Hont
Hont County was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Most of its territory is now part of Slovakia, while a smaller southern portion is part of Hungary.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Banská Štiavnica and Pukanec.
Banská Štiavnica
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Banská Štiavnica is a town in central Slovakia, in the middle of an immense caldera created by the collapse of an ancient volcano. For its size, the caldera is known as the Štiavnica Mountains.
Pukanec
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Pukanec is a village and municipality in the Levice District in the Nitra Region of southern Slovakia.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St. Nicholas and Evanjelický a. v. kostol.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prenčov and Beluj.
Prenčov
Village
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Prenčov is a village and municipality in Banská Štiavnica District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia. In 2011, it had a population of 596.
Beluj
Village
Beluj is a village and municipality in the Banská Štiavnica District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.
Baďan
Village
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Baďan is a village and municipality in the Banská Štiavnica District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.
Hont
- Type: county
- Description: administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary and then shortly of Czechoslovakia
- Also known as: “Hont County”
- Location: Central Slovakia, Slovakia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
48.34° or 48° 20′ 24″ northLongitude
18.9° or 18° 54′ eastOpen location code
8FWW8WR2+22Wikidata ID
Q1054981
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Satellite Map
Discover Hont from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Hont” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Comtat de Hont”
- Czech: “Hontianska župa”
- Czech: “Hontská župa”
- Dutch: “Hont County”
- Dutch: “Hont”
- Esperanto: “Departemento Honto”
- Esperanto: “Hont (historia departamento)”
- Esperanto: “Hont (reĝa departemento)”
- Esperanto: “Hont”
- Esperanto: “Honta ĵupo”
- Esperanto: “Honto (reĝa departemento)”
- French: “Comitat de Hont”
- French: “Hont (comitat)”
- French: “Hont”
- German: “Komitat Hont”
- Hungarian: “Hont vármegye”
- Indonesian: “Hont”
- Italian: “Comitato di Hont”
- Italian: “Hont”
- Polish: “komitat Hont”
- Polish: “Komitat Hont”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Hont”
- Russian: “Хонт”
- Serbian: “Жупанија Хонт (бивша)”
- Serbian: “Жупанија Хонт”
- Slovak: “Hontianska župa (Uhorsko)”
- Slovak: “Hontianska župa”
- Ukrainian: “Хонт (комітат)”
- Ukrainian: “Хонт”
- Venetian: “Hont”
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