Northern Hungary

Northern Hungary is a region in Hungary. As a statistical region it includes the counties Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Heves and Nógrád, but in colloquial speech it usually also refers to Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county. The region is actually in the north-eastern part of the country, but the northwestern part is usually referred to as Northern Transdanubian region. The region's centre and largest city is Miskolc.

Castles

 * Castle of Eger
 * Castle of Diósgyőr
 * Castle of Füzér

Cities and major towns
Miskolc, Eger, Salgótarján, Ózd, Kazincbarcika, Mezőkövesd, Sárospatak, Sátoraljaújhely, Tiszaújváros, Tokaj, Gyöngyös, Hatvan, Balassagyarmat.

Some data

 * GDP (PPS) per capita

2000 : 6 774 € 2001 : 7 519 €  845 €

2002 : 8 028 €  509 €

2003 : 8 426 €  398 €

2004 : 9 064 €  638 €

2005 : 9 321 €  257 €

2006 : 9 572 €  251 €

2007 : 9 981 €  409 €


 * Fertility rate

2000 : 1,54 births/woman

2001 : 1,47 births/woman

2002 : 1,45 births/woman

2003 : 1,41 births/woman

2004 : 1,42 births/woman

2005 : 1,44 births/woman

2006 : 1,49 births/woman

2007 : 1,45 births/woman

2008 : 1,49 births/woman

2009 : 1,47 births/woman


 * Unemployment rate, %

2000 : 10,1 %

2001 : 8,5 %

2002 : 8,8%

2003 : 9,7 %

2004 : 9,7 %

2005 : 10,6 %

2006 : 11,0 %

2007 : 12,3 %

2008 : 13,4 %

2009 : 15,3 %


 * Life expectancy

Men :

2000: 66,20 year

2001: 66,73 year

2002: 66,68 year

2003: 66,68 year

2004: 66,97 year

2005: 66,84 year

2006: 67,37 year

2007: 67,54 year

2008: 67,90 year

2009: 68,37 year

Women :

2000 : 75,25 year

2001 : 76,26 year

2002 : 76,00 year

2003 : 75,84 year 2004 : 75,80 year

2005 : 75,93 year

2006 : 76,39 year

2007 : 76,43 year

2008 : 77,05 year

2009 : 76,70 year