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Heves

Eastern Europe

Heves is a small town in eastern Hungary, about 100 kilometers east of Budapest, lying at the northern edge of the Great Hungarian Plain just south of the Mátra and Bükk hills and west of the Tisza River. The town gave its name to Heves County but is only the county fourth largest municipality, with the regional center of Eger about 40 kilometers to the north.

Facts
Population
9870 1
Area (sq km)
99.31 1
Founding Year
1203 2
Founding Year
1203 2
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Latitude
47.6 degrees north 1
Longitude
20.283333 degrees east 1
Sources
1. Heves (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 9,870 (2025)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 47.6, longitude 20.283333
  • P2046 (area)
    area 99.31 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 9870 (2025)
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2. Wikipedia (Hungarian): Heves
Wikipedia (Hungarian)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1203
    A város nevét 1203-ban említi először oklevél „Hewes” alakban.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1203
    A város nevét 1203-ban említi először oklevél „Hewes” alakban.
  • Source text, founding-year: 1203
    A város nevét 1203-ban említi először oklevél „Hewes” alakban.
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Heves (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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