Kecskemét () is a district in northern 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, ...

. ''

Kecskemét Kecskemét ( ) is a city with county rights in central Hungary. It is the List of cities and towns of Hungary, eighth-largest city in the country, and the county seat of Bács-Kiskun County, Bács-Kiskun. Kecskemét lies halfway between the ca ...

'' 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

Kecskemét District borders with Dabas District and

Cegléd District Cegléd () is a district in south-eastern part of Pest County. ''Cegléd'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Cegléd District borders wit ...

''( Pest County)'' to the north,

Nagykőrös District Nagykőrös () is a district in the south-eastern part of Pest County, Hungary. ''Nagykőrös'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary, Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geo ...

''(Pest County)'' to the northeast,

Tiszakécske District Tiszakécske () 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 Tisza ...

to the east,

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 ...

to the south,

Kiskőrös District Kiskőrös () 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. Geography Kiskőrös Distr ...

and

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 west. The number of the inhabited places in Kecskemét District is 16.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county, 2

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 13 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2014) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 155,481 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 128/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German and Roma (approx. 1,750), Romanian (700), Croat (150), Russian and Serb (200), Slovak, Bulgarian and Ukrainian (100). Total population (2011 census): 155,481
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 141,203 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 ...

: 134,683 (95.38%) *

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 ...

: 1,748 (1.24%) *

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 , ...

: 1,734 (1.23%) *Others and indefinable: 3,038 (2.15%) Approx. 14,000 persons in Kecskemét 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 – 70,482 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 70,032;

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– 424); *

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– 15,788; *

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 ...

– 1,575; *other religions – 2,494; *

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 ...

– 21,788; *

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 ...

– 1,887; *''Undeclared'' – 41,467.

Gallery

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

File:Kerekegyháza1.jpg, Aerial view of

Kerekegyháza Kerekegyháza is a town in Bács-Kiskun county, in southern Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeas ...

File:Lajosmizsei Tanyamúzeum (ólak kamrával) 20130929 370.JPG, Farm Museum in

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 w ...

File:Városföld légifotó.jpg, Aerial view of

Városföld Városföld 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 2127 people (2015). References

Populated places in Bács-Kiskun Coun ...

File:Cifra Palota.jpg, Cifra Palace in Kecskemét File:Kecskemét kilátás.jpg, Műkertváros district of Kecskemét File:Katona József Színház (Kecskemét).jpg, Katona József Theater (Kecskemét) File:Megyeszékhelyek - Bács-Kiskun megye - Kecskemét.jpg, Aerial view of Kecskemét

References

External links

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