Bélapátfalva District | |
Native Name: | Bélapátfalvai járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Bélapátfalva COA.jpg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Heves |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Bélapátfalva |
Area Total Km2: | 180.89 |
Area Rank: | 7th in Heves |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 8,978 |
Population Rank: | 7th in Heves |
Population Density Km2: | 50 |
Bélapátfalva (hu|Bélapátfalvai járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Heves County. Bélapátfalva is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. This district is a part of Bükk Mountains geographical region.
Bélapátfalva District borders with Ózd District and Kazincbarcika District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the north, Miskolc District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the east, Eger District to the south, Pétervására District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Bélapátfalva District is 8.
The district has 1 town and 7 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipality is the city.
In 2011, it had a population of 8,978 and the population density was 50/km2.
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 500).
Total population (2011 census): 8,978
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 8,209 persons:
7,695 (93.74%)
421 (5.13%)
Approx. 1,000 persons in Bélapátfalva District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]