Eger ( hu, Egri járás) is a district in eastern part of

Heves County Heves county ( hu, Heves megye, ) 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-S ...

. ''

Eger Eger ( , ; ; also known by other alternative names) is the county seat of Heves County, and the second largest city in Northern Hungary (after Miskolc). A city with county rights. Eger is best known for its castle, thermal baths, baroque build ...

'' 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 lies between of

Bükk Mountains The Bükk Mountains () are a section of the North Hungarian Mountains of the Inner Western Carpathians. Much of the area is included in the Bükk National Park. Geography Although Kékes, the highest point in Hungary, is not here but in the n ...

and Mátra Mountains geographical region.

Geography

Eger District borders with

Bélapátfalva District Bélapátfalva ( hu, 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 Reg ...

to the north,

Mezőkövesd District Mezőkövesd ( hu, Mezőkövesdi járás) is a district in south-western part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. ''Mezőkövesd'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statist ...

''(

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén ( hu, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén megye, ; sk, Boršodsko-abovsko-zemplínska) is an administrative county (Counties of Hungary, comitatus or ''megye)'' in north-eastern Hungary (commonly called "Northern Hungary"), on the bord ...

)'' to the east,

Füzesabony District Füzesabony ( hu, Füzesabonyi járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Heves County. ''Füzesabony'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Geogr ...

to the south,

Gyöngyös District Gyöngyös ( hu, Gyöngyösi járás) is a district in central-western part of Heves County. ''Gyöngyös'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. This dis ...

and

Pétervására District Pétervására ( hu, Pétervásárai járás) is a district created in 2013 in the 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 Hung ...

to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Eger District is 22.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county, 1

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

and 20 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 87,939 and the

population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ...

was 146/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 4,000), German (600), Romanian (150) and Slovak (100). Total population (2011 census): 87,939
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 80,504 persons: *

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali ...

: 74,703 (92.79%) *

Gypsies The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sign ...

: 3,712 (4.61%) *Others and indefinable: 2,089 (2.59%) Approx. 7,500 persons in Eger District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011,

' *Catholic – 40,397 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 39,948;

Greek Catholic The term Greek Catholic Church can refer to a number of Eastern Catholic Churches following the Byzantine (Greek) liturgy, considered collectively or individually. The terms Greek Catholic, Greek Catholic church or Byzantine Catholic, Byzantine Ca ...

– 441); *

Reformed Reform is beneficial change Reform may also refer to: Media * ''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang * Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group * ''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine *''Reforme'' ("Reforms"), initial name of the ...

– 5,241; *

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide Interdenominationalism, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being "bor ...

– 281; *other religions – 1,501; *

Non-religious Irreligion or nonreligion is the absence or rejection of religion, or indifference to it. Irreligion takes many forms, ranging from the casual and unaware to full-fledged philosophies such as atheism and agnosticism, secular humanism and anti ...

– 13,897; *

Atheism Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no d ...

– 1,465; *''Undeclared'' – 25,157.

Gallery

File:Hungria - Eger desde la fortaleza - panoramio (2).jpg,

, the ''Hungarian Athens'' File:Verpelét.jpg, Earthwork of

Verpelét Verpelét is a town since 2013, with 3,780 inhabitants end 2014, in Heves county (''megye''), in the Northern Hungary region. Geography History The VERPELET post office opened on 13 October 1867, and was dependent on Postal Directory Bu ...

File:Eger Cathedral.jpg, Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Apostle in Eger File:Egerszalók, Saliris Resort.jpg, Spa in Egerszalók File:Erődrendszer romjai (17237. számú műemlék) 2.jpg,

Eger Castle The Eger Castle () is a castle in Eger, Hungary. Historically, it is known for repelling the Turkish attack in 1552 during the Siege of Eger. History The first castle was built on the high hill named Várhegy at Felsőtárkány near Eger. ...

File:Cellars No. 46 and 47 in Szépasszonyvölgy, Eger, 2016 Hungary.jpg, Szépasszony Valley in Eger File:Gárdonyi Géza Színház, Eger, 2016 Hungary.jpg, Géza Gárdonyi Theater (Eger) File:R. k. templom (Szent Márton) (5655. számú műemlék) 2.jpg, Roman Catholic Church in

Feldebrő Feldebrő is a village in Heves county in Hungary. Settings Feldebrő stands in the valley of the Tarna River, at the southeastern foot of the Mátra Mountains. Nearby villages include Vécs, Aldebrő, Tófalu, Kerecsend, Egerszólát, and Ve ...

References

External links

Postal codes of the Eger District
Districts in Heves County {{Heves-geo-stub