Tiszakécske District

Tiszakécske (Tiszakécskei járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Bács-Kiskun County. Tiszakécske 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
Tiszakécske District borders with Nagykőrös District, Cegléd District (Pest County) and Szolnok District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the north, Kunszentmárton District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the east, Csongrád District (Csongrád County) to the southeast, Kiskunfélegyháza District to the southwest, Kecskemét District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Tiszakécske District is 5.

Municipalities
The district has 1 town, 2 large villages and 2 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) • Lakitelek (4,452)

• Szentkirály (1,940)

• Tiszaalpár (4,907)

• Tiszakécske (11,237) – district seat

• Tiszaug (899) The bolded municipality is city, italics municipalities are large villages.

Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 23,582 and the population density was 58/km2.

Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 450), German (200) and Romanian (100).

Total population (2011 census): 23,582 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 21,882 persons: Approx. 1,500 persons in Tiszakécske District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 20,957 (95.77%)
 * Gypsies: 429 (1.96%)
 * Others and indefinable: 496 (2.27%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Catholic – 12,252 (Roman Catholic – 12,200; Greek Catholic – 50);
 * Reformed – 2,387;
 * Evangelical – 52;
 * other religions – 258;
 * Non-religious – 3,146;
 * Atheism – 173;
 * Undeclared – 5,314.