Kiskőrös District | |
Native Name: | Kiskőrösi járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Kiskörös Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Bács-Kiskun |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Kiskőrös |
Area Total Km2: | 1,130.33 |
Area Rank: | 2nd in Bács-Kiskun |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 54,625 |
Population Rank: | 3rd in Bács-Kiskun |
Population Density Km2: | 48 |
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.
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.
The district has 4 towns and 11 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities.
In 2011, it had a population of 54,625 and the population density was 48/km2.
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:
49,828 (91.19%)
1,524 (2.79%)
1,434 (2.62%)
1,152 (2.11%)
Approx. 20 persons in Kiskőrös District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]