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.
Country Hungary
CountyHeves
District seatHatvan
Area
 • Total352.16 km2 (135.97 sq mi)
Area rank6th in Heves
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total51,246
 • Rank3rd in Heves
 • Density146/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 13.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns and 11 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

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

See also

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