Nagykőrös District

Nagykőrös (Hungarian: Nagykőrösi járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Pest County. Nagykőrös is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.

Nagykőrös District Nagykőrösi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Nagykőrös District within Hungary and Pest County.
Country	Hungary
County	Pest
District seat	Nagykőrös
Area
• Total	349.25 km^2 (134.85 sq mi)
Area rank	8th in Pest
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	27,977
• Rank	17th in Pest
• Density	80/km^2 (200/sq mi)

Geography

Nagykőrös District borders with Cegléd District to the north, Tiszakécske District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the southeast, Kecskemét District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the southwest. The number of the inhabited places in Nagykőrös District is 3.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town and 2 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]

• Kocsér (1,859)
• Nagykőrös (24,016) – district seat
• Nyársapát (1,949)

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

Religion in Nagykőrös District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (26.4%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.1%)

  Calvinism (22.8%)

  Lutheranism (0.3%)

  Other religions (1.7%)

  Non-religious (19.3%)

  Atheists (0.8%)

  Undeclared (28.6%)

In 2011, it had a population of 27,977 and the population density was 80/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	27,977	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 500), German (150) and Romanian (100).

Total population (2011 census): 27,977
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 25,043 persons:

• Hungarians: 24,008 (95.87%)
• Gypsies: 467 (1.86%)
• Others and indefinable: 568 (2.27%)

Approx. 3,000 persons in Nagykőrös District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

• Catholic – 7,406 (Roman Catholic – 7,368; Greek Catholic – 37);
• Reformed – 6,388;
• Evangelical – 93;
• other religions – 459;
• Non-religious – 5,393;
• Atheism – 236;
• Undeclared – 8,002.

Gallery

• 
  Downtown of Nagykőrös
• 
  Aerial view of Kocsér
• 
  János Arany Museum in Nagykőrös
• 
  Reformed Church in Nagykőrös

See also

• List of cities and towns in Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Nagykőrösi 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)

External links

• Postal codes of the Nagykőrös District