Jánoshalma District

Jánoshalma District Jánoshalmai járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Jánoshalma District within Hungary and Bács-Kiskun County.
Country	Hungary
County	Bács-Kiskun
District seat	Jánoshalma
Area
• Total	439.03 km2 (169.51 sq mi)
• Rank	10th in Bács-Kiskun
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	17,341
• Rank	11th in Bács-Kiskun
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)

Jánoshalma (Hungarian: Jánoshalmai járás) is a district in southern part of Bács-Kiskun County. Jánoshalma 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

Jánoshalma District borders with Kiskőrös District to the north, Kiskunhalas District to the north and east, Bácsalmás District to the south, Baja District to the west, Kalocsa District to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Jánoshalma District is 5.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns and 3 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)

• Borota (1,431)
• Jánoshalma (8,941) – district seat
• Kéleshalom (453)
• Mélykút (5,165)
• Rém (1,306)

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

Religion in Jánoshalma District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (65.6%)

  Calvinism (1.6%)

  Lutheranism (0.2%)

  Other religions (1.4%)

  Non-religious (8.2%)

  Atheists (0.5%)

  Undeclared (22.5%)

In 2011, it had a population of 17,341 and the population density was 39/km².

Year	County population	Change
2011	17,341	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 800) and German (150).

Total population (2011 census): 17,341
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 16,200 persons:

• Hungarians: 15,160 (93.58%)
• Gypsies: 767 (4.73%)
• Others and indefinable: 273 (1.69%)

Approx. 1,000 persons in Jánoshalma District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

• Catholic – 11,378 (Roman Catholic – 11,360; Greek Catholic – 15);
• Reformed – 273;
• Evangelical – 42;
• other religions – 247;
• Non-religious – 1,414;
• Atheism – 80;
• Undeclared – 3,907.

Gallery

• 
  Jánoshalma, Town Hall
• 
  Park in Mélykút
• 
  Historic Mill of Upper Bácska (Jánoshalma)
• 
  St. Joachim Church in Mélykút

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

External links

• Postal codes of the Jánoshalma District