Kiskunfélegyháza District

Kiskunfélegyháza (Hungarian: Kiskunfélegyházi járás) is a district in eastern part of Bács-Kiskun County. Kiskunfélegyháza is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.

Kiskunfélegyháza District Kiskunfélegyházi járás
Districts of Hungary
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Kiskunfélegyháza District within Hungary and Bács-Kiskun County.
Country	Hungary
County	Bács-Kiskun
District seat	Kiskunfélegyháza
Area
• Total	582.37 km^2 (224.85 sq mi)
• Rank	7th in Bács-Kiskun
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	37,455
• Rank	6th in Bács-Kiskun
• Density	64/km^2 (170/sq mi)

Geography

Kiskunfélegyháza District borders with Kecskemét District and Tiszakécske District to the north, Csongrád District (Csongrád County) to the east, Kistelek District (Csongrád County) and Kiskunmajsa District to the south, Kiskőrös District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Kiskunfélegyháza District is 6.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town, 1 large village and 4 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)^[1]

• Bugac (2,809)
• Bugacpusztaháza (297)
• Gátér (966)
• Kiskunfélegyháza (29,972) – district seat
• Pálmonostora (1,770)
• Petőfiszállás (1,478)

The bolded municipality is city, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics

Religion in Kiskunfélegyháza District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (60.0%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.2%)

  Calvinism (2.4%)

  Lutheranism (0.2%)

  Other religions (0.9%)

  Non-religious (9.4%)

  Atheists (0.7%)

  Undeclared (26.2%)

In 2011, it had a population of 37,455 and the population density was 64/km².

Year	County population^[2]	Change
2011	37,455	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 300), German (200) and Romanian (100).

Total population (2011 census): 37,455
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3] Identified themselves: 33,240 persons:

• Hungarians: 32,326 (97.25%)
• Others and indefinable: 914 (2.75%)

Approx. 4,000 persons in Kiskunfélegyháza District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:^[4]

• Catholic – 22,542 (Roman Catholic – 22,464; Greek Catholic – 72);
• Reformed – 899;
• Evangelical – 74;
• other religions – 349;
• Non-religious – 3,512;
• Atheism – 276;
• Undeclared – 9,803.

Gallery

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  Kiskunfélegyháza, Town Hall

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  Landscape near Bugac

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  Our Lady Church in Kiskunfélegyháza

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  Pusztaorság near Petőfiszállás

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

References

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

External links

• Postal codes of the Kiskunfélegyháza District

Coordinates: 46°41′00″N 19°49′00″E / 46.6833°N 19.8167°E / 46.6833; 19.8167