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Heves County Heves megye
Counties of Hungary
Descending, from top: Bél Stone near Bélapátfalva, View of Kékes, and View from Castle of Eger
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Heves County within Hungary
Country	Hungary
Region	Northern Hungary
County seat	Eger
Districts	7 districts Bélapátfalva District Eger District Füzesabony District Gyöngyös District Hatvan District Heves District Pétervására District
Government
• President of the General Assembly	Róbert Szabó (Fidesz-KDNP)
Area
• Total	3,637.21 km2 (1,404.33 sq mi)
Area rank	16th in Hungary
Population (2015)
• Total	301,296[1]
• Rank	14th in Hungary
Postal code	300x – 304x, 32xx – 33xx
Area code(s)	(+36) 36, 37
ISO 3166 code	.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} HU-HE
Website	www.hevesmegye.hu

Heves (Hungarian: Heves megye, pronounced [ˈhɛvɛʃ]) lies in northern Hungary. It lies between the right bank of the river Tisza and the Mátra and Bükk mountains. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest, Nógrád, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok. Eger is the county seat.

Tourist sights

• Lake Tisza


• Bükk National Park


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  Bélapátfalva, abbey


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  Castle and City of Eger
  


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  Erdőtelek Arboretum
  


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  Feldebrő, 11th century Romanesque church


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  Gyöngyös, Mátra Museum
  


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  Hatvan, Grassalkovich mansion


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  Kisnána castle


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  Noszvaj, De la Motte mansion


• Parád


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  Sirok castle


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  Szilvásvárad, Szalajka Valley


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  Szarvaskő, castle ruins

Geography

Heves county is a geographically diverse area; its northern part is mountainous (the Mátra and Bükk are the two highest mountain ranges in Hungary), while at south it includes a part of the Great Hungarian Plain. From south it is bordered by Lake Tisza, the largest artificial lake in Hungary. The average temperature is between 8 and 10 °C (higher on the southern parts of the county).

Rivers

• Zagyva


• Tarna


• Tisza


• Laskó

Highest point

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  Kékestető, Mátra Mountains (1014 m; highest in Hungary)

Lowest point

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  Kisköre (86 m.)

History

Demographics

In 2015, it had a population of 301,296 and the population density was 83/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
1949	316,273	n/a
1960	347,856	9.99%
1970	340,146	-2.22%
1980	350,360 (record)	3.00%
1990	334,408	-4.55%
2001	325,727	-2.60%
2011	308,882	-5.17%

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 19,000), Germans (1,000) Slovaks (500) and Romanians (500).

Total population (2011 census): 308,882

Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3]
Identified themselves: 279,714 persons:

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  Hungarians: 257,659 (92.12%)


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  Gypsies: 19,312 (6.90%)


• Others and indefinable: 2,743 (0.98%)

Approx. 43,000 persons in Heves County did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:^[4]

• Catholic – 162,014 (Roman Catholic – 160,885; Greek Catholic – 1,098);


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  Reformed – 14,729;


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  Evangelical – 1,084;


• Other religions – 4,894;


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  Non-religious – 43,193;


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  Atheism – 3,298;


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  Undeclared – 79,670.

Regional structure

District of Heves County

Gyöngyös 1938

Economy

Politics

Countyhall of Heves.

The Heves County Council, elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 15 counselors, with the following party composition:^[5]

Presidents of the General Assembly

Municipalities

Heves County has 1 urban county, 10 towns, 3 large villages and 107 villages.

City with county rights

(ordered by population, as of 2011 census)

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  Eger (56,569) – county seat

Towns

Villages

municipalities are large villages.

Gallery

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  Eger, the capital of the county
  

  
  

  
  


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  Autumn in the Bükk Mountains
  

  
  

  
  


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  Keglevich Mansion in Pétervására
  

  
  

  
  


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  Romanesque church in Bélapátfalva
  

  
  

  
  


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  Waterfall in the Szalajka Valley near Szilvásvárad
  

  
  

  
  


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  Grassalkovich Mansion in Hatvan
  

  
  

  
  


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  Lake Tisza is the 3rd largest lake of Hungary
  

  
  

  
  


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  Traditional residential house in Abasár
  

  
  

  
  

International relations

Heves County has a partnership relationship with:^[7][8]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Heves County.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Heves County.

External links

• 
  Official site in Hungarian


• Heves Megyei Hírlap (heol.hu) - The county portal

Coordinates: 47°50′N 20°15′E / 47.833°N 20.250°E / 47.833; 20.250