Petőfibánya is a village in Heves County, Hungary, beside of the Zagyva river, under the Mátra mountain range.

The mine was closed in 1967, as extraction became more economical in Ecséd and Visonta, but the lignite wealth remained.

However, the population did not leave the mining settlement, but remained and started commuting to other places.

The settlement was officially part of Lőrinci till 1989, then forme it an independent village.

The religious distribution was as follows: 22.3% Roman Catholic, 2.0% Calvinist, 34.1% non-denominational, and 38.1% did not wish to answer.