Jánoshalma District | |
Native Name: | Jánoshalmai járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | Coa Hungary Town Jánoshalma.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Bács-Kiskun |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Jánoshalma |
Area Total Km2: | 439.03 |
Area Rank: | 10th in Bács-Kiskun |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 17,341 |
Population Rank: | 11th in Bács-Kiskun |
Population Density Km2: | 39 |
Jánoshalma (Hungarian: Jánoshalmai járás) is a district in southern part of Bács-Kiskun County. Jánoshalma is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.
Jánoshalma District borders with Kiskőrös District to the north, Kiskunhalas District to the north and east, Bácsalmás District to the south, Baja District to the west, Kalocsa District to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Jánoshalma District is 5.
The district has 2 towns and 3 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities.
In 2011, it had a population of 17,341 and the population density was 39/km2.
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 800) and German (150).
Total population (2011 census): 17,341
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 16,200 persons:
15,160 (93.58%)
767 (4.73%)
Approx. 1,000 persons in Jánoshalma District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]