Kalocsa District

Kalocsa District Kalocsai járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Kalocsa District within Hungary and Bács-Kiskun County.
Country	Hungary
County	Bács-Kiskun
District seat	Kalocsa
Area
• Total	1,062.27 km2 (410.14 sq mi)
• Rank	3rd in Bács-Kiskun
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	52,479
• Rank	4th in Bács-Kiskun
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)

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.

Geography

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.

Municipalities

The district has 3 towns, 2 large villages and 16 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)

• Bátya (2,060)
• Drágszél (326)
• Dunapataj (3,180)
• Dunaszentbenedek (865)
• Dunatetétlen (529)
• Dusnok (2,958)
• Fajsz (1,712)
• Foktő (1,628)
• Géderlak (1,020)
• Hajós (3,115)
• Harta (3,417)
• Homokmégy (1,398)
• Kalocsa (16,552) – district seat
• Miske (1,722)
• Ordas (420)
• Öregcsertő (809)
• Solt (6,488)
• Szakmár (1,237)
• Uszód (1,056)
• Újsolt (181)
• Újtelek (355)

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.

Demographics

Religion in Kalocsa District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (49.1%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.2%)

  Calvinism (11.4%)

  Lutheranism (2.5%)

  Other religions (1.2%)

  Non-religious (10.4%)

  Atheists (0.7%)

  Undeclared (24.5%)

In 2011, it had a population of 52,497 and the population density was 49/km².

Year	County population	Change
2011	52,497	n/a

Ethnicity

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): Identified themselves: 51,084 persons:

• Hungarians: 44,689 (87.48%)
• Germans: 2,951 (5.78%)
• Gypsies: 1,801 (3.53%)
• Croats: 1,005 (1.97%)
• Others and indefinable: 638 (1.25%)

Approx. 1,500 persons in Kalocsa District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

• Catholic – 25,901 (Roman Catholic – 25,773; Greek Catholic – 121);
• Reformed – 5,957;
• Evangelical – 1,299;
• other religions – 639;
• Non-religious – 5,484;
• Atheism – 379;
• Undeclared – 12,838.

Gallery

• 
  Kalocsa, the district seat
• 
  Fishing lake near Solt
• 
  Cellar Village of Hajós
• 
  Assumption Cathedral in Kalocsa

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

External links

• Postal codes of the Kalocsa District