Szécsény () is a district in northern part of

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Szécsény Szécsény is a town in Nógrád county, Hungary. Etymology The name comes from the Slavic ''sečь'': cutting (''Sečany''). 1219/1550 ''Scecen''. History The valley of the Ipoly and especially the area of that around Szécsény was inhabite ...

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

Geography

Szécsény District borders with the

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n region of

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to the north and west,

Salgótarján District Salgótarján () is a district in north-eastern part of Nógrád County. '' Salgótarján'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Salgótarj� ...

to the northeast,

Pásztó District Pásztó () 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 Region. Geography Pász ...

to the south,

Balassagyarmat District Balassagyarmat () is a district in north-western part of Nógrád County. ''Balassagyarmat'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Balassagya ...

to the southwest. The number of the inhabited places in Szécsény District is 14.

Municipalities

The district has 1

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and 13 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 19,587 and the

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was 69/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 3,000). Total population (2011 census): 19,587
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 20,415 persons: *

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: 17,548 (85.96%) *

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: 2,686 (13.16%) *Others and indefinable: 181 (0.89%) Approx. 1,000 persons in Szécsény District did declare more than one 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 – 14,152 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 14,134;

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– 17); *

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– 163; *

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– 146; *other religions – 339; *

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– 1,044; *

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– 56; *''Undeclared'' – 3,687.

Gallery

File:Civertanlegifotoszecseny1.jpg,

, the ''district seat'' File:Hollókő Ófalu Fő utca (részlet).jpg, View of

Hollókő Hollókő () is a village in northern Hungary, located in Nógrád County. The village, which was constructed in the 13th century and developed in the 18th and 19th centuries, is a well-preserved ethnographic village of the Palóc people, with tra ...

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Varsány Varsány is a village in Nógrád County, Hungary with 1,635 inhabitants (2014). Location The village is located in Nógrád county, approximately 100 kilometres northeast from Budapest, the capital of Hungary and 21 kilometres from Hollókő. ...

References

External links

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