Mezőkövesd District

Mezőkövesd (Hungarian: 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 Statistical Region.

Mezőkövesd District Mezőkövesdi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Mezőkövesd District within Hungary and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County.
Coordinates: 47°49′N 20°34′E / 47.81°N 20.57°E / 47.81; 20.57Coordinates: 47°49′N 20°34′E / 47.81°N 20.57°E / 47.81; 20.57
Country	Hungary
County	Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
District seat	Mezőkövesd
Area
• Total	723.87 km^2 (279.49 sq mi)
• Rank	2nd in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	42,434
• Rank	4th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
• Density	59/km^2 (150/sq mi)

Geography

Mezőkövesd District borders with Miskolc District to the northeast, Mezőcsát District to the east, Tiszafüred District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the south, Füzesabony District and Eger District (Heves County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Mezőkövesd District is 23.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 20 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)^[1]

• Bogács (2,024)
• Borsodgeszt (246)
• Borsodivánka (739)
• Bükkábrány (1,558)
• Bükkzsérc (950)
• Cserépfalu (1,002)
• Cserépváralja (427)
• Csincse (562)
• Egerlövő (534)
• Kács (509)
• Mezőkeresztes (3,803)
• Mezőkövesd (16,538) – district seat
• Mezőnagymihály (1,032)
• Mezőnyárád (1,532)
• Négyes (236)
• Sály (2,085)
• Szentistván (2,343)
• Szomolya (1,559)
• Tard (1,230)
• Tibolddaróc (1,417)
• Tiszabábolna (370)
• Tiszavalk (307)
• Vatta (864)

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics

Religion in Mezőkövesd District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (52.6%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.5%)

  Calvinism (14.5%)

  Lutheranism (0.1%)

  Other religions (1.3%)

  Non-religious (7.7%)

  Atheists (0.5%)

  Undeclared (22.8%)

In 2011, it had a population of 42,432 and the population density was 59/km².

Year	County population^[2]	Change
2011	42,432	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,500) and German (200).

Total population (2011 census): 42,432
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3] Identified themselves: 40,091 persons:

• Hungarians: 37,326 (93.10%)
• Gypsies: 2,202 (5.49%)
• Others and indefinable: 563 (1.40%)

Approx. 2,500 persons in Mezőkövesd District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:^[4]

• Catholic – 22,530 (Roman Catholic – 22,312; Greek Catholic – 212);
• Reformed – 6,163;
• Evangelical – 55;
• other religions – 522;
• Non-religious – 3,274;
• Atheism – 228;
• Undeclared – 9,662.

Gallery

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  Agriculture Museum in Mezőkövesd

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  Zsóry Baths in Mezőkövesd

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  Beehive stone in Tibolddaróc

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  St. Martin Church in Bogács

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary
• Mezőkövesd Subregion (until 2013)

References

1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Mezőkövesdi járás népessége"
3. 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [1]
4. 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [2]

External links

• Postal codes of the Mezőkövesd District