title: Füzesabony District
text: # Füzesabony District
  
  Füzesabony (Hungarian: Füzesabonyi járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Heves County. Füzesabony is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Füzesabony District borders with Eger District to the north, Mezőkövesd District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) and Tiszafüred District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the east, Heves District to the southwest, Gyöngyös District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Füzesabony District is 16.
  
  ## Municipalities
  
  The district has 1 town, 1 large village and 14 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)
  
  * Aldebrő (649)
  * Besenyőtelek (2,569)
  * Dormánd (1,040)
  * Egerfarmos (675)
  * Füzesabony (7,781) – district seat
  * Kál (3,501)
  * Kápolna (1,575)
  * Kompolt (2,098)
  * Mezőszemere (1,232)
  * Mezőtárkány (1,575)
  * Nagyút (660)
  * Poroszló (2,715)
  * Sarud (1,126)
  * Szihalom (1,938)
  * Tófalu (526)
  * Újlőrincfalva (250)
  
  The bolded municipality is city, italics municipality is large village.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  Religion in Füzesabony District (2011 census)
  
  In 2011, it had a population of 30,416 and the population density was 53/km².
  
  | Year | County population | Change |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2011 | 30,416 | n/a |
  
  ### Ethnicity
  
  Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,000), German (250) and Romanian (100).
  
  Total population (2011 census): 30,416 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 29,126 persons:
  
  * Hungarians: 25,815 (88.63%)
  * Gypsies: 2,775 (9.53%)
  * Others and indefinable: 536 (1.84%)
  
  Approx. 1,500 persons in Füzesabony District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
  
  ### Religion
  
  Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:
  
  * Catholic – 15,809 (Roman Catholic – 15,694; Greek Catholic – 113);
  * Reformed – 1,539;
  * Evangelical – 45;
  * other religions – 611;
  * Non-religious – 3,711;
  * Atheism – 185;
  * Undeclared – 8,516.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Füzesabony, Pusztaszikszó Chapel
  * Aerial view of Besenyőtelek
  * Lake Tisza EcoCentrum in Poroszló
  * St. Peter and Paul Church in Kál
  