Ráckeve District Explained

Ráckeve District
Native Name:Ráckevei járás
Native Name Lang:hu
Settlement Type:Districts of Hungary
Image Blank Emblem:HUN Ráckeve Címer.svg
Blank Emblem Type:Coat of arms
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Pest
Seat Type:District seat
Seat:Ráckeve
Area Total Km2:417.05
Area Rank:6th in Pest
Population As Of:2011 census
Population Total:35,732
Population Rank:16th in Pest
Population Density Km2:86

Ráckeve (Hungarian: Ráckevei járás) is a district in southern part of Pest County. Ráckeve is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography

Ráckeve District borders with Szigetszentmiklós District to the north, Dabas District to the east, Kunszentmiklós District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the south, Dunaújváros District and Martonvásár District (Fejér County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Ráckeve District is 11.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town, 2 large villages and 8 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1] The bolded municipality is city, italics municipalities are large villages.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 35,732 and the population density was 86/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 1,250), Roma (800), Serb (300) and Romanian (100).

Total population (2011 census): 35,732
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 33,858 persons:

30,997 (91.55%)

1,236 (3.65%)

775 (2.29%)

Approx. 2,000 persons in Ráckeve District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

See also

External links

47.1667°N 18.95°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/hnk/hnk_2013.xls A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. népesség.com, "Ráckevei járás népessége"
  3. 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, http://www.ksh.hu/nepszamlalas/tablak_teruleti_13
  4. 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, http://www.ksh.hu/nepszamlalas/tablak_teruleti_13