Bácsalmás District
Bácsalmási járás
Official logo of Bácsalmás District
Country Hungary
CountyBács-Kiskun
District seatBácsalmás
Area
  Total561.71 km2 (216.88 sq mi)
  Rank8th in Bács-Kiskun
Population
 (2011 census)
  Total20,094
  Rank9th in Bács-Kiskun
  Density52/km2 (130/sq mi)

Bácsalmás (Hungarian: Bácsalmási járás; German: Kreis Almasch) is a district in southern part of Bács-Kiskun County. Bácsalmás 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

Bácsalmás District borders with Jánoshalma District and Kiskunhalas District to the north, the Serbian districts of North Bačka to the east and West Bačka to the south, Baja District to the west and north. The number of the inhabited places in Bácsalmás District is 10.

Municipalities

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

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

Demographics

Religion in Bácsalmás District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (59.8%)
  Calvinism (5.2%)
  Lutheranism (0.2%)
  Other religions (0.9%)
  Non-religious (10.0%)
  Atheists (0.7%)
  Undeclared (23.1%)

In 2011, it had a population of 20,094 and the population density was 38/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 20,094 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 1,100), Croat (550), Roma (300) and Serb (100).

Total population (2011 census): 20,094
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 19,600 persons:

Approx. 500 persons in Bácsalmás 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, "Bácsalmási 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)

46°07′00″N 19°20′00″E / 46.1167°N 19.3333°E / 46.1167; 19.3333



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.