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.

Füzesabony District

Füzesabonyi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Füzesabony District within Hungary and Heves County.
Country Hungary
CountyHeves
District seatFüzesabony
Area
 • Total578.55 km2 (223.38 sq mi)
Area rank4th in Heves
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total30,416
 • Rank5th in Heves
 • Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)

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)[1]

The bolded municipality is city, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics

Religion in Füzesabony District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (51.6%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.4%)
  Calvinism (5.1%)
  Lutheranism (0.1%)
  Other religions (2.0%)
  Non-religious (12.2%)
  Atheists (0.6%)
  Undeclared (28.0%)

In 2011, it had a population of 30,416 and the population density was 53/km².

Year County population[2] 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):[3] 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:[4]

gollark: For most gambley things.
gollark: Trivial expected value calculation.
gollark: But you can easily know that gambling is bad using maths.
gollark: Besides, learning at least some of those things is nice in order to let you know which you enjoy. I don't agree with the particular implementation but still.
gollark: What are "life skills" and why?

See also

References
  1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. népesség.com, "Füzesabonyi járás népessége"
  3. 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)
  4. 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)



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