title: Heves County
text: 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, Nógrád, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok. Eger is the county seat.
  
  Tourist sights
   Lake Tisza
   Bükk National Park
   Bélapátfalva, abbey
   Castle and City of Eger
   Erdőtelek Arboretum
   Feldebrő, 11th century Romanesque church
   Gyöngyös, Mátra Museum
   Hatvan, Grassalkovich mansion
   Kisnána castle
   Noszvaj, De la Motte mansion
   Parád
   Sirok castle
   Szilvásvárad, Szalajka Valley
   Szarvaskő, castle ruins
  
  Geography
  Heves county is a geographically diverse area; its northern part is mountainous (the Mátra and Bükk are the two highest mountain ranges in Hungary), while at south it includes a part of the Great Hungarian Plain. From south it is bordered by Lake Tisza, the largest artificial lake in Hungary. The average temperature is between 8 and 10 °C (higher on the southern parts of the county).
  
  Rivers
   Zagyva
   Tarna
   Tisza
   Laskó
  
  Highest point
   Kékestető, Mátra Mountains (1014 m; highest in Hungary)
  
  Lowest point
   Kisköre (86 m.)
  
  History
  The county was a primary target for the Ottoman Empire during the Ottoman-Hungarian Wars where the Siege of Eger took place.
  
  Demographics
  
  In 2015, it had a population of 301,296 and the population density was 83/km².
  
  Ethnicity
  Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 19,000), Germans (1,000) Slovaks (500) and Romanians (500).
  
  Total population (2011 census): 308,882
  Ethnic groups (2011 census):
  Identified themselves: 279,714 persons:
  Hungarians: 257,659 (92.12%)
  Gypsies: 19,312 (6.90%)
  Others and indefinable: 2,743 (0.98%)
  Approx. 43,000 persons in Heves County did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
  
  Religion
  
  Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:
  
  Catholic – 162,014 (Roman Catholic – 160,885; Greek Catholic – 1,098);
  Reformed – 14,729; 
  Evangelical – 1,084;
  Other religions – 4,894; 
  Non-religious – 43,193; 
  Atheism – 3,298;
  Undeclared – 79,670.
  
  Regional structure
  
  Politics
  
  County Assembly
  
  The Heves County Council, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 15 counselors, with the following party composition:
  
  Presidents of the General Assembly
  
  Members of the National Assembly
  The following members elected of the National Assembly during the 2022 parliamentary election:
  
  Municipalities 
  Heves County has 1 urban county, 10 towns, 3 large villages and 107 villages.
  
  City with county rights
  (ordered by population, as of 2011 census)
   Eger (56,569) – county seat
  
  Towns
  
   Gyöngyös (31,421)
   Hatvan (20,519)
   Heves (10,753)
   Füzesabony (7,880)
   Lőrinci (5,831)
   Verpelét (3,786)
   Bélapátfalva (3,092)
   Kisköre (2,869)
   Gyöngyöspata (2,586)
   Pétervására (2,326)
  
  Large villages
  
  Kál
  Parád
  Recsk
  
  Villages
  
  Abasár
  Adács
  Aldebrő
  Andornaktálya
  Apc
  Atkár
  Átány
  Balaton
  Bátor
  Bekölce
  Besenyőtelek
  Boconád
  Bodony
  Boldog 
  Bükkszék
  Bükkszenterzsébet
  Bükkszentmárton
  Csány
  Demjén
  Detk
  Domoszló
  Dormánd
  Ecséd
  Egerbakta
  Egerbocs
  Egercsehi
  Egerfarmos
  Egerszalók
  Egerszólát
  Erdőkövesd
  Erdőtelek
  Erk 
  Fedémes
  Feldebrő
  Felsőtárkány
  Gyöngyöshalász
  Gyöngyösoroszi
  Gyöngyössolymos
  Gyöngyöstarján
  Halmajugra
  Heréd
  Hevesaranyos
  Hevesvezekény
  Hort
  Istenmezeje
  Ivád
  Karácsond
  Kápolna
  Kerecsend
  Kisfüzes
  Kisnána
  Kompolt
  Kömlő
  Ludas
  Maklár
  Markaz
  Mátraballa
  Mátraderecske
  Mátraszentimre
  Mezőszemere
  Mezőtárkány
  Mikófalva
  Mónosbél
  Nagyfüged
  Nagykökényes
  Nagyréde
  Nagytálya
  Nagyút
  Nagyvisnyó
  Noszvaj
  Novaj
  Ostoros
  Parádsasvár
  Pálosvörösmart
  Petőfibánya
  Pély
  Poroszló
  Rózsaszentmárton
  Sarud
  Sirok
  Szajla
  Szarvaskő
  Szentdomonkos
  Szihalom
  Szilvásvárad
  Szúcs
  Szűcsi
  Tarnabod
  Tarnalelesz
  Tarnaméra
  Tarnaörs
  Tarnaszentmária
  Tarnaszentmiklós
  Tarnazsadány
  Tenk
  Terpes
  Tiszanána
  Tófalu
  Újlőrincfalva
  Vámosgyörk
  Váraszó
  Vécs
  Visonta
  Visznek
  Zagyvaszántó
  Zaránk
  
  Gallery
  
  International relations 
  Heves County has a partnership relationship with:
  
  References and notes
  References
  
  Notes
  
  External links
  
   Official site in Hungarian
   Heves Megyei Hírlap (heol.hu) - The county portal
  
   
  Counties of Hungary