Kiskunhalas District | |
Native Name: | Kiskunhalasi járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Kiskunhalas Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Bács-Kiskun |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Kiskunhalas |
Area Total Km2: | 826.35 |
Area Rank: | 5th in Bács-Kiskun |
Population As Of: | 2022 census |
Population Total: | 41,032 |
Population Rank: | 5th in Bács-Kiskun |
Population Density Km2: | 49.65 |
Kiskunhalas (hu|Kiskunhalasi járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Bács-Kiskun County. Kiskunhalas is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.
Kiskunhalas District borders with Kiskunmajsa District to the northeast, Mórahalom District (Csongrád County) to the east, the Serbian district of North Bačka and Bácsalmás District to the south, Jánoshalma District to the west, Kiskőrös District to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Kiskunhalas District is 9.
The district has 2 towns and 7 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities.
In 2011, it had a population of 43,849 and the population density was 53/km2.
Year | County population[2] | Change | |
---|---|---|---|
2011 | 43,849 | n/a | |
2022 | 41,032 | -6,4% |
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,800), German (500), Serb and Croat (100).
Total population (2011 census): 43,849
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 41,062 persons:
38,161 (92.94%)
1,774 (4.32%)
479 (1.17%)
Approx. 3,000 persons in Kiskunhalas District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]