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Nógrád County
Nógrád County
Country	Hungary
Region	Northern Hungary
County seat	Salgótarján
	Area
- Total	2,544 km2 (982.2 sq mi)
	Population
- Total	210,200
- Density	82.6/km2 (214/sq mi)

Nógrád is an administrative county (comitatus or megye), in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary.

[edit] Nógrád county

View of Salgó Castle in northern Nógrád

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.

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. [1]. 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.

Due to the mountains, the county is characterised by small villages nestled in the valleys. The two largest settlements are Balassagyarmat, the former county seat, and Salgótarján, which has become a center of industry in the early 20th century due to coalmines nearby.

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[edit] History

Main article: Nógrád (former county)

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.

[edit] Regional structure

[edit] City with county rights

Aerial photography: Salgótarján - Hungary

Salgótarján (county seat)

[edit] Cities and towns

(ordered by population, according to the 2001 census)

Balassagyarmat (17,906)
Bátonyterenye (15,207)
Pásztó (10,330)
Szécsény (6,580)
Rétság (3,067)

[edit] Villages

Keszeg - Palace from above	Franciscan Convent - Mátraverebély	Franciscan Convent Szécsény - aerial photo	Nézsa - Palace
Terske - house from above	Aerial Photography: Szirák - Palace	Romhány - Laszkáry palace	Keszeg - Huszár Palace
Csesztve - House	Alsópetény - Palace	Alsópetény - Palace.jpg	Tolmács - Szentiványi Palace