Kalocsa District | |
Native Name: | Kalocsai járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | Coa Hungary Town Kalocsa.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Bács-Kiskun |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Kalocsa |
Area Total Km2: | 1,062.27 |
Area Rank: | 3rd in Bács-Kiskun |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 52,479 |
Population Rank: | 4th in Bács-Kiskun |
Population Density Km2: | 49 |
Kalocsa (Hungarian: Kalocsai járás; German: Kreis Kollotschau) is a district in western part of Bács-Kiskun County. Kalocsa is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.
Kalocsa District borders with Kunszentmiklós District to the north, Kiskőrös District to the east, Jánoshalma District to the southeast, Baja District to the south, Tolna District and Paks District (Tolna County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Kalocsa District is 21.
The district has 3 towns, 2 large villages and 16 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.
In 2011, it had a population of 52,497 and the population density was 49/km2.
Besides Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 3,000), Roma (1,800), Croat (1,000), Slovak and Romanian (100).
Total population (2011 census): 52,497
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 51,084 persons:
44,689 (87.48%)
2,951 (5.78%)
1,801 (3.53%)
1,005 (1.97%)
Approx. 1,500 persons in Kalocsa District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]