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Northern Hungary

Northern Hungary is a region of . It includes the counties Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Heves and Nógrád.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Miskolc and Eger.

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, with population of about 157,000, is the third largest city in , located in the north-east of the country, east of mountains.

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is a historic town in Northern Hungary, capital of Heves County, situated between the Mátra and mountains. outside of the city is covered in a separate article.

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is the county seat and largest city in Nógrád county, . 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.

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Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén is an administrative county in north-eastern , on the border with . It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Nógrád, Heves, Hajdú–Bihar and Szabolcs–Szatmár–Bereg.

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is in Northern Hungary on the border with Slovakia. Nógrád is famous for its historic architecture of ancient Gothic churches and stone castles dated to the 13th century.

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is in Northern Hungary. is a geographically diverse area; its northern part is mountainous, while at south it includes a part of the Great Hungarian Plain.

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The Mountains are a section of the North Hungarian Mountains of the Inner Western Carpathians. Much of the area is included in the National Park.

Northern Hungary

Latitude of center
47.9438° or 47° 56′ 38″ north
Longitude of center
20.3213° or 20° 19′ 17″ east
Population
1,130,000
Open­Street­Map ID
node 775498603
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Wiki­data ID
Q732210
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Northern Hungary” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimali Macarıstan”
  • Basque: “Iparraldeko Hungaria”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночная Венгрыя”
  • Chinese: “匈牙利北部”
  • Chinese: “北匈牙利”
  • Croatian: “Sjeverna Mađarska”
  • Danish: “Észak-Magyarország”
  • Dutch: “Noord-Hongarije”
  • Dutch: “Northern Hungary”
  • Esperanto: “Norda Hungario”
  • Estonian: “Põhja-Ungari”
  • French: “Hongrie septentrionale”
  • Galician: “Hungría do norte”
  • German: “Nordungarn”
  • Hebrew: “צפון הונגריה”
  • Hungarian: “Észak-Magyarország”
  • Italian: “Ungheria settentrionale”
  • Italian: “Ungheria Settentrionale”
  • Macedonian: “Северна Унгарија”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Észak-Magyarország”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nord-Ungarn”
  • Norwegian: “Észak-Magyarország”
  • Persian: “مجارستان شمالی”
  • Quechua: “Chinchay Unriya”
  • Romanian: “Ungaria de Nord”
  • Russian: “Северная Венгрия”
  • Serbian: “Северна мађарска регија”
  • Serbian: “Северна Мађарска регија”
  • Slovenian: “Severna Madžarska”
  • Spanish: “Hungria Septentrional”
  • Spanish: “Hungría Septentrional”
  • Swedish: “Norra Ungern”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Macaristan”
  • Ukrainian: “Північна Угорщина”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Northern Hungary”. Photo: Pe-Jo, CC BY-SA 3.0.