Ráckeve District

Ráckeve (Hungarian: Ráckevei járás) is a district in southern part of Pest County. Ráckeve is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.

Ráckeve District

Ráckevei járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Ráckeve District within Hungary and Pest County.
Country Hungary
CountyPest
District seatRáckeve
Area
 • Total417.05 km2 (161.02 sq mi)
Area rank6th in Pest
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total35,732
 • Rank16th in Pest
 • Density86/km2 (220/sq mi)

Geography

Ráckeve District borders with Szigetszentmiklós District to the north, Dabas District to the east, Kunszentmiklós District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the south, Dunaújváros District and Martonvásár District (Fejér County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Ráckeve District is 11.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town, 2 large villages and 8 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]

The bolded municipality is city, italics municipalities are large villages.

Demographics

Religion in Ráckeve District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (36.0%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.6%)
  Calvinism (22.7%)
  Lutheranism (0.4%)
  Orthodoxy (0.7%)
  Other religions (1.3%)
  Non-religious (11.8%)
  Atheists (0.9%)
  Undeclared (25.6%)

In 2011, it had a population of 35,732 and the population density was 86/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 35,732 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 1,250), Roma (800), Serb (300) and Romanian (100).

Total population (2011 census): 35,732
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 33,858 persons:

Approx. 2,000 persons in Ráckeve 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 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. népesség.com, "Ráckevei 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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