Terény () is a village in

Nógrád county Nógrád (, ; ) is a counties of Hungary, county () of Hungary. It sits on the northern edge of Hungary and borders Slovakia. Description Nógrád county lies in northern Hungary. It shares borders with Slovakia and the Hungarian counties Pest ( ...

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Geography

The village is situated 20 km south of

Balassagyarmat Balassagyarmat (Hungarian: ; formerly ''Balassa-Gyarmath''; ; or ) is a town in northern Hungary. It was the seat of the Nógrád County, Nógrád Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus. Balassagyarmat is the capital city of Palóc country as ...

, in the valley of Szanda creek, 95 km from

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History

Terény was first mentioned as Teryan on a

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during the

Árpád dynasty The Árpád dynasty consisted of the members of the royal House of Árpád (), also known as Árpáds (, ). They were the ruling dynasty of the Principality of Hungary in the 9th and 10th centuries and of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1000 to 130 ...

, in 1274. During the

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, Terény was referred to as ''Vásáros-Terjén'' (Terjén having a fair) on certificates and had the privileges of a city.

Notable residents

The most notable person from Terény is

Albert Szent-Györgyi Albert Imre Szent-Györgyi de Rapoltu Mare, Nagyrápolt (; September 16, 1893 – October 22, 1986) was a Hungarian biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He is credited with first isolating vitamin C and disc ...

, a Hungarian

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winner in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He spent his childhood in Kiskérpuszta in Terény.

References

* :hu:Szent-Györgyi Albert {{DEFAULTSORT:Tereny Populated places in Nógrád County