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Heves County

Heves vármegye
Heves County Heves vármegye
Counties of Hungary
	Descending, from top: Bél Stone near Bélapátfalva, View of Kékes, and View from Castle of Eger
	Flag Coat of arms
	Heves County within Hungary
Country	Hungary
Region	Northern Hungary
County seat	Eger
Districts	7 districts Bélapátfalva District; Eger District; Füzesabony District; Gyöngyös District; Hatvan District; Heves District; Pétervására District;
Government
• President of the General Assembly	Róbert Szabó (Fidesz-KDNP)
Area
• Total	3,637.21 km2 (1,404.33 sq mi)
• Rank	16th in Hungary
Population (2018)
• Total	295,792
• Rank	14th in Hungary
GDP
• Total	HUF 776 billion; €2.492 billion (2016)
Postal code	300x – 304x,; 32xx – 33xx
Area code(s)	(+36) 36, 37
ISO 3166 code	HU-HE
Website	hevesmegye.hu

Heves county (Hungarian: Heves vármegye, pronounced [ˈhɛvɛʃ]) lies in northern Hungary, between the right bank of the river Tisza and the Mátra and Bükk mountains. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest, Nógrád, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok. Eger is the county seat.

Tourist sights

Lake Tisza
Bükk National Park
Bélapátfalva, abbey
Castle and City of Eger
Erdőtelek Arboretum
Feldebrő, 11th century Romanesque church
Gyöngyös, Mátra Museum
Hatvan, Grassalkovich mansion
Kisnána castle
Noszvaj, De la Motte mansion
Parád
Sirok castle
Szilvásvárad, Szalajka Valley
Szarvaskő, castle ruins

Geography

Heves county is a geographically diverse area; its northern part is mountainous (the Mátra and Bükk are the two highest mountain ranges in Hungary), while at south it includes a part of the Great Hungarian Plain. From south it is bordered by Lake Tisza, the largest artificial lake in Hungary. The average temperature is between 8 and 10 °C (higher on the southern parts of the county).

Rivers

Highest point

Kékestető, Mátra Mountains (1014 m; highest in Hungary)

Lowest point

Kisköre (86 m.)

History

The county was a primary target for the Ottoman Empire during the Ottoman-Hungarian Wars where the Siege of Eger took place.

Demographics

Religion in Heves County (2022 census – of those who declared their religion (60.7%))

Roman Catholic (63.4%)

Calvinistic (7.2%)

Greek Catholic (0.8%)

Lutheran (0.5%)

Other Christian denomination (4.4%)

Other religion (0.4%)

Not religious (23.3%)

In 2015, it had a population of 301,296 and the population density was 83/km².

Year	County population^[3]	Change
1949	316,273	n/a
1960	347,856	9.99%
1970	340,146	-2.22%
1980	350,360 (record)	3.00%
1990	334,408	-4.55%
2001	325,727	-2.60%
2011	308,882	-5.17%
2015	301,296	-2.51%
2018	295,792	-1.86%

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 19,000), Germans (1,000) Slovaks (500) and Romanians (500).

Total population (2011 census): 308,882
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[4] Identified themselves: 279,714 persons:

Hungarians: 257,659 (92.12%)
Gypsies: 19,312 (6.90%)
Others and indefinable: 2,743 (0.98%)

Approx. 43,000 persons in Heves County did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:^[5]

Catholic – 162,014 (Roman Catholic – 160,885; Greek Catholic – 1,098);
Reformed – 14,729;
Evangelical – 1,084;
Other religions – 4,894;
Non-religious – 43,193;
Atheism – 3,298;
Undeclared – 79,670.

Regional structure

№	English and Hungarian names	Area (km²)	Population (2011)	Density (pop./km²)	Seat	№ of municipalities
1	Bélapátfalva District Bélapátfalvai járás	180.89	8,978	50	Bélapátfalva	8
2	Eger District Egri járás	602.05	87,939	146	Eger	22
3	Füzesabony District Füzesabonyi járás	578.55	30,416	53	Füzesabony	16
4	Gyöngyös District Gyöngyösi járás	750.78	73,834	98	Gyöngyös	25
5	Hatvan District Hatvani járás	352.16	51,246	146	Hatvan	13
6	Heves District Hevesi járás	697.68	35,036	50	Heves (town)	17
7	Pétervására District Pétervásárai járás	475.07	21,433	45	Pétervására	20
Heves County		3,637.25	308,882	85	Eger	121

Politics

County Assembly

The Heves County Council, elected at the 2024 local government elections,^[6] is made up of 15 counselors,^[7] with the following party composition:

Party		Seats	Current County Assembly
	Fidesz-KDNP	9
	Our Homeland Movement	2
	Democratic Coalition	2
	Momentum Movement	1
	Jobbik	1

Presidents of the General Assembly

List of presidents since 1990^[8]
Róbert Szabó (Fidesz-KDNP)	2014–

Members of the National Assembly

The following members elected of the National Assembly during the 2022 parliamentary election:^[9]

Constituency	Member
Heves County 1st constituency	Gábor Pajtók	Fidesz–KDNP
Heves County 2nd constituency	László Horváth	Fidesz–KDNP
Heves County 3rd constituency	Zsolt Szabó	Fidesz–KDNP

Municipalities

Heves County has 1 urban county, 10 towns, 3 large villages and 107 villages.

City with county rights

(ordered by population, as of 2011 census)

Eger (56,569) – county seat

Towns

Gyöngyös (31,421)
Hatvan (20,519)
Heves (10,753)
Füzesabony (7,880)
Lőrinci (5,831)
Verpelét (3,786)
Bélapátfalva (3,092)
Kisköre (2,869)
Gyöngyöspata (2,586)
Pétervására (2,326)

Large villages

Villages

Gallery

Eger, the capital of the county
Autumn in the Bükk Mountains
Keglevich Mansion in Pétervására
Romanesque church in Bélapátfalva
Waterfall in the Szalajka Valley near Szilvásvárad
Grassalkovich Mansion in Hatvan
Lake Tisza is the 3rd largest lake of Hungary
Traditional residential house in Abasár

International relations

Heves County has a partnership relationship with:^[10]^[11]

Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia Covasna County, Romania Harghita County, Romania	Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France Przemyśl County, Lesser Poland, Poland Värmland County, Sweden