Bács-Kiskun county

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Bács-Kiskun
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Bács-Kiskun
County seat : Kecskemét
Surface: 8,445 km²
Residents: 511,419   as of 2016
Aerial view: Kecskemét

Bács-Kiskun [ ˈbaːʧ ˈkiʃkun ] is a county in southern Hungary . It borders on Serbia and on the counties of Baranya , Tolna , Fejér , Pest , Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Csongrád-Csanád . It has an area of ​​8444.90 km² and 511,419 inhabitants (as of 2016). The county seat is Kecskemét , other important cities are Kiskunfélegyháza , Kiskunhalas , Kalocsa and Baja .

geography

The area is part of the Great Hungarian Plain . In the west the county is bounded by the Danube and in the east reaches the Tisza .

structure

Former classification

With the government ordinance No. 218/2012 of August 13, 2012, the statistical small regions (Hungarian kistérség ) were abolished on January 1, 2013 and replaced by an approximately equal number of districts (Hungarian járás ). The small areas were retained for a while for planning and statistical purposes, but were finally abolished on February 25, 2014. Until the dissolution there were 10 small areas in the county. Three administrative units remained unchanged during the reform: Kiskőrös, Kiskunhalas and Kiskunmajsa.

Districts in Bács-Kiskun county

The following small areas ( kistérség ) existed in Bács-Kiskun County until the end of 2012

code Small area Administrative headquarters Population
(December 31, 2012) 		Area
in km² 		Number of
parishes		 including
cities
3301 Baja Baja 71,741 1190.18 20th 1
3302 Bácsalmás Bácsalmás 16,148 381.09 8th 1
3303 Kalocsa Kalocsa 50,847 1029.29 20th 3
3304 Kecskemét Kecskemét 172.423 1483.06 18th 4th
3305 Kiskőrös Kiskőrös 55,115 1130.33 15th 4th
3306 Kiskunfélegyháza Kiskunfélegyháza 44,637 717.51 9 1
3307 Kiskunhalas Kiskunhalas 43,735 826.35 9 2
3308 Kiskunmajsa Kiskunmajsa 19.206 485.13 6th 1
3309 Kunszentmiklós Kunszentmiklós 30,087 802.79 10 3
3310 Jánoshalma Jánoshalma 15,991 399.10 4th 2

Current classification

The Bács-Kiskun county is divided into 11 districts (Hungarian járás ) with 119 villages. Of these, the city of Kecskemét has county law (Hungarian Megyei jogú város ), 21 cities without county law (Hungarian varós ), 9 large municipalities (Hungarian nagyközség ) and 88 municipalities (Hungarian község ).

Location type number Area  (in km²) population Population
density  (Ew / km²)
absolutely proportionally on average absolutely proportionally on average
City with county law 1 322.57 3.82% 111,724 21.85% 346.4
Cities without county law 21st 2,827.43 33.48% 134.64 236.206 46.19% 11,248 83.5
Large municipalities 9 783.12 9.27% 87.01 32,288 6.31% 3,588 41.2
Communities 88 4,511.78 53.43% 51.27 131,201 25.65% 1,491 29.1
Bács-Kiskun in total 119 8,444.90 70.97 511.419 4,298 60.6

The current circles are:

code circle Circular seat Residents
(January 1, 2013) 		Area
in km² 		Number of
parishes		 including
cities
034 Bácsalmás Bácsalmás 19,983 522.54 10 1
035 Baja Baja 66,600 1008.80 17th 1
036 Jánoshalma Jánoshalma 17,297 439.03 5 2
037 Kalocsa Kalocsa 51,028 1062.27 21st 3
038 Kecskemét Kecskemét 156.413 1212.21 16 3
039 Kiskőrös Kiskőrös 55,115 1130.33 15th 4th
040 Kiskunfélegyháza Kiskunfélegyháza 36,856 582.37 6th 1
041 Kiskunhalas Kiskunhalas 43,735 826.35 9 2
042 Kiskunmajsa Kiskunmajsa 19.206 485.13 6th 1
043 Kunszentmiklós Kunszentmiklós 29,906 769.81 9 3
044 Tiszakécske Tiszakécske 23,791 405.99 5 1

Largest cities and towns

All places without a name are cities.

City / municipality German name Resident
January 1, 2016 		  City / municipality Resident
January 1, 2016
Kecskemét Ketchkemet 111,724 Szabadszállás 6.116
Baja Franconian city 35,411 Izsák 5,617
Kiskunfélegyháza Feulegass 29,138 Tiszaalpár, large municipality 4,920
Kiskunhalas Hallasch 27,470 Mélykút 4,841
Kalocsa Kolottschau 15,986 Helvécia, large parish 4,540
Kiskőrös Körösch 14,109 Tompa 4,413
Tiszakécske 11,743 Lakitelek, large parish 4,406
Lajosmizse 11,342 Dunavecse 3,824
Kiskunmajsa 11,216 Sükösd, large municipality 3,550
Jánoshalma 8,530 Ballószög, parish 3,504
Kecel 8,445 Orgovány, parish 3,357
Kunszentmiklós Saint Niklas 8,309 Akasztó, parish 3,348
Soltvadkert Wadkert 7,405 Vaskút, large municipality 3,347
Bácsalmás Heimerskirchen 6,496 Harta, large parish 3,285
Kerekegyháza 6,470 Dunapataj, large municipality 3,057
Solt 6.312 Hajós 3,013

Population development

Population development of the county

Dates in bold are census results.

date population date population
01/01/1960 1 589.744 01/01/2007 536.290
01/01/1970 570.064 01/01/2008 533.710
01/01/1980 571,448 01/01/2009 530.379
01/01/1990 546,898 01/01/2010 528.418
01/01/2001 547.954 01/01/2011 524.841
02/01/2001 546.517 October 01, 2011 520.331
01/01/2002 545.989 01/01/2012 521.852
01/01/2003 544.116 01/01/2013 519.930
01/01/2004 541,584 01/01/2014 516,892
01/01/2005 540,499 01/01/2015 513,687
01/01/2006 537,862 01/01/2016 511.419

1 1960: present population; otherwise resident population

Population development of the districts

Except for the district of Kecskemét, a negative population balance can be seen for all districts.

District name Population level on January 1st
2013 2014 2015 2016
Bácsalmás 19,983 19,780 19,417 19,064
Baja 66,600 66,143 65,581 65,038
Jánoshalma 17,297 16,997 16,662 16,433
Kalocsa 51,028 50,388 49,619 49,115
Kecskemét 156.413 156,475 156,571 156,627
Kiskőrös 55,115 54,678 54,397 54,153
Kiskunfélegyháza 36,856 36,541 36,271 36,184
Kiskunhalas 43,735 43,326 43,067 42,812
Kiskunmajsa 19.206 19,138 18,977 18,745
Kunszentmiklós 29,906 29,758 29,491 29,390
Tiszakécske 23,791 23,668 23,634 23,858
Bács-Kiskun county 519.930 516,892 513,687 511.419

History and culture

The name Kiskun ( German  Kleinkumanien ) goes back to the Turkic people of the Cumans , who settled here around 1240 after the Mongol storms. The southern part of the county is part of the Batschka landscape , most of which lies in Vojvodina .

The county was only formed in the course of the major county reform in 1950 from the Hungarian part of the Batschka (former Bács-Bodrog county ) and the southern part of the large Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun county .

partnership

The county maintains a district partnership with the Schwarzwald-Baar district in Germany .

See also

The State Directorate of Museums of Bács-Kiskun County is responsible for 12 county museums . The county seat is the city of Kecskemét .

  • Kecskemét, Museum of Naive Art
  • Kecskemét, Museum of the History of Medicine and Pharmacy
  • Kecskemét, József-Katona Memorial House
  • Kecskemét, Ráday Museum *
  • Kecskemét, School History Museum
  • Kecskemét, toy museum
  • Kecskemét, Hungarian Museum of Photography
  • Kecskemét, Bozsó Collection
  • Kecskemét, mineral collection
  • Kecskemét, musical instrument collection
  • Kecskemét, collection of folk arts and crafts

* County Museum

Web links

Commons : Bács-Kiskun county  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 6.1.1. Resident population by sex, January 1st (2001-) (STADAT table). KSH, accessed February 9, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January, 2013. (PDF) KSH, accessed on February 4, 2017 (Hungarian / English, also XLS file).
  3. ^ Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary. KSH, accessed February 4, 2017 (Hungarian / English).
  4. ↑ KSH: Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January, 2016. In: Minden helység adata. KSH, accessed on March 7, 2017 (Hungarian / English, also PDF file).
  5. ↑ Bács-Kiskun County Museums Directorate , BKMMI (Bács-Kiskun Megyei Múzeumok Igazgatósága)

Coordinates: 46 ° 30 '  N , 19 ° 25'  E