Heves District | |
Native Name: | Hevesi járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | Coa Hungary Town Heves.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Heves |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Heves (town) |
Area Total Km2: | 697.68 |
Area Rank: | 2nd in Heves |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 35,036 |
Population Rank: | 4th in Heves |
Population Density Km2: | 50 |
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 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.
The district has 2 towns and 15 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities.
In 2011, it had a population of 35,036 and the population density was 50/km2.
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 5,500).
Total population (2011 census): 35,036
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 35,799 persons:
30,343 (84.76%)
5,182 (14.48%)
Approx. 1,000 persons in Heves District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]