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
Kunszentmiklós District borders with
Ráckeve District ''(
Pest County)'' to the north,
Dabas District ''(Pest County)'' to the northeast,
Kecskemét District to the east,
Kiskőrös District and
Kalocsa District to the south,
Paks District ''(
Tolna County)'' and
Dunaújváros District ''(
Fejér County)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Kunszentmiklós District is 9.
Municipalities
The district has 3
towns and 6 villages.
(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)
The bolded municipalities are cities.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 29,998 and the
population density
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was 39/km
2.
Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 900), Slovak (550) and German (150).
Total population (2011 census): 29,998
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 28,732 persons:
*
Hungarians
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: 26,822 (93.35%)
*
Gypsies: 883 (3.07%)
*
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 ...
: 555 (1.93%)
*Others and indefinable: 472 (1.64%)
Approx. 1,000 persons in Kunszentmiklós 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 – 9,401 (
Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 9,357;
Greek Catholic – 43);
*
Reformed – 8,306;
*
Evangelical – 656;
*other religions – 799;
*
Non-religious – 4,363;
*
Atheism
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– 186;
*''Undeclared'' – 6,287.
Gallery
File:Városháza Kunszentmiklóson.jpg, Kunszentmiklós, Town Hall
File:Tassi zsilip.jpg, Sluice near Tass
File:Szabadszállás légifotó2.jpg, Aerial view of Szabadszállás
Szabadszállás is a small town in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary, 80 kilometres south of Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the ...
File:Kislak helye Dunavecsén.jpg, World War I
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Memorial and Reformed Church in Dunavecse
See also
*
List of cities and towns of Hungary
References
External links
Postal codes of the Kunszentmiklós District
Districts in Bács-Kiskun County
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