Bélapátfalva District

Bélapátfalva (Hungarian: 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 Region. This district is a part of Bükk Mountains geographical region.

Bélapátfalva District Bélapátfalvai járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Bélapátfalva District within Hungary and Heves County.
Country	Hungary
County	Heves
District seat	Bélapátfalva
Area
• Total	180.89 km2 (69.84 sq mi)
• Rank	7th in Heves
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	8,978
• Rank	7th in Heves
• Density	50/km2 (100/sq mi)

Geography

Bélapátfalva District borders with Ózd District and Kazincbarcika District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the north, Miskolc District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the east, Eger District to the south, Pétervására District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Bélapátfalva District is 8.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town and 7 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)^[1]

• Balaton (1,038)
• Bekölce (637)
• Bélapátfalva (2,996) – district seat
• Bükkszentmárton (305)
• Mikófalva (720)
• Mónosbél (416)
• Nagyvisnyó (938)
• Szilvásvárad (1,660)

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

Religion in Bélapátfalva District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (47.0%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.3%)

  Calvinism (14.2%)

  Lutheranism (0.2%)

  Other religions (1.1%)

  Non-religious (12.0%)

  Atheists (0.7%)

  Undeclared (24.5%)

In 2011, it had a population of 8,978 and the population density was 50/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	8,978	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 500).

Total population (2011 census): 8,978
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3] Identified themselves: 8,209 persons:

• Hungarians: 7,695 (93.74%)
• Gypsies: 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]

• Catholic – 4,246 (Roman Catholic – 4,218; Greek Catholic – 28);
• Reformed – 1,274;
• Evangelical – 20;
• other religions – 96;
• Non-religious – 1,081;
• Atheism – 65;
• Undeclared – 2,196.

Gallery

• 
  Bélapátfalva, the district seat
• 
  Aerial view of Mónosbél
• 
  Erdődy-Pallavicini Mansion in Szilvásvárad
• 
  Waterfall in Szalajka Valley

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Bélapátfalvai 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)

External links

• Postal codes of the Bélapátfalva District

48.0500°N 20.3167°E / 48.0500; 20.3167