Pétervására District

Pétervására (Hungarian: Pétervásárai járás) is a district in 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
CountyHeves
District seatPétervására
Area
 • Total475.07 km2 (183.43 sq mi)
Area rank5th in Heves
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total21,433
 • Rank6th in Heves
 • Density45/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)[1]

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[2] 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):[3] 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:[4]

See also

References
  1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. népesség.com, "Pétervásárai 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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