Hatvan District

Hatvan (Hungarian: Hatvani járás) is a district in western part of Heves County. Hatvan is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

Hatvan District Hatvani járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Hatvan District within Hungary and Heves County.
Coordinates: 47.67°N 19.68°E / 47.67; 19.68
Country	Hungary
County	Heves
District seat	Hatvan
Area
• Total	352.16 km2 (135.97 sq mi)
• Rank	6th in Heves
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	51,246
• Rank	3rd in Heves
• Density	146/km2 (380/sq mi)

Geography

Hatvan District borders with Pásztó District (Nógrád County) to the north, Gyöngyös District to the east, Jászberény District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the south, Aszód District (Pest County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Hatvan District is 14.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns and 12 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)

• Apc (2,552)
• Boldog (2,975)
• Csány (2,204)
• Ecséd (3,193)
• Hatvan (20,259) – district seat
• Heréd (1,976)
• Hort (3,627)
• Kerekharaszt (707)
• Lőrinci (5,880)
• Nagykökényes (586)
• Petőfibánya (2,754)
• Rózsaszentmárton (1,949)
• Szűcsi (1,462)
• Zagyvaszántó (1,923)

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

Religion in Hatvan District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (55.8%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.3%)

  Calvinism (3.1%)

  Lutheranism (0.8%)

  Other religions (1.2%)

  Non-religious (13.2%)

  Atheists (0.8%)

  Undeclared (24.8%)

In 2011, it had a population of 51,246 and the population density was 146/km².

Year	County population	Change
2011	51,246	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,500), German (200) and Romanian (100).

Total population (2011 census): 51,246
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 46,763 persons:

• Hungarians: 44,794 (95.79%)
• Gypsies: 1,254 (2.68%)
• Others and indefinable: 715 (1.53%)

Approx. 4,500 persons in Hatvan District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

• Catholic – 28,787 (Roman Catholic – 28,620; Greek Catholic – 159);
• Reformed – 1,601;
• Evangelical – 398;
• other religions – 631;
• Non-religious – 6,755;
• Atheism – 397;
• Undeclared – 12,677.

Gallery

• 
  Hatvan, Grassalkovich Mansion
• 
  Aerial view of Lőrinci
• 
  All Saints Church in Heréd
• 
  Zagyva river near Hatvan

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

External links

• Postal codes of the Hatvan District