Description

Nógrád county lies in northern Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

. It shares borders with Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 and the Hungarian counties Pest

Pest (county)

Ethnic groups :*Magyars - 93.5%*Germans - 1.7%*Roma - 1.2%*Slovaks - 0.8%*Others - 0.5%*Unknown - 2.3%Religions :*Roman Catholic - 53%*Calvinist - 16%*Lutheran - 3.8%*Greek Catholic - 1.2%*Others - 1.3%...

, Heves

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...

 and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén is the name of an administrative county in north-eastern Hungary , on the border with Slovakia. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Nógrád, Heves, Hajdú-Bihar and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. The capital of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county is Miskolc...

. The capital of Nógrád county is Salgótarján

Salgótarján

Salgótarján is a city with county rights in Nógrád county, north-eastern Hungary.-Location:At the foot of Karancs mountain, in the Cserhát hills, 250 meters above sea level, north-east from Budapest, west from Miskolc...

. Its area is 2544 km².

Nógrád is famous for its historic architecture of ancient Gothic churches and stone castles dated back to the 13th century. Other historic landmark includes the baroque buildings constructed in the 18th century and the Vay, Teleki. http://www.nogradtour.hu/. Much of the northern border of the county is formed by the river Ipoly

Ipel

Ipeľ or Ipoly is a 232 km long river in Slovakia and Hungary, tributary to the river Danube. Its source is in central Slovakia in the Slovenské rudohorie Mountains...

. The mountain ranges Börzsöny

Börzsöny

Börzsöny is a mountain range in Northern Hungary. Its tallest peak is the Csóványos with 938 metres.It is the westernmost member of the North Hungarian Mountains, which in turn are part of the Inner Western Carpathians. The varied landscape offers good hiking opportunities. A large part of the...

, Cserhát

Cserhát

Cserhát is a mountain range in Hungary, part of the North Hungarian Mountains, divided between Pest and Nógrád counties. Its highest point is the Naszály with an elevation of 654 metres above sea level....

 and Mátra

Mátra

Mátra is a mountain range in northern Hungary, between the towns Gyöngyös and Eger. The country's highest peak, Kékestető , belongs to this mountain range....

 lie partly in the county.

Due to the mountains, the county is characterised by small villages nestled in the valleys. The two largest settlements are Balassagyarmat

Balassagyarmat

Balassagyarmat is a town in northern Hungary. It was the seat of the Nógrád comitatus.- History :The town's coat-of-arms bears the Latin inscription "Civitas Fortissima" , because in January 1919 Czechoslovak troops crossed the demarcation line delineated in December 1918 in preparation for the...

, the former county seat, and Salgótarján, which has become a center of industry in the early 20th century due to coalmines nearby.

http://www.utikonyv.hu/_utikonyv/objektum.php?id=823&nyelv=2&sablon=300

History

Nógrád (-Hungarian, in Latin: comitatus Neogradiensis, in German: Neuburg or Neograd, in Slovak: Novohrad) was also the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus

Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)

A county is the name of a type of administrative units in the Kingdom of Hungary and in Hungary from the 10th century until the present day....

) of the Kingdom of Hungary

Kingdom of Hungary

The Kingdom of Hungary comprised present-day Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia , Transylvania , Carpatho Ruthenia , Vojvodina , Burgenland , and other smaller territories surrounding present-day Hungary's borders...

. Its territory is presently in southern Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 and in northern present-day Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

. The name Novohrad is still used in Slovakia as an informal designation of the corresponding territory. The name stems from the former Nógrád (Novohrad) castle in present-day Hungary.

Cities and towns

(ordered by population, according to the 2001 census)

• Balassagyarmat
  Balassagyarmat
  Balassagyarmat is a town in northern Hungary. It was the seat of the Nógrád comitatus.- History :The town's coat-of-arms bears the Latin inscription "Civitas Fortissima" , because in January 1919 Czechoslovak troops crossed the demarcation line delineated in December 1918 in preparation for the...
  
   (17,906)
• Bátonyterenye
  Bátonyterenye
  Bátonyterenye is a town in Nógrád county, Hungary.Bátonyterenye was created in 1984 by the unification of three villages . The new settlement became a city in 1989. Bátonyterenye was a typical socialist mining city.- External links :*...
  
   (15,207)
• Pásztó
  Pásztó
  Pásztó is a town in Nógrád county, Hungary.- External links :*...
  
   (10,330)
• Szécsény
  Szécsény
  -History :The valley of the Ipoly and especially the area of that around Szécsény was inhabited even in the prehistoric age. Findings attest that the region was peopled from the Neolithic period. Teutons, Avars, and Slavs appeared here in the first millennium BC....
  
   (6,580)
• Rétság
  Rétság
  -Location:Rétság is located north of Budapest on the E77 European main road, halfway between Vác and Balassagyarmat. The town is seated at the border of Cserhát and Börzsöny hills. Its location determines the function of the town.-History:...
  
   (3,067)

Villages

• Alsópetény
  Alsópetény
  Alsópetény is a village and municipality in the comitat of Nógrád, Hungary.-References:...
  
  
• Alsótold
  Alsótold
  Alsótold is a village and municipality in the comitat of Nógrád, Hungary.-References:...
  
  
• Bánk
  Bánk
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• Bárna
  Bárna
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• Becske
  Becske
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• Bér
  Bér
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• Bercel
  Bercel
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• Berkenye
  Berkenye
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• Bokor
  Bokor, Hungary
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• Borsosberény
  Borsosberény
  - Location :Borsosberény is located north of Budapest on the E77 European main road. The village lies at the northeastern foots of Börzsöny hills. It is about southwest of Balassagyarmat.- History :...
  
  
• Buják
  Buják
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• Cered
  Cered
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• Csécse
  Csécse
  Csécse is a village and municipality in the comitat of Nógrád, Hungary.-References:...
  
  
• Cserháthaláp
  Cserháthaláp
  Cserháthaláp is a village and municipality in the comitat of Nógrád, Hungary.-References:...
  
  
• Cserhátsurány
  Cserhátsurány
  Cserhátsurány is a village and municipality in the comitat of Nógrád, Hungary.-References:...
  
  
• Cserhátszentiván
  Cserhátszentiván
  Cserhátszentiván is a village and municipality in the comitat of Nógrád, Hungary.-References:...
  
  
• Csesztve
  Csesztve
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• Csitár
  Csitár
  Csitár is a village and municipality in the comitat of Nógrád, Hungary.-References:...
  
  
• Debercsény
  Debercsény
  Debercsény is a village and municipality in the comitat of Nógrád, Hungary.-References:...
  
  
• Dejtár
  Dejtár
  Dejtár is a village and municipality in the comitat of Nógrád, Hungary.-References:...
  
  
• Diósjenő
  Diósjeno
  Diósjenő is a village in Nógrád county, Hungary. It is surrounded by hills and beautiful landscape.-History:The village was first mentioned in 1282. Its name comes from Jenő, the name of one of the seven tribes conquering present-day Hungary, while the word "diós" refers to walnut trees. The...
  
  

• Dorogháza
• Drégelypalánk
  Drégelypalánk
  Drégelypalánk is a village in Nógrád County, Hungary. It was first recorded in 1274 and was created as a merger of two settlements named Drégely and Palánk...
  
  
• Ecseg
  Ecseg
  Ecseg is a village in Nógrád county, Hungary.- External links :*...
  
  
• Egyházasdengeleg
• Egyházasgerge
• Endrefalva
  Endrefalva
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• Erdőkürt
• Erdőtarcsa
• Érsekvadkert
• Etes
  Etes
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• Felsőpetény
• Felsőtold
• Galgaguta
  Galgaguta
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• Garáb
  Garab
  Garab is a city in and capital of Tarhan District, in Kuhdasht County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 3,270, in 687 families....
  
  
• Héhalom
• Herencsény
  Herencsény
  Herencsény is a village and municipality in the comitat of Nógrád, Hungary.-References:...
  
  
• Hollókő
  Hollóko
  Hollókő is a Palóc ethnographic village in Hungary, part of the World Heritage. Its name means "Raven-stone" in Hungarian.- Location :The village is located in Nógrád county, approximately 91.1 kilometres northeast from Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It lies in a valley of Cserhát Mountains,...
  
  
• Hont
  Hont, Hungary
  -Location:Hont is located on left bank of river Ipoly about 77 kilometres north of Budapest. The E77 European main road drives by the village. Hont lies north of Börzsöny mountains in Ipeľ valley.-History:...
  
  
• Horpács
  Horpács
  - Location :Horpács is located north of Budapest. Leave E77 European main road at Borsosberény as the closest approximation. The village is situated in a valley between gently sloping hills. It is about southwest of Balassagyarmat.- History :...
  
  
• Hugyag
  Hugyag
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• Iliny
  Iliny
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• Ipolytarnóc
  Ipolytarnóc
  Ipolytarnóc is a village in Hungary, Nógrád county. There is a fossil site close to it, the Ipolytarnoc Fossils Nature Conservation Area.-Ipolytarnoc fossils:...
  
  
• Ipolyvece
  Ipolyvece
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• Jobbágyi
• Kálló
  Kallo
  Kallo is a brand name, owned by Kallo Foods located in Godalming, in the United Kingdom. Its range is notable for containing the UK market leader of rice cracker, marketed as Kallo Rice Cakes. However more notable is its substantial range of organic foods.There is also a Kallo range of dehydrated...
  
  
• Karancsalja
  Karancsalja
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• Karancsberény
• Karancskeszi
  Karancskeszi
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• Karancslapujtő
• Karancsság
• Kazár
• Keszeg
  Keszeg
  Keszeg is a village in Nógrád county, Hungary.- External links :* * in Hungarian *...
  
  
• Kétbodony
• Kisbágyon
• Kisbárkány
• Kisecset
  Kisecset
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• Kishartyán
• Kozárd
• Kutasó
• Legénd
  Legend
  A legend is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude...
  
  
• Litke
  Litke, Hungary
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• Lucfalva
  Lucfalva
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• Ludányhalászi
  Ludányhalászi
  Ludányhalászi is a village in Hungary, Nógrád county. It is the longest village in Central Europe.-External links:*...
  
  
• Magyargéc
• Magyarnándor
• Márkháza
  Márkháza
  Márkháza is a village in Nógrád County, Hungary. It is located 15 kilometers from Salgótarján in the Kis Zagyva Valley.The village is believed to have been named after Mark, the son of one of the owners of Fehérkő Castle. It was first mentioned in writing in 1548, when it was destroyed by Turkish...
  
  
• Mátramindszent
• Mátranovák
• Mátraszele
• Mátraszőlős
• Mátraterenye
• Mátraverebély
• Mihálygerge
• Mohora
  Mohora
  Mohora is a village in Nógrád county, Hungary.- External links :*...
  
  
• Nagybárkány
• Nagykeresztúr
• Nagylóc
• Nagyoroszi
  Nagyoroszi
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• Nemti
  Nemti
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• Nézsa
• Nógrád
  Nógrád
  Nógrád is a village in Nógrád County, Hungary.- External links :*...
  
  
• Nógrádkövesd
• Nógrádmarcal

• Nógrádmegyer
• Nógrádsáp
• Nógrádsipek
• Nógrádszakál
• Nőtincs
  Notincs
  Nőtincs , a pictorial locality looking back on a thousand-year old history is in Nógrád county, Hungary.The village is located north of Budapest near the European route E77, halfway between Vác and Balassagyarmat. Nőtincs is seated at the border of Cserhát and Börzsöny hills. Its location...
  
  
• Őrhalom
• Ősagárd
• Palotás
• Patak
  Patak
  Patak may refer to:Afghanistan:* Patak, AfghanistanHungarian language:* Magyarised form from Slavonic word "potok"** Sárospatak , a town in northern Hungary...
  
  
• Patvarc
  Patvarc
  Patvarc is a village in Nógrád county, Hungary.- External links :*...
  
  
• Piliny
  Piliny
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• Pusztaberki
  Pusztaberki
  Pusztaberki is a village in Nógrád county, Hungary.- External links :*...
  
  
• Rákóczibánya
• Rimóc
• Romhány
• Ságújfalu
• Sámsonháza
• Sóshartyán
• Szalmatercs
  Szalmatercs
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• Szanda
  Szanda
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• Szarvasgede
  Szarvasgede
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• Szátok
• Szécsénke
• Szécsényfelfalu
• Szendehely
  Szendehely
  Szendehely is a village in Nógrád county, Hungary. It has a relatively high german population of 37%...
  
  
• Szente
  Szente
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• Szilaspogony
  Szilaspogony
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• Szirák
• Szügy
• Szuha
  Szuha
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• Szurdokpüspöki
• Tar
  Tar, Hungary
  Tar is a village in Nógrád county, Hungary.- External links :*...
  
  
• Terény
• Tereske
  Tereske
  Tereske is a village in Nógrád county, Hungary.- Parochial church :The most attractive sightseeing in the village is the parochila church. The Tereske parochial church has been built as a Benedictine abbey in romanesque style in the 11. C. A. D. The main sightseeing is the legend of Saint László...
  
  
• Tolmács
• Vanyarc
  Vanyarc
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• Varsány
• Vizslás
• Zabar
  Zabar, Hungary
  Zabar is a village in Nógrád county, Hungary.- Geography :Zabar lies about east of Salgótarján, where the borders of , and counties and Slovakia meet. The River Tarna flows through the village...
  
  

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Photos from Nograd County