Pécs District | |
Native Name: | Pécsi járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | COA Hungary Town Pécs.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Baranya |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Pécs |
Area Total Km2: | 623.07 |
Area Rank: | 3rd in Baranya |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 189,036 |
Population Rank: | 1st in Baranya |
Population Density Km2: | 303 |
Pécs (Hungarian: Pécsi járás) is a district in central part of Baranya County, Hungary. Pécs is also the name of the town where the district seat is located. The district lies in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Pécs District borders Komló District and Bonyhád District (Tolna County) to the north, Pécsvárad District and Bóly District to the east, Siklós District to the south, Sellye District, Szentlőrinc District and Hegyhát District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Pécs District is 40.
The district has 1 urban county, 1 town and 38 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities.