title: Nagykőrös District
text: # Nagykőrös District
  
  Nagykőrös (Hungarian: Nagykőrösi járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Pest County. Nagykőrös is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Nagykőrös District borders with Cegléd District to the north, Tiszakécske District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the southeast, Kecskemét District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the southwest. The number of the inhabited places in Nagykőrös District is 3.
  
  ## Municipalities
  
  The district has 1 town and 2 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)
  
  * Kocsér (1,859)
  * Nagykőrös (24,016) – district seat
  * Nyársapát (1,949)
  
  The bolded municipality is the city.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  Religion in Nagykőrös District (2011 census)
  
  In 2011, it had a population of 27,977 and the population density was 80/km².
  
  | Year | County population | Change |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2011 | 27,977 | n/a |
  
  ### Ethnicity
  
  Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 500), German (150) and Romanian (100).
  
  Total population (2011 census): 27,977 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 25,043 persons:
  
  * Hungarians: 24,008 (95.87%)
  * Gypsies: 467 (1.86%)
  * Others and indefinable: 568 (2.27%)
  
  Approx. 3,000 persons in Nagykőrös District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
  
  ### Religion
  
  Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:
  
  * Catholic – 7,406 (Roman Catholic – 7,368; Greek Catholic – 37);
  * Reformed – 6,388;
  * Evangelical – 93;
  * other religions – 459;
  * Non-religious – 5,393;
  * Atheism – 236;
  * Undeclared – 8,002.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Downtown of Nagykőrös
  * Aerial view of Kocsér
  * János Arany Museum in Nagykőrös
  * Reformed Church in Nagykőrös
  