Paks District

Paks (Hungarian: Paksi járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Tolna County. Paks is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.

Paks District Paksi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Paks District within Hungary and Tolna County.
Coordinates: 46.6084°N 18.8491°E / 46.6084; 18.8491
Country	Hungary
County	Tolna
District seat	Paks
Area
• Total	836.00 km2 (322.78 sq mi)
• Rank	2nd in Tolna
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	49,433
• Rank	2nd in Tolna
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)

Geography

Paks District borders with Sárbogárd District and Dunaújváros District (Fejér County) to the north, Kunszentmiklós District and Kalocsa District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the east, Tolna District and Szekszárd District to the south, Tamási District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Paks District is 15.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 12 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)^[1]

• Bikács (466)
• Bölcske (2,787)
• Dunaföldvár (8,722)
• Dunaszentgyörgy (2,555)
• Gerjen (1,203)
• Györköny (992)
• Kajdacs (1,262)
• Madocsa (1,935)
• Nagydorog (2,591)
• Németkér (1,715)
• Paks (19,481) – district seat
• Pálfa (1,572)
• Pusztahencse (955)
• Sárszentlőrinc (1,078)
• Tengelic (2,296)

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.

See also

• List of cities and towns in Hungary