- Nógrád (former county)
Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name = Comitatus Neogradiensis
conventional_long_name = Nógrád County
common_name = Nógrád
subdivision = County
nation = theKingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 =
year_start = 12th century
event_end = Treaty of Trianon
year_end = 1920
date_end = June 4
capital = Balassagyarmat
stat_area1 = 4128
stat_pop1 = 261500
stat_year1 = 1910
today =Slovakia ,Hungary Nógrád (-Hungarian, in Latin: "comitatus Neogradiensis", in German: "Neuburg" or "Neograd", in Slovak: "Novohrad") was the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the
Kingdom of Hungary . Its territory is presently in southernSlovakia and in northern present-dayHungary . 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.Geography
In 1910, Nógrád county shared borders with the counties
Hont , Zólyom (Zvolen),Gömör-Kishont (Gemer-Malohont), Heves andPest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun . It was situated approximately along the linePoltár ,Lučenec ,Szécsény andVác . The riverIpeľ flowed through the county. Its area was 4,133 km² around 1910.Capitals
The capital of the county was
Balassagyarmat , except for the 18th century, when the capital wasLučenec .History
Nógrád was one of the first counties of the Kingdom of Hungary, founded in the 11th century.
In the aftermath of
World War I , the part of Komárom county north of the riverIpeľ became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia (asNovohrad county ), as recognized by the concerned states in the 1920Treaty of Trianon . The southern part stayed inHungary . Following the provisions of the controversialFirst Vienna Award , the northern half of Novohrad came under Hungarian control in November 1938. After World War II, the Trianon borders were restored. In 1993,Czechoslovakia dissolved and Novohrad became part of independentSlovakia . Since 1996, it is part of the Slovak administrative unitBanska Bystrica region .The Hungarian part of Nógrád merged with the Hungarian part of
Hont county to formNógrád-Hont county. Between 1939 and 1945 it was united with the occupied half of the Slovak part of Nógrád county. Since 1950 the Hungarian part of Nógrád, with a small part of formerHont county added, forms the present Hungarian countyNógrád .ubdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Nógrád/Novohrad county were:
The towns of
Lučenec andHalič are presently inSlovakia .
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