Kunszentmiklós District

Kunszentmiklós (Hungarian: 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 Statistical Region.

Kunszentmiklós District

Kunszentmiklósi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Kunszentmiklós District within Hungary and Bács-Kiskun County.
Country Hungary
CountyBács-Kiskun
District seatKunszentmiklós
Area
 • Total769.81 km2 (297.23 sq mi)
Area rank6th in Bács-Kiskun
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total29,998
 • Rank7th in Bács-Kiskun
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)

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)[1]

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

Religion in Kunszentmiklós District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (31.2%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.1%)
  Calvinism (27.7%)
  Lutheranism (2.2%)
  Other religions (2.7%)
  Non-religious (14.5%)
  Atheists (0.6%)
  Undeclared (21.0%)

In 2011, it had a population of 29,998 and the population density was 39/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 29,998 n/a

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):[3] Identified themselves: 28,732 persons:

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]

See also

References
  1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. népesség.com, "Kunszentmiklósi járás népessége"
  3. 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)
  4. 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)


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