title: Heves District
text: # Heves District
  
  Heves (Hungarian: Hevesi járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Heves County. Heves is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Heves District borders with Füzesabony District to the northeast, Kunhegyes District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the southeast, Jászapáti District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the southwest, Gyöngyös District to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Heves District is 17.
  
  ## Municipalities
  
  The district has 2 towns and 15 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)
  
  * Átány (1,351)
  * Boconád (1,248)
  * Erdőtelek (3,174)
  * Erk (881)
  * Heves (10,464) – district seat
  * Hevesvezekény (611)
  * Kisköre (2,653)
  * Kömlő (1,743)
  * Pély (1,291)
  * Tarnabod (662)
  * Tarnaméra (1,603)
  * Tarnaörs (1,804)
  * Tarnaszentmiklós (820)
  * Tarnazsadány (1,192)
  * Tenk (1,166)
  * Tiszanána (2,309)
  * Zaránk (410)
  
  The bolded municipalities are cities.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  Religion in Heves District (2011 census)
  
  In 2011, it had a population of 35,036 and the population density was 50/km².
  
  | Year | County population | Change |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2011 | 35,036 | n/a |
  
  ### Ethnicity
  
  Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 5,500).
  
  Total population (2011 census): 35,036 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 35,799 persons:
  
  * Hungarians: 30,343 (84.76%)
  * Gypsies: 5,182 (14.48%)
  * Others and indefinable: 274 (0.77%)
  
  Approx. 1,000 persons in Heves District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.
  
  ### Religion
  
  Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:
  
  * Catholic – 19,112 (Roman Catholic – 19,045; Greek Catholic – 64);
  * Reformed – 1,932;
  * Evangelical – 66;
  * other religions – 454;
  * Non-religious – 5,095;
  * Atheism – 158;
  * Undeclared – 8,219.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Heves, the district seat
  * Aerial view of Kömlő
  * Tisza Dam in Kisköre
  * Szeleczky Mansion in Boconád
  