Karancsalja
Karancsalja is a village in Nógrád county, Hungary, in Salgótarján District. Karancsalja has probably been inhabited since the time of the Hungarian conquest, since its area – the northern side of the valley – is slightly raised from its surroundings, thus providing a suitable place for settlement.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Karancs.
Karancs
Peak
Photo: Pavouk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karancs is the highest peak in the Karancs Hills with an elevation of 729 metres. It lies on the Hungarian-Slovak border. In Hungary, the mountain forms part of the Karancs-Medves Protected Landscape Area, while in Slovakia it is included in the Cerová vrchovina Protected Landscape Area. Karancs is situated 4 km northeast of Karancsalja.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salgótarján and Šiatorská Bukovinka.
Salgótarján
Photo: Packa, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Salgótarján is the county seat and largest city in Nógrád county, Hungary. Once a small mining town, the city was built in a very modern communist style, leaving much to be desired in terms of classical architecture.
Šiatorská Bukovinka
Village
Šiatorská Bukovinka is a village and municipality in the Lučenec District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia. Šiatorská Bukovinka is situated 8 km northeast of Karancsalja.
Karancsalja
- Type: Village with 1,390 residents
- Description: village in Hungary
- Categories: municipality of Hungary and locality
- Location: Nógrád County, Northern Hungary, Hungary, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
48.13366° or 48° 8′ 1″ northLongitude
19.75189° or 19° 45′ 7″ eastPopulation
1,390Elevation
214 metres (702 feet)Open location code
8FWX4QM2+FQOpenStreetMap ID
node 738340976OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3050575Wikidata ID
Q1089137
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Karancsalja” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Karancsalja”
- Chinese: “Karancsalja”
- Chinese: “考龍喬爾堯”
- Chinese: “考龙乔尔尧”
- Dutch: “Karancsalja”
- Esperanto: “Karancsalja”
- French: “Karancsalja”
- German: “Karancsalja”
- Hungarian: “Karancsalja”
- Irish: “Karancsalja”
- Italian: “Karancsalja”
- Lombard: “Karancsalja”
- Malay: “Karancsalja”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Karancsalja”
- Persian: “کارانچآیا”
- Persian: “کارانچالیا”
- Polish: “Karancsalja”
- Portuguese: “Karancsalja”
- Romanian: “Karancsalja, Nógrád”
- Romanian: “Karancsalja”
- Russian: “Каранчалья”
- Serbian: “Каранчаља”
- Slovak: “Karancsalja”
- Slovenian: “Karancsalja”
- Spanish: “Karancsalja”
- Turkish: “Karancsalja”
- Ukrainian: “Каранчалья”
- Vietnamese: “Karancsalja”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Karancsaljai Községi Könyvtár and Karancsaljai Közösségi ház.
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