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 Statistical Region.
Geography Kecskemét District borders with Dabas District and Cegléd District (Pest County) to the north, Nagykőrös District (Pest County) to the northeast, Tiszakécske District to the east, Kiskunfélegyháza District to the south, Kiskőrös District and Kunszentmiklós District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Kecskemét District is 16.
Municipalities The district has 1 urban county, 2 towns and 13 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2014)A KSH 2014. évi helységnévkönyve
The bolded municipalities are cities.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 155,481 and the population density was 128/km2.
Year County populationnépesség.com, "Kecskeméti járás népessége" Change 2011 155,481 n/a
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):4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, Identified themselves: 141,203 persons: Hungarians: 134,683 (95.38%) Germans: 1,748 (1.24%) Gypsies: 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 Catholic – 70,032; Greek Catholic – 424); Reformed – 15,788; Evangelical – 1,575; other religions – 2,494; Non-religious – 21,788; Atheism – 1,887; Undeclared – 41,467.
Gallery
See also List of cities and towns of Hungary
References
External links Postal codes of the Kecskemét District