Tiszakécske District

Tiszakécske District
Tiszakécskei járás
Districts of Hungary

Coat of arms

Tiszakécske District within Hungary and Bács-Kiskun County.
Country  Hungary
County Bács-Kiskun
District seat Tiszakécske
Area
 • Total 405.99 km2 (156.75 sq mi)
Area rank 11th in Bács-Kiskun
Population (2011 census)
 • Total 23,582
 • Rank 8th in Bács-Kiskun
 • Density 58/km2 (150/sq mi)

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.

Geography

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.

Municipalities

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.

Demographics

Religion in Tiszakécske District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (51.7%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.2%)
  Calvinism (10.1%)
  Lutheranism (0.2%)
  Other religions (1.1%)
  Non-religious (13.3%)
  Atheists (0.7%)
  Undeclared (22.7%)

In 2011, it had a population of 23,582 and the population density was 58/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 23,582 n/a

Ethnicity

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:

Approx. 1,500 persons in Tiszakécske District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. ↑ népesség.com, "Tiszakécskei járás népessége"
  3. ↑ 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)
  4. ↑ 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)

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