Bács-Kiskun ( hu, Bács-Kiskun megye, ) is a county (''megye'' in Hungarian) located in southern

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...

. It was created as a result of

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, merging the prewar Bács-Bodrog and the southern parts of

Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun is the name of an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Hungary, comprising the territory of the present Hungarian county Pest and the northern part of present Bács-K ...

counties. With an area of 8,445 km², Bács-Kiskun is the largest

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in the country. The terrain is mostly flat with slight emergences around Baja. The

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and largest city of Bács-Kiskun is

Kecskemét Kecskemét ( , sk, Kečkemét) is a city with county rights central part Hungary. It is the eighth-largest city in the country, and the county seat of Bács-Kiskun. Kecskemét lies halfway between the capital Budapest and the country's th ...

. The county is also part of the Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa euroregion.

Geography

The county is known across Europe for its natural environment.

Kiskunság National Park Kiskunság National Park ( hu, Kiskunsági Nemzeti Park) is a national park located in Danube–Tisza Interfluve mainly in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. It was created in 1975 and declared a biosphere reserve by the UNESCO. The park covers an a ...

is located in the area.

Location

Bács-Kiskun borders

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, Tolna, and Fejér on the west (across the

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); Pest to the north, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and

Csongrád Csongrád ( ro, Ciongrad; tr, Conğrad sr, Чонград, Čongrad, archaically also ''Црноград/Crnograd'') is a town in Csongrád County in southern Hungary. History At the time of the Hungarian Conquest (the end of 9th century) the ...

on the east, across the

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. To the south Bács-Kiskun shares the international border with

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. Bács-Kiskun lies on the

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. The difference between its highest and lowest elevations is only 80 m.

Rivers

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Lakes

Lake Szelid Lake Szelid ( hu, Szelidi-tó) is a lake in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. It contains of water. Geography An unusual salt lake formed from an old branch of the Danube, Lake Szelid can be found 4 km southeast from Dunapataj. The lake, ...

Lake Vadkert Lake Vadkert (sometimes also called ''Büdös-tó,'' "Stinky Lake") is a lake near the town of Soltvadkert, Hungary. It became one of the most popular tourist destinations in Hungary since it had similar features to Lake Balaton, but cheaper pri ...

Symbols

Etymology

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, it is known as ''Komitat Bács-Kiskun'', in Croatian and Serbian as ''Bačko-kiškunska županija'' and in Slovak as ''Báčsko-malokumánska župa''.

Coat of arms and flag

Coat of arms of Bács-Kiskun County is a modern creation based on older arms. The escutcheon is standing and shredded shield. The shield has a foam skirt with silver and blue shield. The arched upper edge of the shield has a three-barrel, oval-shaped, closed-door, golden wall clock. The flag is vertically divided into two equal sections (blue and white), with the coat of arms on it. Its ratio is 2:1. The use of both coat of arms and flag is regulated by the county council.

History

Bács-Kiskun county was created from the pre-1938 counties Bács-Bodrog and Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun. The county came into existence by the unification of some areas of

(southern half) and Bács-Bodrog county after

. The name Bács derives from the city of the same name, Bač in modern

(known as Bács in Hungarian), while Kiskun is Hungarian name for the region of

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Demographics

In 2015, it had a population of 513,687 and the

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was 61/km². Although the population is decreasing, the

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in the county is positive, unlike in any other regions in Hungary.

Ethnicity

The population of the county is almost homogeneous, with a Hungarian majority (94.1%). Some Croatian,

and Serbian people live around Hajós and Baja. Total population (2011 census): 520,331
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 475 004 persons: *

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: 445 978 (93,89%) *

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: 10 918 (2,30%) *

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: 9 528 (2,01%) *Others and indefinable: 8 570 (1,80%) Approx. 67,000 persons in Bács-Kiskun County did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census: *Catholic – 259,822 (

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– 258,758;

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– 998); * Reformed – 45,933; *

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being " born again", in which an individual expe ...

– 13,288; *

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– 387; *other religions – 9,279; *

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 ant ...

– 62,391; * Atheism – 4,436; *''Undeclared'' – 124,795.

Economy

Bács-Kiskun county accounted for 3.7% of the Gross Value Added of

in 2001. With almost EUR 1.9 billion, the GVA in Bács-Kiskun had increased by 50% compared to 1995.

Sectors

The

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accounted for 12.3% of the Gross Value Added of the county in 2001, and this was the highest share of any county. However, this share is declining over the years: it was 15.6% in 1995. The share of the secondary sector is relatively constant over the years, with 30.9% of the Gross Value Added in 2001 (compared to 29.5% in 1995). The tertiary sector's GVA has increased most, although it still had a low share (56.8%) compared to the country as a whole (64.4%).

Service and trade

Service and trade are the dominant sectors of Bács-Kiskun's economy, where privatisation occurred first. 80% of the industrial output is represented by the food, machine, wood, and printing industries. The more substantial companies in the region attracted more investment. In the course of privatisation the

cannery was purchased by Heinz, the Kiskunhalas textile mill partially by Levi's. During the privatisation, the Danube Knitting Mill in Baja was acquired by an American financial investment group Among the industrial companies operating in the area of Baja are UNILEVER Rt. producing deep- frozen products, the Bread factory of Bácska Sütoipari Rt., the

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of DÉLHÚS and the Pannonia Brewery. The local government of Baja are encouraging the expansion of foreign capital by reducing local taxes. There are approximately 39,600 firms in the county, representing 4.6% of the national total. The majority of companies employ only several people; indeed, 95% have 10 or fewer employees. Two percent of companies belong in the medium category, employing between 21 and 50 people, while the number and proportion of those employing 300 or more is very small.

Agriculture

Fruit, vegetable, corn and wheat production are the most successful branches of the region's agriculture. Compared to the other Hungarian counties, Bács-Kiskun has the second largest number of pigs (10% of the Hungarian pig stock) and 7% of cattle stock. The stock of sheep made up 194,000 at the end of 2002, 17.6% of Hungary's total stock and the largest in Hungary.

Transport

Road

On account of its central location, a great deal of the nation's traffic necessarily crosses the county. The total length of main roads in the county was 2,213 kilometres in 2002 so for every 100 square kilometres of land area, there are 26 kilometres of main road. Despite the fact that a great deal of labour has gone into improving the quality of the roads in the last decade, there has been a deterioration in their condition on account of their intensive use. Fifty-six kilometres of motorways crossed the county in 2002, making the road link with

and the

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. Highway M5 and Road 5 go through Bács-Kiskun. There are many second-class roads throughout the county, giving easy access to every village. The international railroad lines

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

- Subotica- Belgrade and the national railroad

Cegléd Cegléd (; german: Zieglet) is a city in Pest county, Hungary, approximately southeast of the Hungarian capital, Budapest. Name The name of the town is of disputed origin. The name may be derived from the word "szeglet" (meaning "corner") due t ...

Szeged Szeged ( , ; see also other alternative names) is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat of Csongrád-Csanád county. The University of Szeged is one of the m ...

pass through Bács-Kiskun as well.

Rail

The length of railways was of 641 kilometres in 2001 (32% electrified) and the most important lines in the county are between

and

and the route of the international express trains crossing Hungary in northwestern-southeastern direction leading to Belgrade. In addition to the main and secondary lines, there are a number of narrow gauge tracks for 'nostalgia trains' which operate as tourist attractions. Baja is the most important traffic junction of the southern part of the country. Its rail and public road junction is especially important due to the presence of the

bridge which provides a link between the

Southern Great Plain The Southern Great Plain ( hu, Dél-Alföld) is a statistical ( NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of Great Plain and North (NUTS 1) region. The Southern Great Plain includes three counties: * Bács-Kiskun * Békés * Csongrád-Csanád See ...

and the

Transdanubia Transdanubia ( hu, Dunántúl; german: Transdanubien, hr, Prekodunavlje or ', sk, Zadunajsko :sk:Zadunajsko) is a traditional region of Hungary. It is also referred to as Hungarian Pannonia, or Pannonian Hungary. Administrative divisions Trad ...

n region. The city has the best-equipped port in the country, where further development possibilities await the investors. At present a 120 places ro-ro port terminal is under construction.

Air

The only airport in the county, in

, is a military one, chiefly used for the delivery of goods and occasionally for receiving civil aircraft. However, the county can be reached from the nearby

Ferihegy Airport Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport ( hu, Budapest Liszt Ferenc Nemzetközi Repülőtér) , formerly known as ''Budapest Ferihegy International Airport'' and still commonly called just ''Ferihegy'', is the international airport serving t ...

of Budapest in less than an hour.

Politics

County Assembly

The county is governed by the

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, which is located in the

. The Bács-Kiskun County Council, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 23 counselors, with the following party composition:

President of the County Assembly

Members of the National Assembly

The following members elected of the

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during the 2022 parliamentary election:

Regional structure

Municipalities

Megyeszékhelyek - Bács-Kiskun megye - Kecskemét

Bács-Kiskun County has 1 urban county, 21

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, 7 large villages and 90 villages. Two-thirds of the population lives in the twenty cities/towns, among which the largest is the county seat, Kecskemét, where one-sixth of the total population resides. The town with the largest population density is

Kalocsa Kalocsa (; hr, Kaloča or ''Kalača''; sr, Kaloča or Калоча; german: Kollotschau) is a town in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. It lies south of Budapest. It is situated in a marshy but highly productive district, near the left bank of the ...

(353/km²), the lowest population density is in the village of Újsolt (6/km²). City/towns have an average population density of 126, while villages have an average of 36/km². Even though Bács-Kiskun is the fifth largest county of Hungary by population, the population density is less than half of the country's average. The villages are typically large. 13% of the population lives on farms and homesteads. ;City with county rights (ordered by population, as of 2011

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) *

(111,411) – county seat ;Towns * Baja (36,267) *

Kiskunfélegyháza Kiskunfélegyháza (; german: Feulegaß) is a city in Bács-Kiskun County, Hungary. Geography Kiskunfélegyháza is located in the middle of the Great Hungarian Plain, southeast from Budapest. M5 motorway, Highway 5, 451, Budapest–Cegléd–Sz ...

(30,172) *

Kiskunhalas Kiskunhalas (; german: Hallasch) is a city in the county of Bács-Kiskun, Hungary. Railroad The city is an important railway junction. It crosses the Budapest-Subotica-Belgrade railway line. The Kiskunfélegyháza railway ends in Kiskunhalas. ...

(28,285) *

(17,142) *

Kiskőrös Kiskőrös ( sk, Malý Kereš / Kiškereš, yi, קישקעריש ''Kishkerish'', german: Körösch, hr, Kireš) is a town in Bács-Kiskun, Hungary. Kiskőrös is situated between the Danube and Tisza rivers at around . Sándor Petőfi, the nati ...

(14,236) *

Kiskunmajsa Kiskunmajsa is a town in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. Twin towns – sister cities Kiskunmajsa is twinned with: * Bačka Topola, Serbia * Bad Schönborn, Germany * Baiyin, China * Gheorgheni, Romania * Lommatzsch, Germany * Lubliniec, Poland ...

(11,229) *

Tiszakécske Tiszakécske is a town in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary and the administrative centre of the Tiszakécske District Tiszakécske ( hu, Tiszakécskei járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Bács-Kiskun County. '' Tiszakécske'' is also the ...

(11,430) *

Lajosmizse Lajosmizse is a town in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. It is located at the end of a railway line from Budapest. History Lajosmizse is situated at the meeting point of north-south and east-west routes. Once the area was covered with groves, then ...

(11,050) *

Jánoshalma Jánoshalma () is a town in Bács-Kiskun county in southern Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the n ...

(9,008) *

Kecel Kecel is a town in Bács-Kiskun county, in southern Hungary. Croats in Hungary call this town ''Kecelj''. History The first documents mentioning Kecel date back to 1198. Like many other Hungarian towns, Kecel has lost its population during th ...

(8,711) *

Kunszentmiklós Kunszentmiklós (german: Sankt Niklas) is a town in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. The name is derived from the Cumans (Kun in Hungarian). Twin cities * Cristuru Secuiesc * Blumberg * Skorenovac * Karcag Karcag () is a large town in J� ...

(8,561) *

Soltvadkert Soltvadkert (german: Wadkert; hr, Vakier; yi, וואדקערט) is a town in Bács-Kiskun county in Hungary with approximately 8,000 inhabitants. The former name of the town is ''Vadkert''. It is surrounded by several areas of the Kiskunság Na ...

(7,309) *

Solt Solt (Croatian: ''Šolta'')Hrvatski glasnik br.35/2007.
Prvo mjesto na međunarodnome ...

(7,019) *

Bácsalmás Bácsalmás ( hr, Aljmaš or ; german: Almasch; sr, Аљмаш, Aljmaš) is a small town in southern Hungary in the region of Bácska ( Bács-Kiskun County) close to the border with the Vojvodina region of Serbia, with a population of 7,694 peopl ...

(6,753) *

Kerekegyháza Kerekegyháza is a town in Bács-Kiskun county, in southern Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the n ...

(6,284) *

Szabadszállás Szabadszállás is a small town in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary, 80 kilometres south of Budapest by rail. The town is surrounded by several areas of the Kiskunság National Park Kiskunság National Park ( hu, Kiskunsági Nemzeti Park) is a nati ...

(6,093) * Izsák (5,650) * Mélykút (5,200) * Tompa (4,267) *

Dunavecse Dunavecse is a town and municipality in Bács-Kiskun County in southern Hungary. 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 re ...

(3,881) * Hajós (3,104) ;Villages *

Akasztó Akasztó is a village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. It is surrounded by several areas of the Kiskunság National Park. Geography Akasztó covering an area of 64.88 km2 lies ...

* Ágasegyháza *

Apostag Apostag is a village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Croats in Hungary call this village ''Štagara''. Živko Mandić: Hrvatska imena naseljenih mjesta u Madžarskoj, Geog ...

* Ballószög * Balotaszállás * Bácsbokod Red pog

Bácsborsód Bácsborsód is a large village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of 72.52 km2 and has a population Population typically refers to the number o ...

* Bácsszentgyörgy * Bácsszőlős *

Bátmonostor Bátmonostor () 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 1503 people (2015). Demography Residents are Magyars. There is a small commun ...

* Bátya * Borota * Bócsa *

Bugac Bugac is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. It covers an area of and has a population of 2889 people (2010). The surrounding area, ''Bugac puszta'' is the largest of seven disjoint units ...

Bugacpusztaháza Bugacpusztaháza is a village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a ...

* Császártöltés * Csátalja *

Csávoly Csávoly (german: Tschawal, Croatian: ''Čavolj'', Serbian Cyrillic: Чавољ) is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. It is about far away from Baja. History Csávoly's history can be traced back to 1198. The village - under the n ...

Csengőd Csengőd is a village in Bács-Kiskun County, in the Southern Great Plain region of Hungary. Croats in Hungary call this village as ''Čengid''. Živko Mandić: Hrvatska imena naseljenih mjesta u Madžarskoj, Geography It covers an area o ...

* Csikéria * Csólyospálos * Dávod * Drágszél * Dunaegyháza *

Dunafalva Dunafalva (german: Donaudorf; hr, Topolovac; la, Contra Florentiam) is a village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. History The village was established in 1954 by Dunaszekcsőnek ...

Dunapataj Dunapataj is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. It lies north from Kalocsa. It is the administrative headquarters of the local museum. Lake Szelidi, a holiday resort and nature reserve with unique wildlife is away. The Calvinist Churc ...

Dunaszentbenedek Dunaszentbenedek ( hr, Sabendak) is a village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the numbe ...

* Dunatetétlen * Dusnok *

Érsekcsanád Érsekcsanád (Croatian: ''Čanad'' or ''Čenad'') is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. It is named after Csanád, the first head ''(comes)'' of the former Csanád County of Hungary in ...

Érsekhalma Érsekhalma (Croatian: ''Loma'') is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 702 people (2005). Partnership * Gheorghieni, Romania * Šuplja ...

Fajsz Fajsz (), also Falicsi (), was Grand Prince of the Hungarians from about 950 to around 955. All information on him comes from ''De administrando imperio'', a book written by the Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. No other contem ...

Felsőlajos Felsőlajos is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a ...

Felsőszentiván Felsőszentiván (Croatian: ''Gornji Sveti Ivan'' and ''Gornji Sentivan'') is a village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 2 ...

Foktő Foktő (Croatian: ''Voktov'') is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 1590 people (2015). References

Populated places in Bács-K ...

* Fülöpháza *

Fülöpjakab Fülöpjakab is a city in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a ci ...

Fülöpszállás Fülöpszállás 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 1657 people (2005). Gallery File:Feszület, Fülöpszállás 02.JPG, File: ...

Gara ''Gara'' (Basque: ''We Are'') is a bilingual (Basque/Spanish) newspaper published in the city of Donostia-San Sebastián in the Basque Autonomous Community. The newspaper's target market comprises the area of the Basque Country, but its cir ...

* Gátér *

Géderlak Géderlak () is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The ...

Harkakötöny Harkakötöny is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Croats in Hungary call this village ''Kotinj''. Živko Mandić: Hrvatska imena naseljenih mjesta u Madžarskoj, Geography It cove ...

* Harta

Helvécia Helvécia is a large village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. History Helvécia was founded in 1892 by Swiss-born teacher Heinrich Eduard Weber (Wéber Ede in Hungarian). After the great phyllox ...

Hercegszántó Hercegszántó ( hr, Santovo, sr, Сантово) is a village in the Bács-Kiskun County of Hungary, famous for being the birthplace of footballer Flórián Albert. Residents are Magyars, with minority of Serbs and Croats. Until the end of Wo ...

Homokmégy Homokmégy ( hr, Mieđa) is a village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Village history Őrjeg raised from a one-time branch of river Danube (Sár, Turján, Red marsh) as a bounda ...

* Imrehegy * Jakabszállás * Jászszentlászló *

Kaskantyú Kaskantyú is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of Hungary. Etymology The name is of Cuman origin. It comes from "qaçqınçıɣ", which means "like a fugitive". Geography It covers an area of and has a po ...

Katymár Katymár ( hr, Kaćmar; german: Katschmar or ; Bunjevac: ''Kaćmar'') 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 Population typicall ...

Kelebia Kelebia is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. The railway crossing into the Serbian province of Vojvodina is located here. Croats in Hungary call this village ''Kelebija''. Živko Ma ...

Kéleshalom Kéleshalom () 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 Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whe ...

* Kisszállás * Kömpöc *

Kunadacs Kunadacs 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 Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it ...

Kunbaja Kunbaja (german: Kumbaj or ) is a village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. The village name reflects the presence of Kumans in this region. Geography It covers an area of and h ...

* Kunbaracs * Kunfehértó * Kunpeszér * Kunszállás * Ladánybene *

Lakitelek Lakitelek is a large village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, wheth ...

Madaras Madaras ( hr, Madaraš) is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, ...

Mátételke Mátételke (Croatian: ''Matević'') is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. It is part of Bácsalmási subregions of Hungary, kistérség. Geography It covers an area of and has a population ...

Miske Miske () 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 Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it ...

Móricgát Móricgát 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 Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether i ...

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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 ...

* Nyárlőrinc *

Ordas Ordas is a village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single are ...

Orgovány Orgovány is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and had a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether ...

Öregcsertő Öregcsertő () 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 Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whe ...

Páhi Páhi 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 Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be ...

* Pálmonostora * Petőfiszállás * Pirtó *

Rém Rém () is a village and municipality ('' Hungarian: község'') in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordere ...

Soltszentimre Soltszentimre 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 Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, wheth ...

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 ...

Szakmár Szakmár () 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 Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether ...

* Szalkszentmárton * Szank * Szentkirály *

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 ...

Tabdi Tabdi is a village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Croats in Hungary call this village ''Tobdin''. Živko Mandić: Hrvatska imena naseljenih mjesta u Madžarskoj, Geograph ...

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Tataháza Tataháza (Croatian: ''Tataza'') 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 1,151 people (2018). Demography Magyars and small communi ...

Tázlár Tázlár is a village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. It is about 10 km away from its closest neighbor, Soltvadkert. Geography History Tázlár's name was changed to ''Pr ...

* Tiszaalpár Red pog

Tiszaug Tiszaug 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 Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it ...

* Uszód * Újsolt * Újtelek * Vaskút * Városföld *

Zsana Zsana 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 Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a ...

municipalities are ''large'' villages. There are also public, religion and private schools in Bács- Kiskun county. Primaries are almost in all of the villages and towns. Some of them are quite big, but there are actually small schools with only a few students. One of the oldest schools is the Calvinist Grammar School, which was founded in 1564. Religion schools are important in the county, as well as it is in this way all around in Hungary (in the county: Calvinist Grammar Schools- Kecskemét, Kiskunhalas, "Piarista" Catholic Grammar School, Kecskemét- for boys only-, "Angolkisasszonyok" Catholic Grammar School, Kecskemét- for girls only.). 100 years ago children could only learn in these schools, the first public grammar schools were founded only in the 1950s. Almost all of the religion schools were closed in the 1940s by the communist government, and were refounded only in the 1990s (like all of the Calvinist schools). The main public grammar schools of the county are the Bibó István Grammar School (Kiskunhalas), Bányai Júlia Grammar School (Kecskemét), Katona József Grammar School (Kecskemét) and III. Béla Grammar School (Baja). There are many competitions to the children in almost all of the subjects (mainly in Hungarian, English, German and Mathematics). There's only one University in Kecskemét, the Károli Gáspár Calvinist University of Law (it used to be the Calvinist Grammar School from 1991 to 1997). The College of Kecskemét have several fields of study, like Teacher, Gardener, and so on.

Miscellaneous topics

List of notable residents

Gallery

File:Városi Tanácsház (2253. számú műemlék) 4.jpg,

, the capital of the county File:Városháza (Grassalkovich-ház) (2123. számú műemlék).jpg, Town hall of Baja File:Csira-szék.jpg,

File:Cathédrale de Kalocsa.jpg, Cathedral in

File:Csonkatorony.jpg, Maimed Tower in

File:Petőfi szülőház Kiskőrös.JPG, House of

Sándor Petőfi Sándor Petőfi ( []; né Petrovics; sk, Alexander Petrovič; sr, Александар Петровић; 1 January 1823 – most likely 31 July 1849) was a Hungarian poet of Serbian origin and liberal revolutionary. He is considered Hungary' ...

File:R. k. kápolna (2346. számú műemlék) 2.jpg, Saint Anne Chapel in

File:Sáfrik-féle szélmalom (2302. számú műemlék).jpg, Windmill in

References

External links

Official site
in English, Hungarian, German, and French
Petőfi Népe (baon.hu) - The county portalInformation
in English, Hungarian, and German
The Archive of Bács-Kiskun County
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