Kiskőrös () is a district in central part of

Bács-Kiskun County Bács-Kiskun (, ) is a county (''vármegye'' in Hungarian) located in southern Hungary. It was created by the merger of the pre-World War II Bács-Bodrog and the southern parts of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun counties. With an area of 8,445 km2, ...

. ''

Kiskőrös Kiskőrös (, ''Kishkerish'', , ) is a town in Bács-Kiskun, Hungary. Kiskőrös is situated between the Danube and Tisza rivers at around . Sándor Petőfi, the national poet of Hungary, was born here. Geography Kiskőrös is the sixth bigge ...

'' 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

Kiskőrös District borders with

Kunszentmiklós District Kunszentmiklós () 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 Statistical Region. Geography ...

to the north,

Kecskemét District Kecskemét () is a district in northern part of Bács-Kiskun County. ''Kecskemét'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain, Southern Great Plain Statistical Region. Geogr ...

to the northeast,

Kiskunfélegyháza District Kiskunfélegyháza () is a district in eastern part of Bács-Kiskun County. ''Kiskunfélegyháza'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain, Southern Great Plain Statistical ...

and Kiskunmajsa District to the east,

Kiskunhalas District Kiskunhalas () is a district in south-eastern part of Bács-Kiskun County. '' Kiskunhalas'' 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 Kiskunh ...

to the southeast,

Jánoshalma District Jánoshalma () 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. Geography Jánoshalma D ...

to the south, Kalocsa District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Kiskőrös District is 15.

Municipalities

The district has 4

towns A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and 11 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 54,625 and the

population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...

was 48/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 1,500), Roma (1,400), Slovak (1,200) and Romanian (400). Total population (2011 census): 54,625
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 54,640 persons: *

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...

: 49,828 (91.19%) *

Germans Germans (, ) are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language. The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, constitution of Germany, imple ...

: 1,524 (2.79%) *

Gypsies {{Infobox ethnic group , group = Romani people , image = , image_caption = , flag = Roma flag.svg , flag_caption = Romani flag created in 1933 and accepted at the 1971 World Romani Congress , ...

: 1,434 (2.62%) *

Slovaks The Slovaks ( (historical Sloveni ), singular: ''Slovák'' (historical: ''Sloven'' ), feminine: ''Slovenka'' , plural: ''Slovenky'') are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history ...

: 1,152 (2.11%) *Others and indefinable: 702 (1.28%) Approx. 20 persons in Kiskőrös District did declare more than one 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 – 26,821 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 26,734;

Greek Catholic Greek Catholic Church or Byzantine-Catholic Church may refer to: * The Catholic Church in Greece * The Eastern Catholic Churches The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also known as the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Ea ...

– 82); *

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that emphasizes evangelism, or the preaching and spreading of th ...

– 8,789; *

Reformed Reform is beneficial change. Reform, reformed or reforming 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 Places * Reform, Al ...

– 4,473; *other religions – 1,740; *

Non-religious Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices. It encompasses a wide range of viewpoints drawn from various philosophical and intellectual perspectives, including atheism, agnosticism, religious skepticism, ration ...

– 3,716; *

Atheism Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the Existence of God, existence of Deity, deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the ...

– 273; *''Undeclared'' – 8,813.

Gallery

File:Kiskőrös városháza.JPG,

, Town Hall File:Izsák3.jpg, Aerial view of Izsák File:Kecel légifotó.jpg, Pintér Works Military Historical Park in Kecel File:Csonkatorony.jpg, Maimed tower in Soltszentimre

References

External links

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