Pétervására District

Pétervására (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.

Geography
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.

Municipalities
The district has 1 town, 2 large villages and 17 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) • Bodony (714)

• Bükkszék (681)

• Bükkszenterzsébet (1,040)

• Erdőkövesd (640)

• Fedémes (309)

• Istenmezeje (1,525)

• Ivád (366)

• Kisfüzes (127)

• Mátraballa (714)

• Mátraderecske (1,839)

• Parád (1,964)

• Parádsasvár (409)

• Pétervására (2,464) – district seat

• Recsk (2,656)

• Sirok (1,846)

• Szajla (612)

• Szentdomonkos (447)

• Tarnalelesz (1,663)

• Terpes (194)

• Váraszó (492) The bolded municipality is city, italics municipalities are large villages.

Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 21,433 and the population density was 50/km².

Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 2,500).

Total population (2011 census): 21,433 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 21,622 persons: Approx. 200 persons in Pétervására District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 18,794 (86.92%)
 * Gypsies: 2,559 (11.84%)
 * Others and indefinable: 269 (1.24%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Catholic – 13,941 (Roman Catholic – 13,870; Greek Catholic – 68);
 * Reformed – 467;
 * Evangelical – 60;
 * other religions – 519;
 * Non-religious – 1,929;
 * Atheism – 137;
 * Undeclared – 4,380.