Füzesabony District

Füzesabony (Hungarian: Füzesabonyi járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Heves County. Füzesabony is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

Füzesabony District Füzesabonyi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Füzesabony District within Hungary and Heves County.
Country	Hungary
County	Heves
District seat	Füzesabony
Area
• Total	578.55 km2 (223.38 sq mi)
• Rank	4th in Heves
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	30,416
• Rank	5th in Heves
• Density	53/km2 (140/sq mi)

Geography

Füzesabony District borders with Eger District to the north, Mezőkövesd District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) and Tiszafüred District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the east, Heves District to the southwest, Gyöngyös District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Füzesabony District is 16.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town, 1 large village and 14 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)

• Aldebrő (649)
• Besenyőtelek (2,569)
• Dormánd (1,040)
• Egerfarmos (675)
• Füzesabony (7,781) – district seat
• Kál (3,501)
• Kápolna (1,575)
• Kompolt (2,098)
• Mezőszemere (1,232)
• Mezőtárkány (1,575)
• Nagyút (660)
• Poroszló (2,715)
• Sarud (1,126)
• Szihalom (1,938)
• Tófalu (526)
• Újlőrincfalva (250)

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

Demographics

Religion in Füzesabony District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (51.6%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.4%)

  Calvinism (5.1%)

  Lutheranism (0.1%)

  Other religions (2.0%)

  Non-religious (12.2%)

  Atheists (0.6%)

  Undeclared (28.0%)

In 2011, it had a population of 30,416 and the population density was 53/km².

Year	County population	Change
2011	30,416	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,000), German (250) and Romanian (100).

Total population (2011 census): 30,416
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 29,126 persons:

• Hungarians: 25,815 (88.63%)
• Gypsies: 2,775 (9.53%)
• Others and indefinable: 536 (1.84%)

Approx. 1,500 persons in Füzesabony District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

• Catholic – 15,809 (Roman Catholic – 15,694; Greek Catholic – 113);
• Reformed – 1,539;
• Evangelical – 45;
• other religions – 611;
• Non-religious – 3,711;
• Atheism – 185;
• Undeclared – 8,516.

Gallery

• 
  Füzesabony, Pusztaszikszó Chapel
• 
  Aerial view of Besenyőtelek
• 
  Lake Tisza EcoCentrum in Poroszló
• 
  St. Peter and Paul Church in Kál

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

External links

• Postal codes of the Füzesabony District