Heves District

Heves (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.

Geography
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.

Municipalities
The district has 2 towns and 15 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) • Átány (1,351)

• Boconád (1,248)

• Erdőtelek (3,174)

• Erk (881)

• Heves (10,464) – district seat

• Hevesvezekény (611)

• Kisköre (2,653)

• Kömlő (1,743)

• Pély (1,291)

• Tarnabod (662)

• Tarnaméra (1,603)

• Tarnaörs (1,804)

• Tarnaszentmiklós (820)

• Tarnazsadány (1,192)

• Tenk (1,166)

• Tiszanána (2,309)

• Zaránk (410) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 35,036 and the population density was 50/km2.

Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 5,500).

Total population (2011 census): 35,036 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 35,799 persons: Approx. 1,000 persons in Heves District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 30,343 (84.76%)
 * Gypsies: 5,182 (14.48%)
 * Others and indefinable: 274 (0.77%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Catholic – 19,112 (Roman Catholic – 19,045; Greek Catholic – 64);
 * Reformed – 1,932;
 * Evangelical – 66;
 * other religions – 454;
 * Non-religious – 5,095;
 * Atheism – 158;
 * Undeclared – 8,219.