Baja ( hu, Bajai járás; german: Kreis Baja) is a district in south-western part of

Bács-Kiskun County Bács-Kiskun ( hu, Bács-Kiskun megye, ) is a county (''megye'' in Hungarian) located in southern Hungary. It was created as a result of World War II, merging the prewar Bács-Bodrog and the southern parts of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun counties. Wit ...

. '' Baja'' 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

Baja District borders with

Kalocsa District Kalocsa ( hu, Kalocsai járás; german: Kreis Kollotschau) is a district in western part of Bács-Kiskun County. ''Kalocsa'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statis ...

to the north,

Jánoshalma District Jánoshalma ( hu, Jánoshalmai járás) is a district in southern part of Bács-Kiskun County. ''Jánoshalma'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region. ...

and

Bácsalmás District Bácsalmás ( hu, Bácsalmási járás; german: Kreis Almasch) is a district in southern part of Bács-Kiskun County. ''Bácsalmás'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Pla ...

to the east, the

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n district of West Bačka to the south,

Mohács District Mohács ( hu, Mohácsi járás) is a district in eastern part of Baranya County, Hungary. ''Mohács'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region. Geograp ...

''(

Baranya County Baranya ( hu, Baranya megye, ) is a county () in southern Hungary. It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region and the historical Baranya region, which was a county (''comitatus'') in the Kingdom of Hungary dating back to the 11 ...

)'' and Szekszárd District ''(

Tolna County Tolna ( hu, Tolna megye, ; german: Komitat Tolnau) is an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus or megye) in present Hungary as it was of the former Kingdom of Hungary. It lies in central Hungary, on the west bank of the ...

)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Baja District is 17.

Municipalities

The district has 1

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, 1 large village and 15 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipality is city, ''italics'' municipality is large village.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 66,501 and the

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was 66/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 3,700), Croat (1,600), Roma (1,100), Serb (350) and Romanian (100). Total population (2011 census): 66,501
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 63,845 persons: *

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali ...

: 56,380 (88.31%) *

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: 3,685 (5.77%) *

Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, G ...

: 1,632 (2.56%) *

Gypsies The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sign ...

: 1,092 (1.71%) *Others and indefinable: 1,056 (1.65%) Approx. 3,000 persons in Baja District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011,

' *Catholic – 36,891 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 36,793;

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– 90); *

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– 2,598; *

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– 315; *

Orthodox Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to: Religion * Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pa ...

– 95; *other religions – 1,789; *

Non-religious Irreligion or nonreligion is the absence or rejection of religion, or indifference to it. Irreligion takes many forms, ranging from the casual and unaware to full-fledged philosophies such as atheism and agnosticism, secular humanism and anti ...

– 7,534; *

Atheism Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no d ...

– 573; *''Undeclared'' – 16,706.

Gallery

File:Baja városháza.jpg, Baja, Town Hall File:Danubo ĉe Szeremle, 1.jpeg, Aerial view of

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river in

Szeremle Szeremle (Croatian: ''Srimljan'') is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 1414 people (2015). Demographics * Magyars * Croats R ...

File:Nemesnádudvar, borospincék 4.jpg, Wine cellars in

Nemesnádudvar Nemesnádudvar (german: Nadwar, hr, Dudvar or ) is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. The parish of Nádudvar was founded in 1739, separating from parish Hajós. Until 1724, there were Croats living in this parish, when archbishop Csák ...

File:R. k. kápolna (2346. számú műemlék).jpg, St. Anne Chapel in

Sükösd Sükösd (Croatian: ''Čikuzda'') is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. History The village was named after the Christian saint, St. Sixtus. In 1521, it was mentioned as ''Sykesd''. Orig ...

File:Sugovica Baja.jpg, Sugovica river near Baja File:Baja-Paduai Szent Antal Plébánia.jpg, Franciscan Friary in Baja

References

External links

Postal codes of the Baja District
Districts in Bács-Kiskun County {{Bacs-geo-stub