Heves is a small town in eastern
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
. About 100 km east of
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
, Heves lies at the northern extreme of the
Great Hungarian Plain, just south of the
Mátra and
Bükk hills and west of the
Tisza
The Tisza, Tysa or Tisa, is one of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. Once, it was called "the most Hungarian river" because it flowed entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national borders.
The Tisza be ...
River. Heves gave its name to the
Heves County, however it is not its seat and it is the fourth largest town in the county. The closest major city is
Eger, which lies 40 km to the north. Heves is a significant transportation hub for the towns and agricultural areas of southern Heves County.
Demographics
Heves is home to approximately 11,000 residents. In addition to the ethnic
Hungarian majority, there is a sizable
Roma
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population.
Economy
The major sources of employment in Heves are agricultural and service-sector occupations.
Transport
Heves is served by a modern bus station near the centre of the town. The town is also served by a small train station 1 km from the town centre. Heves is located on a small train line (kis piros) that connects with major lines at Kál-Kápolna to the north and
Kisújszállás to the south.
Education
Heves has a music school, a children's house and a high school (''Eotvos Jozsef Kozepiskola''). The high school is home to more than 1,000 students and is widely known for its police academy. Every year, the high school welcomes an English teacher from an English-speaking country to join the faculty for the school year.
Culture
The town welcomes an outdoor market every Wednesday and Saturday morning. Heves is well known for watermelons and hosts a watermelon festival each August.
Sights
The centre of the town is a scenic park with a chestnut-lined promenade, a gazebo, a fountain and numerous statues. A town museum and a 19th-century Catholic church stand at opposite ends of the park. A second museum (sakkmuzeum), one of the few chess museums in the world, is located not far from the park. Other recreational opportunities in Heves include a thermal bath, a community center that doubles as a theatre (kulturhaz) and the Aranykehely restaurant.
Other major civic institutions in Heves include a town hall, a town library and a folkart and handicraft cooperative.
Twin towns – sister cities
Heves is
twinned with:
*
Breganze
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Breganze DOC
T ...
, Italy
*
Ciumani
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Governance
It bel ...
, Romania
*
Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
*
Sulejów
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, Poland
*
Tornaľa
Tornaľa (formerly ''Šafárikovo'', hu, Tornalja) is a town and municipality in Revúca District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia, with a population of approximately 7,000.
History
The first written record of the settlement dates from ...
, Slovakia
Notable people
*
Lajos Hevesi
Lőwy Hevesi Lajos, or Ludwig Hevesi (December 20, 1843, Heves, Hungary – February 17, 1910, Vienna) was a Hungarian journalist and writer.
He studied medicine and classical philology in Budapest and Vienna, but soon turned to writing, and as ...
(1843–1910), journalist and author
*
Antal Stevanecz (1861–1921), Slovene teacher and writer
References
External links
* in Hungarian, English, German, Russian and Chinese
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Populated places in Heves County