Kunszentmiklós District

Kunszentmiklós District Kunszentmiklósi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Kunszentmiklós District within Hungary and Bács-Kiskun County.
Country	Hungary
County	Bács-Kiskun
District seat	Kunszentmiklós
Area
• Total	769.81 km2 (297.23 sq mi)
• Rank	6th in Bács-Kiskun
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	29,998
• Rank	7th in Bács-Kiskun
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)

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.

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)

• Apostag (1,948)
• Dunaegyháza (1,504)
• Dunavecse (3,937)
• Kunadacs (1,566)
• Kunpeszér (649)
• Kunszentmiklós (8,515) – district seat
• Szabadszállás (5,896)
• Szalkszentmárton (2,827)
• Tass (2,906)

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	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): Identified themselves: 28,732 persons:

• Hungarians: 26,822 (93.35%)
• Gypsies: 883 (3.07%)
• Slovaks: 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:

• Catholic – 9,401 (Roman Catholic – 9,357; Greek Catholic – 43);
• Reformed – 8,306;
• Evangelical – 656;
• other religions – 799;
• Non-religious – 4,363;
• Atheism – 186;
• Undeclared – 6,287.

Gallery

• 
  Kunszentmiklós, Town Hall
• 
  Sluice near Tass
• 
  Aerial view of Szabadszállás
• 
  World War I Memorial and Reformed Church in Dunavecse

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

External links

• Postal codes of the Kunszentmiklós District