Bélapátfalva District

Bélapátfalva (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.

Geography
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.

Municipalities
The district has 1 town and 7 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) • Balaton (1,038)

• Bekölce (637)

• Bélapátfalva (2,996) – district seat

• Bükkszentmárton (305)

• Mikófalva (720)

• Mónosbél (416)

• Nagyvisnyó (938)

• Szilvásvárad (1,660) The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 8,978 and the population density was 50/km2.

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

Total population (2011 census): 8,978 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 8,209 persons: Approx. 1,000 persons in Bélapátfalva District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 7,695 (93.74%)
 * Gypsies: 421 (5.13%)
 * Others and indefinable: 93 (1.13%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Catholic – 4,246 (Roman Catholic – 4,218; Greek Catholic – 28);
 * Reformed – 1,274;
 * Evangelical – 20;
 * other religions – 96;
 * Non-religious – 1,081;
 * Atheism – 65;
 * Undeclared – 2,196.