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Heves (county)
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Heves county lies in northern Hungary
. It lies 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
. The capital of Heves county is Eger
.
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's 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).
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
. It lies between the right bank of the river Tisza
Tisza
The Tisza or Tisa is one of the main rivers of Central Europe. It rises in Ukraine, and is formed near Rakhiv by the junction of headwaters White Tisa, whose source is in the Chornohora mountains and Black Tisa, which springs in the Gorgany range...
and the Mátra
Mátra
Mátra is a mountain range in northern Hungary, between the towns Gyöngyös and Eger. The country's highest peak, Kékestető , belongs to this mountain range....
and Bükk
Bükk
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:...
mountains. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest
Pest (county)
Ethnic groups :*Magyars - 93.5%*Germans - 1.7%*Roma - 1.2%*Slovaks - 0.8%*Others - 0.5%*Unknown - 2.3%Religions :*Roman Catholic - 53%*Calvinist - 16%*Lutheran - 3.8%*Greek Catholic - 1.2%*Others - 1.3%...
, Nógrád
Nógrád (county)
-Description:Nógrád county lies in northern Hungary. It shares borders with Slovakia and the Hungarian counties Pest, Heves and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén. The capital of Nógrád county is Salgótarján. Its area is 2544 km²....
, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén is the name of an administrative county in north-eastern Hungary , on the border with Slovakia. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Nógrád, Heves, Hajdú-Bihar and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. The capital of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county is Miskolc...
and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
This article is about the modern county, for the historical one see Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok .Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok is the name of an administrative county in Hungary. It lies in central Hungary and shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest, Heves, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hajdú-Bihar, Békés,...
. The capital of Heves county is Eger
Eger
Eger is the second largest city in Northern Hungary, the county seat of Heves, east of the Mátra Mountains. Eger is best known for its castle, thermal baths, historic buildings , and red and white wines.- Name :...
.
Tourist sights
- Lake TiszaLake TiszaLake Tisza , also known as Kisköre Reservoir , is the largest artificial lake in Hungary. It is located at the southeastern edge of Heves county, next to counties Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hajdú-Bihar and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok.As part of the ongoing Tisza River flood control project, it was built in 1973...
- Bükk National ParkBükk National ParkThe Bükk National Park is a national park in the Bükk Mountains of Northern Hungary, near Miskolc. It was founded in 1976 as the third national park of the country. It contains 431.3 km² . It is the largest national park in Hungary with mountains and forests, situated in the Northern mountains,...
- BélapátfalvaBélapátfalvaBélapátfalva is a town in Heves county, in Hungary, located north of the city of Eger. The town is located inside the Eger-river valley at an altitude of 311 meters above sea-level...
, abbey - CastleCastle of EgerThe Castle of Eger is a castle in Eger, Hungary. Historically, it is known for its repelling of the Turkish attack in 1552 during the Siege of Eger.- History :The first castle was built on the high hill named Várhegy at Felsőtárkány near Eger....
and City of EgerEgerEger is the second largest city in Northern Hungary, the county seat of Heves, east of the Mátra Mountains. Eger is best known for its castle, thermal baths, historic buildings , and red and white wines.- Name :... - Erdőtelek ArboretumArboretumAn arboretum in a narrow sense is a collection of trees only. Related collections include a fruticetum , and a viticetum, a collection of vines. More commonly, today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study...
- FeldebrőFeldebro-Settings:Feldebrő stands in the valley of the Tarna river, at the Southeastern foot of the Mátra mountains. In the vicinity, the following neighboring villages can be found: Vécs, Aldebrő, Tófalu, Kerecsend, Egerszólát and Verpelét...
, 11th century Romanesque church - GyöngyösGyöngyösGyöngyös is a city in Heves county in Hungary, east of Budapest. Situated at the foot of the Sár-hegy and Mátra mountains, it is the home of numerous food production plants, including milk production and sausage factories...
, Mátra Museum - HatvanHatvanHatvan is a town in Heves county, Hungary. Hatvan is the Hungarian word for "sixty". Hatvan is located at around ....
, Grassalkovich mansion - KisnánaKisnánaKisnána is a village in Heves county, Hungary, located 25 kilometres from Gyöngyös to the northeast.There is a castle in the village that was built in the 11th or 12th century.-Sightseeing for visitors:...
castle - Noszvaj, De la Motte mansion
- ParádParádParád is a village in Heves County, Hungary, north of the Mátra, in the valley of the Parádi-Tarna.Parád is noted for the numerous mineral springs in its area, and the famous spa in Parádfürdő....
- SirokSirokSirok is a historic village in Heves county in Hungary, situated near Eger in Mátra mountains. Today it is most known for its 13th century castle ruins....
castle - Szilvásvárad, Szalajka Valley
- Szarvaskő, castle ruins
Geography
Heves county is a geographically diverse area; its northern part is mountainous (the MátraMátra
Mátra is a mountain range in northern Hungary, between the towns Gyöngyös and Eger. The country's highest peak, Kékestető , belongs to this mountain range....
and Bükk
Bükk
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:...
are the two highest mountain ranges in Hungary), while at south it includes a part of the Great Hungarian Plain
Great Hungarian Plain
The Great Hungarian Plain is a plain occupying the southern and eastern part of Hungary, some parts of the Eastern Slovak Lowland, southwestern Ukraine, the Transcarpathian Lowland , western Romania , northern Serbia , and eastern Croatia...
. From south it's bordered by Lake Tisza
Lake Tisza
Lake Tisza , also known as Kisköre Reservoir , is the largest artificial lake in Hungary. It is located at the southeastern edge of Heves county, next to counties Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hajdú-Bihar and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok.As part of the ongoing Tisza River flood control project, it was built in 1973...
, the largest artificial lake in Hungary. The average temperature is between 8 and 10 °C (higher on the southern parts of the county).
City with county rights
- EgerEgerEger is the second largest city in Northern Hungary, the county seat of Heves, east of the Mátra Mountains. Eger is best known for its castle, thermal baths, historic buildings , and red and white wines.- Name :...
(county seat)
Towns
(ordered by population, as of 2001)- GyöngyösGyöngyösGyöngyös is a city in Heves county in Hungary, east of Budapest. Situated at the foot of the Sár-hegy and Mátra mountains, it is the home of numerous food production plants, including milk production and sausage factories...
(33,553) - HatvanHatvanHatvan is a town in Heves county, Hungary. Hatvan is the Hungarian word for "sixty". Hatvan is located at around ....
(23,134) - HevesHevesHeves is a small city in eastern Hungary. About 100 km east of Budapest, Heves lies at the northern extreme of the Great Hungarian Plain , just south of the Mátra and Bükk hills and west of the Tisza River. Heves shares its name with a Hungarian county . The city is the fourth largest city in...
(11,522) - FüzesabonyFüzesabonyFüzesabony is a town in Heves county, Hungary....
(8,335) - LőrinciLorinciLőrinci is a town in Heves county, Hungary....
(6,203) - BélapátfalvaBélapátfalvaBélapátfalva is a town in Heves county, in Hungary, located north of the city of Eger. The town is located inside the Eger-river valley at an altitude of 311 meters above sea-level...
(3,465) - KisköreKisköreKisköre is a town in Heves county, Hungary.- The sluice :There is a hydroelectric sluice in Kisköre that was built in 1973 when Lake Tisza was made....
(3,095) - PétervásáraPétervásáraPétervására is a town in Heves county, Hungary. It is famous for its Keglevich Castle....
(2,616)
Villages
- AbasárAbasárAbasár is a village in Heves county in Hungary, situated near Gyöngyös in the foothills of the Mátra mountains. It was founded as Saár in 1261, and later took the prefix Aba from the Aba clan. To the west of the village is the Sár-hegy , a national nature reserve....
- Adács
- Aldebrő
- Andornaktálya
- Apc
- Átány
- Atkár
- Balaton
- BátorBatorBator is a village in Kharian Tehsil, Gujrat District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located 29 kilometers in the North of Gujrat city. Bator is part of Union Council Bhaddar which is an administrative subdivision of the Tehsil Kharian.-History:...
- Bekölce
- Besenyőtelek
- Boconád
- Bodony
- BoldogBoldog (Hungary)Boldog is a municipality in Heves County, more precisely in the kistérség Hatvan. It is situated between the rivers Zagyva and Galga and is located 9 km from Hatvan.- History :Boldog is inhabitad continously for several millennia...
- BükkszékBükkszékBükkszék is a small village in the north of Hungary, near the beautiful town of Eger. The village became famous for its excellent and unique spa water in the middle of the last century. Drinking/inhaling this natural water treats several diseases of the digestive system and the respiratory organs...
- Bükkszenterzsébet
- Bükkszentmárton
- Csány
- Demjén
- DetkDetkDetk is a village Detk is a village Detk is a village (population 1,210 (2008 (est.)) in Heves county in Hungary, situated near Gyöngyös on the north-western edge of the Great Hungarian Plain. The landscape to the north and west of the village is scarred by Mátrai Erőmű's large open-cast lignite mine...
- Domoszló
- Dormánd
- EcsédEcsedEcsed is a small village in Hungary. There is an old town of Ecsed in the eastern part of Hungary that has been renamed Nagyecsed, meaning "grand" or "great Ecsed"....
- Egerbakta
- Egerbocs
- Egercsehi
- Egerfarmos
- EgerszalókEgerszalókEgerszalók is an open-air spa and village located in Heves County in northeastern Hungary. The springs yield 68°C. mineral water from an aquifer located under the volcanic Mátra Mountains. The spa is located 8 km west of the county seat of Eger, from which it is served by motorbus...
- EgerszólátEgerszólátEgerszólát is a small village in Heves county, in the north-eastern part of Hungary, west of Eger. It is located in Eger Wine Region and is famous in Hungary for its white wine called 'Egerszóláti Olaszrizling'.-External links:*http://www.egerszolat.hu...
- Erdőkövesd
- Erdőtelek
- Erk
- Fedémes
- FeldebrőFeldebro-Settings:Feldebrő stands in the valley of the Tarna river, at the Southeastern foot of the Mátra mountains. In the vicinity, the following neighboring villages can be found: Vécs, Aldebrő, Tófalu, Kerecsend, Egerszólát and Verpelét...
- Felsőtárkány
- Gyöngyöshalász
- GyöngyösorosziGyöngyösoroszi- External links :...
- Gyöngyöspata
- Gyöngyössolymos
- Gyöngyöstarján
- Halmajugra
- Heréd
- Hevesaranyos
- Hevesvezekény
- HortHortHort is a surname, and may refer to:Gabriel Hort* Erik Hort* Fenton John Anthony Hort , Irish theologian* Josiah Hort* Hort Baronets* Vlastimil Hort...
- Istenmezeje
- Ivád
- KálKalKal may refer to:* Kal or KAL , Kevin Kallaugher, editorial cartoonist* Ken Kal , American journalist* Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia* Kal, Poland* Kal * Kal Online, a MMORPG video game by Inixsoft...
- Kápolna
- Karácsond
- Kerecsend
- Kisfüzes
- KisnánaKisnánaKisnána is a village in Heves county, Hungary, located 25 kilometres from Gyöngyös to the northeast.There is a castle in the village that was built in the 11th or 12th century.-Sightseeing for visitors:...
- KömlőKomlóKomló is a town in Baranya county, Hungary. The name of the settlement is derived from the local crop of hops , an ingredient of beer. By the 18th century a depiction of this plant running up a support already featured on the herald of the town....
- KompoltKompoltKompolt is a village in Heves county, Hungary, lying west of Füzesabony, on the River Gyöngyös.-History:Kompolt was the seat of the Aba clan. At the end of the twelfth century it was recorded as . László IV permitted the setting up of a Benedictine monastery in 1280, which was destroyed in...
- Ludas
- Maklár
- Markaz
- Mátraballa
- Mátraderecske
- Mátraszentimre
- Mezőszemere
- Mezőtárkány
- Mikófalva
- MónosbélMónosbél- External links :...
- Nagyfüged
- Nagykökényes
- Nagyréde
- Nagytálya
- Nagyút
- Nagyvisnyó
- Noszvaj
- NovajNovajNovaj is a village in the municipality of Bogovë in Skrapar District, Berat County, Albania....
- Ostoros
- ParádParádParád is a village in Heves County, Hungary, north of the Mátra, in the valley of the Parádi-Tarna.Parád is noted for the numerous mineral springs in its area, and the famous spa in Parádfürdő....
- Parádsasvár
- Pély
- PetőfibányaPetofibányaPetőfibánya is a village in Hungary, Heves county, near Hatvan. It has a population of 3118 .-Geography:...
- Poroszló
- Recsk
- Rózsaszentmárton
- Sarud
- SirokSirokSirok is a historic village in Heves county in Hungary, situated near Eger in Mátra mountains. Today it is most known for its 13th century castle ruins....
- Szajla
- Szarvaskő
- Szentdomonkos
- Szihalom
- Szilvásvárad
- Szúcs
- Szűcsi
- Tarnabod
- Tarnalelesz
- Tarnaméra
- Tarnaörs
- TarnaszentmáriaTarnaszentmária-Sightseeings:Tarnaszentmária is the village in Hungary where one of the oldest churches can be found. It was founded by the Genera Aba, who were in family relations with the Árpád house kings. Samuel Aba of Hungary was the housband of the sister of Stephen I of Hungary...
- Tarnaszentmiklós
- Tarnazsadány
- Tenk
- Terpes
- Tiszanána
- Tófalu
- Újlőrincfalva
- VámosgyörkVámosgyörk-Location:Vámosgyörk lies within Heves County, just north of neighboring Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. The village is on the Great Hungarian Plain about south of Gyöngyös, between the Rédei-Nagy Brook and Gyöngyös Brook . Vámosgyörk is about from Budapest; other neighboring villages include...
- Váraszó
- Vécs
- Verpelét
- Visonta
- Visznek
- Zagyvaszántó
- Zaránk