Mezőkövesd District
# 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.

## 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)

* 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)

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

| Year | County population | 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): 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:

* 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

* Agriculture Museum in Mezőkövesd
* Zsóry Baths in Mezőkövesd
* Beehive stone in Tibolddaróc
* St. Martin Church in Bogács
