Nagykőrös District

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

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) • Kocsér (1,859)

• Nagykőrös (24,016) – district seat

• Nyársapát (1,949) The bolded municipality is the city.

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

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): Identified themselves: 25,043 persons: Approx. 3,000 persons in Nagykőrös District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 24,008 (95.87%)
 * Gypsies: 467 (1.86%)
 * Others and indefinable: 568 (2.27%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * 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.