Kecskemét
Kecskemét | |
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| Kecskemét Megyei Jogú Város | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Kecskemét Kecskemét Kecskemét | |
| Coordinates: 46°54′27″N 19°41′30″E / 46.9075°N 19.6917°E | |
| Country | Hungary |
| Region | Southern Great Plain |
| County | Bács-Kiskun |
| District | Kecskemét |
| Established | 9th century AD |
| Market town | 14th century AD |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Klaudia Szemerey-Pataki (Fidesz-KDNP) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Gyula Tamás Szeberényi (Fidesz-KDNP) Kornél Mák (Fidesz-KDNP) József Gaál (Independent) Tamás Homoki (Independent) |
| • Town Notary | Mária Berenténé Meskó |
| Area | |
| 321.36 km2 (124.08 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 105 m (344 ft) |
| Population (1 January 2016) | |
| 110,813 | |
| • Rank | 8th in Hungary |
| • Urban | 187,835 (8th) |
| Demonym | kecskeméti |
| Population by ethnicity | |
| • Hungarians | 84.8% |
| • Germans | 1.3% |
| • Gypsies | 1.1% |
| • Romanians | 0.3% |
| • Serbs | 0.1% |
| • Slovaks | 0.1% |
| • Croats | 0.1% |
| • Bulgarians | 0.1% |
| • Ukrainians | 0.1% |
| • Others | 1.1% |
| Population by religion | |
| • Roman Catholic | 39.7% |
| • Greek Catholic | 0.3% |
| • Calvinists | 10.2% |
| • Lutherans | 1.2% |
| • Jews | 0.1% |
| • Other | 1.6% |
| • Non-religious | 17.3% |
| • Unknown | 29.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 6000 to 6008, 6044 |
| Area code | (+36) 76 |
| Motorways | M5, M8 (planned), M44 (planned) |
| NUTS 3 code | HU331 |
| Distance from Budapest | 91.5 km (56.9 mi) Northeast |
| International airports | Kecskemét |
| MP | László Salacz (Fidesz) Gábor Zombor (Fidesz) |
| Website | kecskemet |
Kecskemét (US: /ˈkɛtʃkɛmeɪt/ KETCH-kem-ayt Hungarian: [ˈkɛt͡ʃkɛmeːt]) is a city with county rights in central Hungary. It is the eighth-largest city in the country, and the county seat of Bács-Kiskun.
Kecskemét lies halfway between the capital Budapest and the country's third-largest city, Szeged, 86 kilometres (53 miles) from both of them and almost equal distance from the two big rivers of the country, the Danube and the Tisza. It is the northern of two centres of the Hungarian Southern Great Plain (Hungarian: Dél-Alföld) region (with Bács-Kiskun, Békés and Csongrád Counties). The southern centre is Szeged, the seat of Csongrád County.