Baja District

Baja (Hungarian: Bajai járás; German: Kreis Baja) is a district in south-western part of Bács-Kiskun County. Baja is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.

Baja District Bajai járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Baja District within Hungary and Bács-Kiskun County.
Country	Hungary
County	Bács-Kiskun
District seat	Baja
Area
• Total	1,008.80 km2 (389.50 sq mi)
• Rank	4th in Bács-Kiskun
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	66,501
• Rank	2nd in Bács-Kiskun
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)

Geography

Baja District borders with Kalocsa District to the north, Jánoshalma District and Bácsalmás District to the east, the Serbian district of West Bačka to the south, Mohács District (Baranya County) and Szekszárd District (Tolna County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Baja District is 17.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town, 1 large village and 15 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)

• Bácsszentgyörgy (174)
• Baja (36,224) – district seat
• Bátmonostor (1,519)
• Csátalja (1,485)
• Csávoly (1,882)
• Dávod (2,003)
• Dunafalva (905)
• Érsekcsanád (2,830)
• Érsekhalma (599)
• Felsőszentiván (1,865)
• Gara (2,359)
• Hercegszántó (2,085)
• Nagybaracska (2,281)
• Nemesnádudvar (1,874)
• Sükösd (3,727)
• Szeremle (1,417)
• Vaskút (3,371)

The bolded municipality is city, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics

Religion in Baja District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (55.3%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.1%)

  Calvinism (3.9%)

  Lutheranism (0.5%)

  Orthodoxy (0.2%)

  Other religions (2.7%)

  Non-religious (11.3%)

  Atheists (0.9%)

  Undeclared (25.1%)

In 2011, it had a population of 66,501 and the population density was 66/km².

Year	County population	Change
2011	66,501	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 3,700), Croat (1,600), Roma (1,100), Serb (350) and Romanian (100).

Total population (2011 census): 66,501
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 63,845 persons:

• Hungarians: 56,380 (88.31%)
• Germans: 3,685 (5.77%)
• Croats: 1,632 (2.56%)
• Romani: 1,092 (1.71%)
• Others and indefinable: 1,056 (1.65%)

Approx. 3,000 persons in Baja District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

• Catholic – 36,891 (Roman Catholic – 36,793; Greek Catholic – 90);
• Reformed – 2,598;
• Evangelical – 315;
• Orthodox – 95;
• other religions – 1,789;
• Non-religious – 7,534;
• Atheism – 573;
• Undeclared – 16,706.

Gallery

• 
  Baja, Town Hall
• 
  Aerial view of Danube river in Szeremle
• 
  Wine cellars in Nemesnádudvar
• 
  St. Anne Chapel in Sükösd
• 
  Sugovica river near Baja
• 
  Franciscan Friary in Baja

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

External links

• Postal codes of the Baja District