Eger District

Eger (Egri járás) is a district in eastern part of Heves County. Eger 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 lies between of Bükk Mountains and Mátra Mountains geographical region.

Geography
Eger District borders with Bélapátfalva District to the north, Mezőkövesd District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the east, Füzesabony District to the south, Gyöngyös District and Pétervására District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Eger District is 22.

Municipalities
The district has 1 urban county, 1 town and 20 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) • Andornaktálya (2,740)

• Bátor (407)

• Demjén (590)

• Eger (56,166) – district and county seat

• Egerbakta (1,434)

• Egerbocs (531)

• Egercsehi (1,377)

• Egerszalók (1,886)

• Egerszólát (1,062)

• Feldebrő (1,021)

• Felsőtárkány (3,358)

• Hevesaranyos (582)

• Kerecsend (2,304)

• Maklár (2,398)

• Nagytálya (844)

• Noszvaj (1,857)

• Novaj (1,390)

• Ostoros (2,670)

• Szarvaskő (385)

• Szúcs (401)

• Tarnaszentmária (225)

• Verpelét (3,812) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 87,939 and the population density was 146/km2.

Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 4,000), German (600), Romanian (150) and Slovak (100).

Total population (2011 census): 87,939 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 80,504 persons: Approx. 7,500 persons in Eger District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 74,703 (92.79%)
 * Gypsies: 3,712 (4.61%)
 * Others and indefinable: 2,089 (2.59%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Catholic – 40,397 (Roman Catholic – 39,948; Greek Catholic – 441);
 * Reformed – 5,241;
 * Evangelical – 281;
 * other religions – 1,501;
 * Non-religious – 13,897;
 * Atheism – 1,465;
 * Undeclared – 25,157.