Heves is the name of:

1. an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary,
2. an administrative county in the former Kingdom of Hungary,
3. a town in Hungary.

Heves county

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. Its area is 3637 km².

Heves (former county)

Heves is also the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which is presently in northern Hungary, was slightly larger than that of present Heves county. The capital of the county was Eger.

Geography

Heves county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun, Nógrád, Gömör-Kishont, Borsod, Hajdú and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok. It stretched from the Mátra and Bükk mountains to and across the river Tisza. Its area was 3878 km² around 1910.

History

Heves county was formed in the 13th century. After World War II, the territory of the county was modified: the region around Pásztó is now in Nógrád county, the area on the left bank of the Tisza (Tiszafüred ) is now in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, and an area north of Eger was taken from Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county.

Districts

In the early 20th century, the districts and their capitals were:

• Eger
• Pétervására
• Gyöngyös
• Hatvan
• Tiszafüred
• Heves

Urban districts:

• Eger
• Gyöngyös

Heves (town)

Heves is also a town in the south of Heves county, Hungary. It lies about 100 km east of Budapest. It has 11400 inhabitants (2004).