,481
 • Rank1st in Bács-Kiskun
 • Density128/km2 (330/sq mi)

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.

Geography

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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

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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

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Religion in Kecskemét District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (45.0%)
  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

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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

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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ A KSH 2014. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. ^ népesség.com, "Kecskeméti 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]
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46°53′00″N 19°42′00″E / 46.8833°N 19.7000°E / 46.8833; 19.7000