Balassagyarmat ( hu, Balassagyarmati járás) is a district in north-western part of

Nógrád County Nógrád ( hu, Nógrád megye, ; sk, Novohradská župa) is a counties of Hungary, county ( hu, megye) of Hungary. It sits on the northern edge of Hungary and borders Slovakia. Description Nógrád county lies in northern Hungary. It shares bor ...

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Balassagyarmat Balassagyarmat (Hungarian: ; formerly ''Balassa-Gyarmath''; german: Jahrmarkt; sk, Balážske Ďarmoty or ) is a town in northern Hungary. It was the seat of the Nógrád comitatus. Balassagyarmat is the capital city of Palóc country as the promi ...

'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography

Balassagyarmat District borders with the

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

n regions of

Nitra Nitra (; also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra. It is located 95 km east of Bratislava. With a population of about 78,353, it is the fifth la ...

and

Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica (, also known by other alternative names) is a middle-sized town in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Veľká Fatra, and the Kremnica Mo ...

to the north,

Szécsény District Szécsény ( hu, Szécsényi járás) is a district in northern part of Nógrád County. ''Szécsény'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary, Northern Hungary Statistical Reg ...

and

Pásztó District Pásztó ( hu, Pásztói járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Nógrád County. ''Pásztó'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary, Northern Hungary Statistical Regi ...

to the east, Vác District ''( Pest County)'' to the south,

Rétság District Rétság ( hu, Rétsági járás; sk, Rétságsky okres) is a district in western part of Nógrád County. ''Rétság'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Reg ...

to the southwest,

Szob District Szob ( hu, Szobi járás) is a district in northern part of Pest County. ''Szob'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Szob District borders ...

''(Pest County)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Balassagyarmat District is 29.

Municipalities

The district has 1

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and 28 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 40,326 and the

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was 76/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,000), Slovak (400) and German (100). Total population (2011 census): 40,326
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 37,603 persons: *

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali ...

: 34,861 (93.70%) *

Gypsies The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sign ...

: 1,932 (5.19%) *

Slovaks The Slovaks ( sk, Slováci, singular: ''Slovák'', feminine: ''Slovenka'', plural: ''Slovenky'') are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak Slovak. In Slovakia, 4.4 mi ...

: 380 (1.02%) *Others and indefinable: 430 (1.14%) Approx. 2,500 persons in Balassagyarmat District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011,

' *Catholic – 24,829 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 24,781;

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– 45); *

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide Interdenominationalism, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being "bor ...

– 2,561; *

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– 681; *other religions – 610; *

Non-religious Irreligion or nonreligion is the absence or rejection of religion, or indifference to it. Irreligion takes many forms, ranging from the casual and unaware to full-fledged philosophies such as atheism and agnosticism, secular humanism and anti ...

– 2,049; *

Atheism Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no d ...

– 335; *''Undeclared'' – 9,261.

Gallery

File:Balassagyarmati városháza 5.jpg,

, ''Civitas Fortissima'' File:Bercel.jpg, Aerial view of Bercel File:Várrom (6574. számú műemlék).jpg,

Drégely Castle Drégely Castle ( hu, Drégely vára) is a 13th-century hilltop castle in Nógrád County, Hungary. It is in ruins, but being restored. Geography The ruin of Drégely Castle sits on a peak of the Börzsöny mountains in Hungary. The area is i ...

File:Csesztve House.jpg, Madách Chateau in

Csesztve Csesztve ( sk, Častva) is a village in Nógrád county, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine ...

File:Szanda falu (Nógrád megye) látképe - háttérben a Szanda hegy vonulataival és a Berceli-heggyel.jpg, View of Szanda File:Patak01.JPG, Holy Trinity Church in Patak

References

External links

Postal codes of the Balassagyarmat District
Districts in Nógrád County {{Nograd-geo-stub