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Bélapátfalva (Hungarian: Bélapátfalvai járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Heves County. Bélapátfalva is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. This district is a part of Bükk Mountains geographical region.
Bélapátfalva District
Bélapátfalvai járás | |
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Country | Hungary |
County | Heves |
District seat | Bélapátfalva |
Area | |
• Total | 180.89 km2 (69.84 sq mi) |
• Rank | 7th in Heves |
Population (2011 census) | |
• Total | 8,978 |
• Rank | 7th in Heves |
• Density | 50/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Geography
editBélapátfalva District borders with Ózd District and Kazincbarcika District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the north, Miskolc District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the east, Eger District to the south, Pétervására District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Bélapátfalva District is 8.
Municipalities
editThe district has 1 town and 7 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]
- Balaton (1,038)
- Bekölce (637)
- Bélapátfalva (2,996) – district seat
- Bükkszentmárton (305)
- Mikófalva (720)
- Mónosbél (416)
- Nagyvisnyó (938)
- Szilvásvárad (1,660)
The bolded municipality is the city.
Demographics
editIn 2011, it had a population of 8,978 and the population density was 50/km2.
Year | County population[2] | Change |
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2011 | 8,978 | n/a |
Ethnicity
editBesides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 500).
Total population (2011 census): 8,978
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 8,209 persons:
- Hungarians: 7,695 (93.74%)
- Gypsies: 421 (5.13%)
- Others and indefinable: 93 (1.13%)
Approx. 1,000 persons in Bélapátfalva District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religion
editReligious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]
- Catholic – 4,246 (Roman Catholic – 4,218; Greek Catholic – 28);
- Reformed – 1,274;
- Evangelical – 20;
- other religions – 96;
- Non-religious – 1,081;
- Atheism – 65;
- Undeclared – 2,196.
Gallery
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Bélapátfalva, the district seat
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Aerial view of Mónosbél
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Erdődy-Pallavicini Mansion in Szilvásvárad
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Waterfall in Szalajka Valley
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
- ^ népesség.com, "Bélapátfalvai járás népessége"
- ^ 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [1]
- ^ 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [2]
External links
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