Tiszakécske District | |
Native Name: | Tiszakécskei járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Tiszakécske Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Bács-Kiskun |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Tiszakécske |
Area Total Km2: | 405.99 |
Area Rank: | 11th in Bács-Kiskun |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 23,582 |
Population Rank: | 8th in Bács-Kiskun |
Population Density Km2: | 58 |
Tiszakécske (Hungarian: Tiszakécskei járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Bács-Kiskun County. Tiszakécske is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.
Tiszakécske District borders with Nagykőrös District, Cegléd District (Pest County) and Szolnok District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the north, Kunszentmárton District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the east, Csongrád District (Csongrád County) to the southeast, Kiskunfélegyháza District to the southwest, Kecskemét District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Tiszakécske District is 5.
The district has 1 town, 2 large villages and 2 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipality is city, italics municipalities are large villages.
In 2011, it had a population of 23,582 and the population density was 58/km2.
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 450), German (200) and Romanian (100).
Total population (2011 census): 23,582
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 21,882 persons:
20,957 (95.77%)
429 (1.96%)
Approx. 1,500 persons in Tiszakécske District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]