Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
County seat :	Miskolc
Surface:	7,247 km²
Residents:	660,549   as of 2016

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén [ ˈborʃod ˈɒbɒ.uːj ˈzɛmpleːn ] is a county in northern Hungary . It borders Slovakia in the north and the counties of Nógrád , Heves , Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok , Hajdú-Bihar and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg . It has an area of ​​7,247.23 km² and 660,549 inhabitants (2016). The county seat is Miskolc , other important places are Sátoraljaújhely , Ózd , Tiszaújváros and the wine town Tokaj with the Tokaj wine region .

geography

The area is hilly and in the west mainly characterized by the Bükk Mountains. The landscape becomes flatter to the southeast towards the Tisza . Tributaries of the Tisza are Sajó and Bodrog .

To the north-east of the county in Slovakia, the Zemplín region joins, which makes up the Slovak part of the old Zemplén county .

Aerial view: Miskolc

Tokaj Castle

Szerencs Castle

structure

Former classification

With the government ordinance No. 218/2012 of August 13, 2012, the statistical small regions (Hungarian kistérség ) were abolished on January 1, 2013 and replaced by an approximately equal number of districts (Hungarian járás ). The small areas were retained for a while for planning and statistical purposes, but were finally abolished on February 25, 2014. Until the dissolution there were 15 small areas in the county. Two administrative units (Sárospatak and Tokaj) remained unchanged in their borders during the reform.

Counties in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county

Until the end of 2012, the following small areas ( kistérség ) existed in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County

code	Small area	Administrative headquarters	Population (December 31, 2012)	Area in km²	Number of parishes	including cities
3501	Miskolc	Miskolc	257,559	1006.37	40	7th
3502	Edelény	Edelény	34,844	783.23	47	2
3503	Encs	Encs	23,492	449.45	36	1
3504	Kazincbarcika	Kazincbarcika	57,972	460.00	32	2
3505	Mezokövesd	Mezokövesd	41,749	679.63	21st	2
3506	Ózd	Ózd	67,963	549.74	29	3
3507	Sárospatak	Sárospatak	25,057	477.67	16	1
3508	Sátoraljaújhely	Sátoraljaújhely	21,665	310.99	19th	2
3509	Szerencsi	Szerencs	41,937	498.92	18th	1
3510	Szikszó	Szikszó	18,335	299.95	23	1
3511	Tiszaújváros	Tiszaújváros	32,514	256.27	16	1
3512	Abaúj-Hegyköz	Gönc	14,446	440.52	24	2
3513	Bodrogköz	Cigand	17.302	400.38	17th	1
3514	Mezőcsát	Mezocsát	14,132	378.49	9	1
3515	Tokaj	Tokaj	13,383	255.81	11	1

Current classification

The Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county is divided into 16 districts (Hungarian járás ) with 358 villages. Of these, the city of Miskolc has county law (Hungarian Megyei jogú város ), 28 cities without county law (Hungarian város ), 9 large municipalities (Hungarian nagyközség ) and 88 municipalities (Hungarian község ).

Location type	number	Area  (in km²)			Population  on January 1, 2016			Population density  (Ew / km²)
		absolutely	proportionally	on average	absolutely	proportionally	on average
City with county law	1	236.67	3.27%		158.101	23.93%		668.0
Cities without county law	28	1,325.66	18.29%	47.35	229,586	34.76%	8,200	173.2
Large municipalities	9	278.17	3.84%	30.91	28,631	4.33%	3,181	102.9
Communities	320	5,406.73	74.60%	16.90	244.231	36.97%	763	45.2
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	358	7,247.23		20.24	660,549		1,845	91.1

The current circles are:

code	circle	Circular seat	Residents (January 1, 2013)	Area in km²	Number of parishes	including cities
054	Cigand	Cigand	16,294	389.99	15th	1
055	Edelény	Edelény	34,012	717.86	45	2
056	Encs	Encs	21,783	378.39	29	1
057	Gönc	Gönc	19,459	549.67	32	2
058	Kazincbarcika	Kazincbarcika	65,823	341.70	22nd	3
059	Mezőcsát	Mezőcsát	14,635	351.27	8th	1
060	Mezőkövesd	Mezőkövesd	42,442	723.87	23	2
061	Miskolc	Miskolc	245.384	972.80	39	7th
062	Ózd	Ózd	54,527	385.57	17th	2
063	Putnok	Putnok	19,252	391.25	26th	1
064	Sárospatak	Sárospatak	25,057	477.67	16	1
065	Sátoraljaújhely	Sátoraljaújhely	22,673	321.38	21st	2
066	Szerencs	Szerencs	38,259	432.07	14th	1
067	Szikszó district	Szikszó	17,566	309.25	24	1
068	Tiszaújváros	Tiszaújváros	31,801	248.87	16	1
069	Tokaj	Tokaj	13,383	255.81	11	1

Cities (Hungarian város )

Out of 29 towns, 7 are in Miskolc County. The county capital Miskolc is equivalent to a county.

city	Residents (January 1, 2016)
Miskolc	158.101
Ózd	33.141
Kazincbarcika	27,078
Mezőkövesd	16,310
Tiszaújváros	15,954
Sátoraljaújhely	14,703
Sárospatak	12,067
Sajószentpéter	11,491
Edelény	9,516
Szerencs	8,942

city	Residents (January 1, 2016)
Putnok	6,609
Felsőzsolca	6,486
Encs	6,297
Mezocsát	5,826
Alsózsolca	5,606
Szikszó	5,307
Nyékládháza	4,865
Onga 1	4,764
Emőd	4,761
Tokaj	4,282

city	Residents (January 1, 2016)
Szendrő	4,249
Mezőkeresztes	3,746
Borsodnádasd	3,185
Cigand	3,058
Abaújszántó	3,021
Sajóbábony	2,761
Rudabánya	2,458
Gönc	2,053
Pálháza	1,050

¹ The rural community Onga was elevated to a city in mid-2013

Largest communities

Of the 329 municipalities (Hungarian község ) 9 had the title of large municipality (Hungarian nagyközség ). 102 had 2,000 or more inhabitants, 30 municipalities had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The following municipalities had more than 2,000 inhabitants (large municipalities are in italics )

See also : List of municipalities in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county

Rural community	Residents (January 1, 2016)
Tiszalúc	4,933
Szirmabesenyő	4.111
Mályi	3,929
Arló	3,736
Taktaharkány	3,587
Hernádnémeti	3,380
Sajókaza	3,094
Múcsony	2,998
Tarcal	2,794
Sajólád	2,783

Rural community	Residents (January 1, 2016)
Gesztely	2,723
Megyaszó	2,683
Bocs	2,661
Tiszakeszi	2,614
Prügy	2,515
Forró	2,500
Mezőzombor	2,459
Bekecs	2,443
Tiszakarád	2.411
Arnót	2,387

Rural community	Residents (January 1, 2016)
Szentistván	2,387
Boldva	2,340
Ónod	2,330
Sajószöged	2,200
Mád	2.152
Sajóvámos	2,105
Szendrőlád	2,097
Kistokaj	2,083
Harsany	2.002

Population development

Population development of the county

It is noteworthy that the population has decreased almost steadily since 2001. Dates in bold are census results.

date	population	date	population
01/01/1960 1	725.303	01/01/2007	718,951
01/01/1970	776.750	01/01/2008	709.634
01/01/1980	809.468	01/01/2009	701.160
01/01/1990	761.963	01/01/2010	692.771
01/01/2001	753.497	01/01/2011	684.793
02/01/2001	744.404	October 01, 2011	686.266
01/01/2002	749.104	01/01/2012	688.922
01/01/2003	744.484	01/01/2013	682.350
01/01/2004	738.143	01/01/2014	674.999
01/01/2005	731.854	01/01/2015	667,594
01/01/2006	725.779	01/01/2016	660,549

¹ 1960: present population; otherwise resident population

Population development of the districts

A negative population balance can be seen for all districts.

District name	Population level on January 1st
	2013	2014	2015	2016
Cigand	16,294	16,115	16,048	15,956
Edelény	34,012	33,814	33,689	33,250
Encs	21,783	21,659	21,622	21,523
Gönc	16,924	16,769	16,572	16,442
Kazincbarcika	65,823	65,024	64,190	63.287
Mezőcsát	14,635	14,481	14,351	14,212
Mezőkövesd	42,442	42,116	41,502	41,087
Miskolc	245.384	242,796	240.279	238.241
Ózd	54,527	53,914	53,298	52,678
Putnok	19,252	19,053	18,743	18,458
Sárospatak	25,057	24,594	24,032	23,736
Sátoraljaújhely	22,673	22,267	22,082	21,699
Szerencs	40,794	40,525	40,048	39,556
Szikszó	17,566	17,299	17.131	16,996
Tiszaújváros	31,801	31,426	31,041	30,699
Tokaj	13,383	13,147	12,966	12,729
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	682.350	674.999	667,594	660,549

History and culture

The county of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén was formed by the county reform of 1950 from the counties or counties ( Hungarian vármegye ): Abaúj-Torna , Borsod-Gömör and Zemplén and some border municipalities of the counties of Heves and Szabolcs .

Museums

See also : List of museums in Hungary

The State Directorate of Museums of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County is responsible for 12 county museums . The county seat is the city of Miskolc .

Alacska , local history museum (Helytörténeti Múzeum) Bánhorváti , Village Museum (Falumúzeum) Bodrogkeresztúr , Hungarian Motorcycle Museum Bodrogkisfalud , local history museum (Helytörténeti Múzeum) Bogács , Butterfly Museum (Lepkemúzeum) Boldogkőváralja , Local History Museum (Helytörténeti Múzeum) Bükkzsérc , Pelyhe Cellar Museum Bükkzsérc, local history museum (Helytörténeti Múzeum) Bükkszentkereszt , local history museum (Helytörténeti Múzeum) Cigánd , village museum (Falumúzeum) Cserépfalu , Subaloch Museum Edelény , local history museum (Helytörténeti Múzeum) Emőd , local history museum (Helytörténeti Múzeum) Forró , Abaúj Museum Golop , Hungarian Coat of Arms Museum Gönc , Gáspár-Károlyi Museum Hangács , SRK György Szathmáry Király Museum Hollóháza , Porcelain Museum Jósvafő , local history museum (Helytörténeti Múzeum)

Karcsa , Village Museum (Falumúzeum) Kazincbarcika , Municipal Gallery Kesznyéten , local history museum (Helytörténeti Múzeum) Kupa , agricultural and local museum Legyesbénye , local history museum (Helytörténeti Múzeum) Lillafüred , Ottó-Herman Memorial Museum * Mezőkövesd , Matyó Museum Mezőkövesd, agricultural machinery museum Miskolc , Ottó Herman Museum * Miskolc, Municipal Gallery Miskolc, mining museum Miskolc, Museum of Theater History and Drama Miskolc, Hungarian Orthodox Museum Miskolc, Miskolc University collections Miskolc, Museum of Metallurgy Miskolc, Postal Museum Miskolc, Diósgyőr Castle Museum with Panopticon Monok , Lajos-Kossuth Memorial Museum Mucsony , Rusyn Museum

Ózd , City Museum (Városi Múzeum) Pácin , Castle Museum (Bodrogköz) Putnok , Gömör Museum MNM Rákóczi Museum Répáshuta , local history museum (Helytörténeti Múzeum) Rudabánya , mining museum Sárospatak , Rákóczi Castle Museum Sárospatak, Collections of the Reformed College Sátoraljaújhely - Széphalom , Ferenc Kazinczy Museum Sátoraljaújhely-Széphalom, Museum of the Hungarian Language Szerencs , Castle Museum Szerencs, Sugar Museum Szögliget , local history museum (Helytörténeti Múzeum) Szomolya , Village Museum (Falumúzeum) Taktaszada , local history museum (Helytörténeti Múzeum) Tokaj , Tokaj Museum Tolcsva , Wine Museum Varbó , local history museum (Helytörténeti Múzeum) Zemplén , museum

* County Museum

Web links

Commons : Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Self-Government (Hungarian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} 6.1.1. Resident population by sex, January 1st (2001-) (STADAT table). KSH, accessed February 9, 2017 . 
2. ^ Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary
3. ↑ Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January, 2013 (Hungarian / English)
4. ↑ KSH: Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January, 2016. In: Minden helység adata. KSH, accessed on March 7, 2017 (Hungarian / English, also PDF file). 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January, 2016 (Hungarian / English)
6. ↑ Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Museums Directorate , BAZMMI (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Megyei Múzeumok Igazgatósága)

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 '  N , 20 ° 59'  E