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County coat of arms
'Nógrád' is an administrative county (comitatus or megye), in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary.
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| Nógrád county |
| History |
| Regional structure |
| City with county rights |
| Cities and towns |
| Villages |
Nógrád county
Nógrád county lies in northern Hungary. It shares borders with Slovakia and the Hungarian counties Pest, Heves and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén. The capital of Nógrád county is Salgótarján. Its area is 2544 km².
Much of the northern border of the county is formed by the river Ipoly. The mountain ranges Börzsöny, Cserhát and Mátra lie partly in the county.
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) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in southern Slovakia and in northern present-day Hungary. 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.
Regional structure
City with county rights
Aerial photography: Salgótarján - Hungary
★ Salgótarján (county seat)
Cities and towns
(ordered by population, according to the 2001 census)
★ Balassagyarmat (17 906)
★ Bátonyterenye (15 207)
★ Pásztó (10 330)
★ Szécsény (6580)
★ Rétság (3067)
Villages
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