{{Infobox settlement <!--more fields are available for this Infobox--See Template:Infobox Settlement--> | name = Hatvan District | native_name = <small>''Hatvani járás''</small> | native_name_lang = hu | settlement_type = Districts of Hungary |image_flag = |image_blank_emblem = HUN Hatvan Címer.svg |blank_emblem_type = Coat of arms |image_map = Hatvani járás.png |map_caption = Hatvan District within Hungary and Heves County. | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{HUN}} | subdivision_type1 = County | subdivision_name1 = Heves | seat_type = District seat | seat = Hatvan | timezone = | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{Coord|47.67|19.68|display=inline,title}} | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 352.16 | area_rank = 6th in Heves |population_footnotes = |population_as_of = 2011 census |population_total = 51,246 |population_rank = 3rd in Heves |population_density_km2 = 146 | website = }} '''Hatvan''' ({{langx|hu|Hatvani járás}}) is a district in western part of Heves County in Hungary. ''Hatvan'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

== Geography == Hatvan District borders with Pásztó District ''(Nógrád County)'' to the north, Gyöngyös District to the east, Jászberény District ''(Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County)'' to the south, Aszód District ''(Pest County)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Hatvan District is '''14'''.

== Municipalities == The district has '''2''' towns and '''12''' villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)<ref>[http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/hnk/hnk_2012.xls A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve]</ref> {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| *Apc (2,552) *Boldog (2,975) *Csány (2,204) *Ecséd (3,193) *'''Hatvan''' (20,259) – district seat *Heréd (1,976) *Hort (3,627) *Kerekharaszt (707) *'''Lőrinci''' (5,880) *Nagykökényes (586) *Petőfibánya (2,754) *Rózsaszentmárton (1,949) *Szűcsi (1,462) *Zagyvaszántó (1,923) }} The '''bolded''' municipalities are cities.

==Demographics== {{Pie chart |thumb = right |caption = Religion in Hatvan District (2011 census) |label1 = Catholic Church |value1 = 55.8 |color1 = DarkOrchid |label2 = Greek Catholicism |value2 = 0.3 |color2 = MediumOrchid |label3 = Calvinism |value3 = 3.1 |color3 = DodgerBlue |label4 = Lutheranism |value4 = 0.8 |color4 = DeepSkyBlue |label5 = Other religions |value5 = 1.2 |color5 = Chartreuse |label6 = Non-religious |value6 = 13.2 |color6 = Honeydew |label7 = Atheists |value7 = 0.8 |color7 = Grey |label8 = Undeclared |value8 = 24.8 |color8 = Black }} In 2011, it had a population of 51,246 and the population density was 146/km².

{| class="wikitable" ! Year ! County population<ref>népesség.com, ''[http://nepesseg.com/jaras/hatvani "Hatvani járás népessége"]''</ref> ! Change |- | 2011 | 51,246 |align="right"| n/a |}

===Ethnicity=== Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,500), German (200) and Romanian (100).

Total population (2011 census): 51,246<br> Ethnic groups (2011 census):<ref>4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, {{in lang|hu}} ''[http://www.ksh.hu/nepszamlalas/tablak_teruleti_10]''</ref> Identified themselves: 46,763 persons: *Hungarians: 44,794 (95.79%) *Gypsies: 1,254 (2.68%) *Others and indefinable: 715 (1.53%) Approx. 4,500 persons in Hatvan District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

===Religion=== Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:<ref>4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, {{in lang|hu}} ''[http://www.ksh.hu/nepszamlalas/tablak_teruleti_10]''</ref>

*Catholic – 28,787 (Roman Catholic – 28,620; Greek Catholic – 159); *Reformed – 1,601; *Evangelical – 398; *other religions – 631; *Non-religious – 6,755; *Atheism – 397; *''Undeclared'' – 12,677.

==Gallery== <gallery class="center" widths="200px" heights="200px"> File:Grassalkovich-kastély (Oracsek Ignác, Mayerhoffer András, Jung József), Kossuth Lajos tér, Hatvan3.jpg|Hatvan, Grassalkovich Mansion File:Március 15. Szakképző Iskola, Lőrinci légifotó.jpg|Aerial view of Lőrinci File:R. k. templom (Mindenszentek) (5740. számú műemlék).jpg|All Saints Church in Heréd File:A Zagyva a hatvani vasúti hídról nézve.jpg|Zagyva river near Hatvan </gallery>

==See also== *List of cities and towns of Hungary

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.iranyitoszamnavigator.hu/hatvani-jaras-telepulesei Postal codes of the Hatvan District]

{{Hatvan District}} {{Districts of Heves County}}

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