Eger district
Eger is a district in eastern part of Heves County. Eger is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: district of Hungary (2013-) with 80,400 residents
- Description: district of Hungary
- Also known as: “Eger District” and “Egri jaras”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eger Minaret and Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Apostle.
Eger Minaret
Scenic viewpoint
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The Eger minaret is an Ottoman-era minaret tower located in Eger city, northern Hungary. It is one of the most northern minarets left from Ottoman rule in Europe.
Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Apostle
Church
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The Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Apostle or more formally Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist, St. Michael and the Immaculate Conception also called Eger Cathedral is a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church that functions as the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Eger, located in the city of Eger, in Hungary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eger.
Eger
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Eger is a historic town in Northern Hungary, capital of Heves County, situated between the Mátra and Bükk mountains. Eger district outside of the city is covered in a separate article.
Eger district
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Eger district” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “distritu d’Eger”
- Asturian: “Eger (distritu)”
- Azerbaijani: “Eger”
- Basque: “Eger barrutia”
- Basque: “Egerko barrutia”
- Belarusian: “Эгерскі яраш”
- Cebuano: “Egri Járás”
- Chinese: “埃格尔区”
- Chinese: “艾格里区”
- Chinese: “艾格里區”
- Czech: “Okres Eger”
- Dutch: “district Eger”
- Esperanto: “Distrikto Eger”
- Estonian: “Egeri kreis”
- French: “district d’Eger”
- French: “District d’Eger”
- French: “Eger”
- German: “Kreis Eger”
- Hungarian: “Egri járás”
- Italian: “Distretto di Eger”
- Korean: “에게르구”
- Lombard: “Distret de Eger”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Eger distrikt”
- Persian: “ناحیه اگر”
- Polish: “Powiat Eger”
- Romanian: “Districtul Eger”
- Russian: “Эгерский яраш”
- Slovak: “Jágerský okres”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Eger”
- Swedish: “Eger”
- Tatar: “Эгер ярашы”
- Turkish: “Eğre”
- Turkish: “Eğri”
Localities in the Area
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Heves County: Must-Visit Destinations
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