Füzesabony District

Füzesabony (Füzesabonyi járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Heves County. Füzesabony is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography
Füzesabony District borders with Eger District to the north, Mezőkövesd District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) and Tiszafüred District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the east, Heves District to the southwest, Gyöngyös District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Füzesabony District is 16.

Municipalities
The district has 1 town, 1 large village and 14 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) • Aldebrő (649)

• Besenyőtelek (2,569)

• Dormánd (1,040)

• Egerfarmos (675)

• Füzesabony (7,781) – district seat

• Kál (3,501)

• Kápolna (1,575)

• Kompolt (2,098)

• Mezőszemere (1,232)

• Mezőtárkány (1,575)

• Nagyút (660)

• Poroszló (2,715)

• Sarud (1,126)

• Szihalom (1,938)

• Tófalu (526)

• Újlőrincfalva (250) The bolded municipality is city, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 30,416 and the population density was 53/km2.

Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,000), German (250) and Romanian (100).

Total population (2011 census): 30,416 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 29,126 persons: Approx. 1,500 persons in Füzesabony District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 25,815 (88.63%)
 * Gypsies: 2,775 (9.53%)
 * Others and indefinable: 536 (1.84%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Catholic – 15,809 (Roman Catholic – 15,694; Greek Catholic – 113);
 * Reformed – 1,539;
 * Evangelical – 45;
 * other religions – 611;
 * Non-religious – 3,711;
 * Atheism – 185;
 * Undeclared – 8,516.