Heves county

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Heves
County seat : Eger
Surface: 3,637 km²
Residents: 299,219   as of 2016

County Heves [ hɛvɛʃ ] ( German  Heves ) is a county (administrative district) in northern Hungary . It borders the counties of Nógrád , Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén , Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Pest . It has an area of ​​3,637.17 km² and 299,219 inhabitants (2016). The county is Eger (Eger) , other major cities are Heves, Gyöngyös and Hatvan.

geography

In the north, the landscape merges into the Subcarpathian Mountains (with the Mátra ), while the greater part of the county lies in the Great Hungarian Plain . The southeast border is on the Tisza . The area is known for its viticulture, especially around the city of Eger ( Cuvée Egri Bikavér , " Erlauer bull's blood ").

structure

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. There were seven small areas in the county before it was dissolved. Five administrative units remained unchanged in their borders due to the reform.

Former structure

Until the end of 2012 the following small areas ( kistérség ) existed in Heves county.

code Small area Administrative headquarters Population
(December 31, 2012) 		Area
in km² 		Number of
parishes		 including
cities
4001 Eger Eger 82911 522.88 17th 1
4002 Heves Heves 35,116 697.68 17th 2
4003 Füzesabony Füzesabony 30,396 578.55 16 1
4004 Gyöngyös Gyöngyös 73,460 750.78 25th 1
4005 Hatvan Hatvan 50,872 352.16 13 2
4006 Pétervására Pétervására 21,381 475.07 20th 1
4007 Bélapátfalva Bélapátfalva 12,200 260.06 13 1

Current structure

Heves county is divided into 7 districts (Hungarian járás ) with 121 localities: the city of Eger with county law (Hungarian Megyei jogú város ), 10 cities without county law (Hungarian város ), 4 large municipalities (Hungarian nagyközség ) and 106 municipalities (Hungarian község ) .

The counties of Heves county
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 92.21 2.54% 54,480 18.21% 590.8
Cities without county law 10 543.65 14.95% 54.37 87,791 29.34% 8,779 161.5
Large municipalities 4th 160.47 4.41% 40.12 11,684 3.90% 2,921 72.8
Communities 106 2,840.84 78.11% 26.80 145.264 48.55% 1,370 51.1
Heves county as a whole 121 3,637.17 30.06 299.219 2,473 82.3

The current circles are:

code circle Circular seat Residents
(January 1, 2013) 		Area
in km² 		Number of
parishes		 including
cities
103 Bélapátfalva Bélapátfalva 8,870 180.89 8th 1
104 Eger Eger 86,241 602.05 22nd 2 *
105 Füzesabony Füzesabony 30,396 578.55 16 1
106 Gyöngyös Gyöngyös 73,460 750.78 25th 2 *
107 Hatvan Hatvan 50,872 352.16 13 2
108 Heves Heves 35,116 697.68 17th 2
109 Pétervására Pétervására 21,381 475.07 20th 1

*  Gyöngyöspata and Verpelét received city rights in mid-2013.

Largest cities and towns

Aerial view: Eger
Bélapátfalva Abbey

All places without a name are cities.

City / municipality German name Residents
(January 1, 2016)
Eger Erlau 54,480
Gyöngyös Enjoy 29,920
Hatvan Hottwan 20,250
Heves Hewesch 10,475
Füzesabony Wabing 7,257
Lőrinci 5,446
Verpelét 3,800
Hort , large community 3,602
Felsőtárkány , parish 3,544
Kál , large parish 3,457
Erdőtelek , parish 3,200
Nagyréde , parish 3,150
Ecséd , municipality 3,109
Bélapátfalva 2,979

Population development

Population development of the county

The steady decrease in the population since 2001 is remarkable. Only in 2010 and 2011 did the population increase again slightly.
Dates in bold are census data.

date population date population
01/01/1960 347.856 01/01/2007 319,460
01/01/1970 340.146 01/01/2008 316.874
01/01/1980 350,360 01/01/2009 314,441
01/01/1990 334,408 01/01/2010 311,454
01/01/2001 327.733 01/01/2011 307.985
02/01/2001 325,727 October 01, 2011 308,882
01/01/2002 326,800 01/01/2012 309.175
01/01/2003 325,029 01/01/2013 306.336
01/01/2004 323,769 01/01/2014 303.503
01/01/2005 322,756 01/01/2015 301.296
01/01/2006 320.886 01/01/2016 299.219

Population development of the districts

A negative population balance can be seen for all districts.

Population level on January 1st
District name 2013 2014 2015 2016
Bélapátfalva 8,870 8,742 8,570 8,485
Eger 86,241 85,679 85,588 85,529
Füzesabony 30,396 30,129 29,846 29,480
Gyöngyös 73,460 72,700 71,847 71,303
Hatvan 50,872 50,426 50,035 49,633
Heves 35,116 34,767 34,662 34,399
Pétervására 21,381 21,060 20,748 20,390
 Heves county 306.336 303.503 301.296 299.219

History and culture

Museums

The State Directorate of Heves County Museums is the owner of 8 county museums . The county seat is the city of Eger .

  • Bodony , local history museum (Helytörténeti Múzeum)
  • Boldog , local history museum * (Helytörténeti Múzeum)
  • Detk , Archaeological Museum
  • Eger , István Dobó Castle Museum * (Vármúzeum)
  • Eger, Géza Gárdonyi Memorial Museum
  • Eger, Pharmacy Museum (Patikamúzeum)
  • Eger, fire brigade museum
  • Eger, Sports Museum *
  • Eger, István Cellar and Wine Museum
  • Rátka , German Museum of Local History
  • Recsk , mining museum
  • Recsk, local history museum (Helytörténeti Múzeum)
  • Szihalom , local history museum (Helytörténeti Múzeum)
  • Szilvásvárad , Forestry Open-Air Museum
  • Szilvásvárad, Lipizzaner Horse Museum *
  • Szilvásvárad, Orbán House
  • Tarnaméra , Police Museum

* County Museum

  • Kisnána - aerial view: castle

  • Tarnaméra: Almássí Castle

  • Noszvaj
    Palace de la Motte

  • Mátraderecske - castle

  • Noszvaj Castle

  • Aerial view: Erdőtelek - PalaST

  • Feldebrő Church

Web links

Commons : Heves county  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 6.1.1. Resident population by sex, January 1st (2001-) (STADAT table). KSH, accessed February 13, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January, 2013. (PDF) KSH, accessed on February 13, 2017 (Hungarian / English, also XLS file).
  3. ^ Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary. KSH, accessed February 13, 2017 (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. ↑ Heves County Museum Directorate HMMI (Heves Megyei Múzeumok Igazgatósága)

Coordinates: 47 ° 50 '  N , 20 ° 16'  E