| Pétervására District | |
| Native Name: | Pétervásárai járás |
| Native Name Lang: | hu |
| Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
| Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Pétervására Címer.svg |
| Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | County |
| Subdivision Name1: | Heves |
| Seat Type: | District seat |
| Seat: | Pétervására |
| Area Total Km2: | 475.07 |
| Area Rank: | 5th in Heves |
| Population As Of: | 2011 census |
| Population Total: | 21,433 |
| Population Rank: | 6th in Heves |
| Population Density Km2: | 45 |
Pétervására (Hungarian: Pétervásárai járás) is a district created in 2013 in the north-western part of Heves County. Pétervására is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.
Pétervására District borders with Salgótarján District (Nógrád County) and Ózd District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the north, Bélapátfalva District and Eger District to the east, Gyöngyös District to the south, Bátonyterenye District (Nógrád County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Pétervására District is 20.
The district has 1 town, 2 large villages and 17 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipality is city, italics municipalities are large villages.
In 2011, it had a population of 21,433 and the population density was 50/km².
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 2,500).
Total population (2011 census): 21,433
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 21,622 persons:
18,794 (86.92%)
2,559 (11.84%)
Approx. 200 persons in Pétervására District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]