Bácsalmás District

Bácsalmás (Bácsalmási járás; 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) • Bácsalmás (6,811) – district seat

• Bácsbokod (2,656)

• Bácsborsód (1,179)

• Bácsszőlős (349)

• Csikéria (868)

• Katymár (1,951)

• Kunbaja (1,562)

• Madaras (2,903)

• Mátételke (476)

• Tataháza (1,228) The bolded municipality is city, italics municipality is large village.

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

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): Identified themselves: 19,600 persons: Approx. 500 persons in Bácsalmás District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 17,512 (89.35%)
 * Germans: 1,062 (5.42%)
 * Croats: 568 (2.90%)
 * Gypsies: 291 (1.48%)
 * Others and indefinable: 167 (0.85%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Catholic – 12,041 (Roman Catholic – 12,019; Greek Catholic – 21);
 * Reformed – 1,048;
 * Evangelical – 36;
 * other religions – 169;
 * Non-religious – 2,016;
 * Atheism – 138;
 * Undeclared – 4,646.