Kalocsa ( hu, Kalocsai járás; german: Kreis Kollotschau) is a district in 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 ...
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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 ...
'' 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
Kalocsa District borders with
Kunszentmiklós District
Kunszentmiklós ( hu, Kunszentmiklósi járás) is a district in north-western part of Bács-Kiskun County. ''Kunszentmiklós'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Stat ...
to the north,
Kiskőrös District
Kiskőrös ( hu, Kiskőrösi járás) is a district in central part of Bács-Kiskun County. '' Kiskőrös'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.
G ...
to the east,
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.
...
to the southeast,
Baja District
Baja ( hu, Bajai járás; german: Kreis Baja) is a district in south-western part of Bács-Kiskun County. '' Baja'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Regi ...
to the south,
Tolna District
Tolna ( hu, Tolnai járás) is a district in eastern part of Tolna County. '' Tolna'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Tolna Distri ...
and
Paks District
Paks ( hu, Paksi járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Tolna County. ''Paks'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Paks Distr ...
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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 Kalocsa District is 21.
Municipalities
The district has 3
towns
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
, 2 large villages and 16 villages.
(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)
The bolded municipalities are cities, ''italics'' municipalities are large villages.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 52,497 and the
population density
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was 49/km².
Ethnicity
Besides Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 3,000), Roma (1,800), Croat (1,000), Slovak and Romanian (100).
Total population (2011 census): 52,497
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 51,084 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 ...
: 44,689 (87.48%)
*
Germans
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, region1 =
, pop1 = 72,650,269
, region2 =
, pop2 = 534,000
, region3 =
, pop3 = 157,000
3,322,405
, region4 =
, pop4 = ...
: 2,951 (5.78%)
*
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 ...
: 1,801 (3.53%)
*
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 ...
: 1,005 (1.97%)
*Others and indefinable: 638 (1.25%)
Approx. 1,500 persons in Kalocsa District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:
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*Catholic – 25,901 (
Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 25,773;
Greek Catholic The term Greek Catholic Church can refer to a number of Eastern Catholic Churches following the Byzantine (Greek) liturgy, considered collectively or individually.
The terms Greek Catholic, Greek Catholic church or Byzantine Catholic, Byzantine Ca ...
– 121);
*
Reformed
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Reform may also refer to:
Media
* ''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang
* Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group
* ''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine
*''Reforme'' ("Reforms"), initial name of the ...
– 5,957;
*
Evangelical
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– 1,299;
*other religions – 639;
*
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 ...
– 5,484;
*
Atheism
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– 379;
*''Undeclared'' – 12,838.
Gallery
File:Kalocsa Szentháromság tér.JPG, 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 ...
, the ''district seat''
File:Horgászparadicsom - panoramio.jpg, Fishing lake near
File:Hajós pincefalu.JPG, Cellar Village of Hajós
File:Cathédrale de Kalocsa.jpg, Assumption Cathedral in Kalocsa
See also
*
List of cities and towns of Hungary
Hungary has 3,152 Municipality, municipalities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: ''város'', plural: ''városok''; the terminology doesn't distinguish between city, cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations ...
References
External links
Postal codes of the Kalocsa District
Districts in Bács-Kiskun County
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