Heves District

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

Heves District Hevesi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Heves District within Hungary and Heves County.
Country	Hungary
County	Heves
District seat	Heves (town)
Area
• Total	697.68 km2 (269.38 sq mi)
• Rank	2nd in Heves
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	35,036
• Rank	4th in Heves
• Density	50/km2 (100/sq mi)

Geography

Heves District borders with Füzesabony District to the northeast, Kunhegyes District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the southeast, Jászapáti District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the southwest, Gyöngyös District to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Heves District is 17.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns and 15 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)

• Átány (1,351)
• Boconád (1,248)
• Erdőtelek (3,174)
• Erk (881)
• Heves (10,464) – district seat
• Hevesvezekény (611)
• Kisköre (2,653)
• Kömlő (1,743)
• Pély (1,291)
• Tarnabod (662)
• Tarnaméra (1,603)
• Tarnaörs (1,804)
• Tarnaszentmiklós (820)
• Tarnazsadány (1,192)
• Tenk (1,166)
• Tiszanána (2,309)
• Zaránk (410)

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

Religion in Heves District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (54.4%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.2%)

  Calvinism (5.5%)

  Lutheranism (0.2%)

  Other religions (1.3%)

  Non-religious (14.5%)

  Atheists (0.4%)

  Undeclared (23.5%)

In 2011, it had a population of 35,036 and the population density was 50/km².

Year	County population	Change
2011	35,036	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 5,500).

Total population (2011 census): 35,036
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 35,799 persons:

• Hungarians: 30,343 (84.76%)
• Gypsies: 5,182 (14.48%)
• Others and indefinable: 274 (0.77%)

Approx. 1,000 persons in Heves District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

• Catholic – 19,112 (Roman Catholic – 19,045; Greek Catholic – 64);
• Reformed – 1,932;
• Evangelical – 66;
• other religions – 454;
• Non-religious – 5,095;
• Atheism – 158;
• Undeclared – 8,219.

Gallery

• 
  Heves, the district seat
• 
  Aerial view of Kömlő
• 
  Tisza Dam in Kisköre
• 
  Szeleczky Mansion in Boconád

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

External links

• Postal codes of the Heves District