Bélapátfalva () is a district in north-eastern part of

Heves County Heves county (, ) 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 (county), Pest, Nógrád (county), Nógrád, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and ...

. '' 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 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 ...

geographical region.

Geography

Bélapátfalva District borders with

Ózd District Ózd () is a district in western part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. ''Ózd'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary, Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Ózd ...

and

Kazincbarcika District Kazincbarcika () is a district in north-western part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. '' Kazincbarcika'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Geograp ...

''( Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County)'' to the north,

Miskolc District Miskolc () is a district in central-western part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. ''Miskolc'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Miskolc ...

''(Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County)'' to the east,

Eger District Eger () is a district in eastern part of Heves County. ''Eger'' 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 and ...

to the south,

Pétervására District Pétervására () 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 Hungary Statistical Region. Geo ...

to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Bélapátfalva District is 8.

Municipalities

The district has 1

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and 7 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 8,978 and the

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was 50/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 500). Total population (2011 census): 8,978
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 8,209 persons: *

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...

: 7,695 (93.74%) *

Gypsies {{Infobox ethnic group , group = Romani people , image = , image_caption = , flag = Roma flag.svg , flag_caption = Romani flag created in 1933 and accepted at the 1971 World Romani Congress , ...

: 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

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

' *Catholic – 4,246 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 4,218;

Greek Catholic Greek Catholic Church or Byzantine-Catholic Church may refer to: * The Catholic Church in Greece * The Eastern Catholic Churches The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also known as the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Ea ...

– 28); *

Reformed Reform is beneficial change. Reform, reformed or reforming 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 Places * Reform, Al ...

– 1,274; *

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that emphasizes evangelism, or the preaching and spreading of th ...

– 20; *other religions – 96; *

Non-religious Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices. It encompasses a wide range of viewpoints drawn from various philosophical and intellectual perspectives, including atheism, agnosticism, religious skepticism, ration ...

– 1,081; *

Atheism Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the Existence of God, existence of Deity, deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the ...

– 65; *''Undeclared'' – 2,196.

Gallery

File:Belapatfalva, Apatsagi templom.jpg, Bélapátfalva, the ''district seat'' File:Mónosbél - panoramio.jpg, Aerial view of Mónosbél File:Erdődy-Pallavicini kastély (5856. számú műemlék) 5.jpg, Erdődy-Pallavicini Mansion in Szilvásvárad File:Fátyol vízesés.jpg, Waterfall in Szalajka Valley

References

External links

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