For over 200 years there has been a deep tradition of grape production and winemaking in this region. As such, a large percentage of the town workforce has been devoted to the grape and wine industry. Kiskőrös is known for and the local population has strong ties to its wine-growing and winemaking. Winemaking in the town has been more or less a family-based business and multigenerational family winemaking has been an important part of the local culture and self-identity as well as a defining part of family tradition in many local families. The most well-known traditional grapes are: „Kövidinka” – “Ezerjó” – "Sárfehér", "Bianca" and the "Kadarka". Demographics Kiskőrös had 15,348 residents in 2001. The population is homogeneous with a Hungarian majority. (95.8% Magyars, 3.1% Slovaks, 1.4% Romani, 0.7% Germans etc.). The distribution of religions were: 46.4% Lutheran, 27.5% Roman Catholic, 4.5% Calvinist etc.). Personalities Sándor Petőfi (1823–1849), a Hungarian national poet and liberal revolutionary. Jenő Lasztovicza (1961–2015), a Hungarian horticultural engineer, politician and member of the National Assembly. Melinda Vincze (born 1983), a Hungarian former handballer Buildings and structures The museum at Sandor Petőfi's birth place is one of the most frequented museums in Kiskőrös. It has been a museum since 1880. Kiskőrös City Mayor's Office was built in 1893. East of Kiskőrös, there is a tall concrete tower used for FM radio and television broadcasting. Twin towns – sister cities Kiskőrös is twinned with: Krimpen aan den IJssel, Netherlands Lapua, Finland Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia Marghita, Romania Nesvady, Slovakia Stadtlengsfeld (Dermbach), Germany Tarnów, Poland Zhenjiang, China Gallery References Populated places in Bács-Kiskun County Slovak communities in Hungary Shtetls