Pétervására District

Pétervására (Hungarian: Pétervásárai járás) is a district created in 2013 in the north-western part of Heves County. Pétervására is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

Pétervására District Pétervásárai járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Pétervására District within Hungary and Heves County.
Country	Hungary
County	Heves
District seat	Pétervására
Area
• Total	475.07 km2 (183.43 sq mi)
• Rank	5th in Heves
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	21,433
• Rank	6th in Heves
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)

Geography

Pétervására District borders with Salgótarján District (Nógrád County) and Ózd District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the north, Bélapátfalva District and Eger District to the east, Gyöngyös District to the south, Bátonyterenye District (Nógrád County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Pétervására District is 20.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town, 2 large villages and 17 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)

• Bodony (714)
• Bükkszék (681)
• Bükkszenterzsébet (1,040)
• Erdőkövesd (640)
• Fedémes (309)
• Istenmezeje (1,525)
• Ivád (366)
• Kisfüzes (127)
• Mátraballa (714)
• Mátraderecske (1,839)
• Parád (1,964)
• Parádsasvár (409)
• Pétervására (2,464) – district seat
• Recsk (2,656)
• Sirok (1,846)
• Szajla (612)
• Szentdomonkos (447)
• Tarnalelesz (1,663)
• Terpes (194)
• Váraszó (492)

The bolded municipality is city, italics municipalities are large villages.

Demographics

Religion in Pétervására District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (64.7%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.3%)

  Calvinism (2.2%)

  Lutheranism (0.3%)

  Other religions (2.4%)

  Non-religious (9.0%)

  Atheists (0.6%)

  Undeclared (20.5%)

In 2011, it had a population of 21,433 and the population density was 50/km².

Year	County population	Change
2011	21,433	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 2,500).

Total population (2011 census): 21,433
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 21,622 persons:

• Hungarians: 18,794 (86.92%)
• Gypsies: 2,559 (11.84%)
• Others and indefinable: 269 (1.24%)

Approx. 200 persons in Pétervására District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

• Catholic – 13,941 (Roman Catholic – 13,870; Greek Catholic – 68);
• Reformed – 467;
• Evangelical – 60;
• other religions – 519;
• Non-religious – 1,929;
• Atheism – 137;
• Undeclared – 4,380.

Gallery

• 
  District office, Pétervására
• 
  Castle of Sirok
• 
  Károlyi Mansion in Parádsasvár
• 
  Spa in Bükkszék

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

External links

• Postal codes of the Pétervására District