Hungary
Northern Hungary
Nógrád County

Salgótarján

Salgótarján 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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  • Type: City with 30,900 residents
  • Description: city in Hungary
  • Also known as: “Baglyasalja”, “Salgotarjan”, “Shalgo Tar’yan”, and “Zagyvapálfalva”

Places of Interest

Highlights include József Attila Cultural and Conference Centre and Salgótarján külső railway station.

Community center
Photo: Packa, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a community center.

Railway station
Photo: Rakás, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Museum
Photo: Sandorb, Public domain.

Salgótarján

Latitude
48.0961° or 48° 5′ 46″ north
Longitude
19.8006° or 19° 48′ 2″ east
Population
30,900
Elevation
242 metres (794 feet)
United Nations Location Code
HU SAL
Open location code
8FWX3RW2+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 243688523
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3045643
Wiki­data ID
Q189769
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Salgótarján” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سالجوتارجان”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şalqotariyan”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şalqotaryan”
  • Basque: “Salgótarján”
  • Belarusian: “Шальгатар’ян”
  • Bengali: “সাল্গোতারিয়ান”
  • Bulgarian: “Шалготарйан”
  • Bulgarian: “Шалготарян”
  • Catalan: “Salgótarján”
  • Cebuano: “Salgótarján”
  • Chechen: “Шальготарьян”
  • Chinese: “Salgótarján”
  • Chinese: “紹爾戈陶爾揚”
  • Chinese: “绍尔戈陶尔扬”
  • Croatian: “Salgotarjan”
  • Croatian: “Salgótarján”
  • Croatian: “Šalgov-Tarjany”
  • Croatian: “Schalgau”
  • Croatian: “Schalgotarjan”
  • Czech: “Salgótarján”
  • Danish: “Salgotarjan”
  • Danish: “Salgótarján”
  • Dutch: “Salgotarjan”
  • Dutch: “Salgótarján”
  • Esperanto: “Salgótarján”
  • Estonian: “Salgótarján”
  • Finnish: “Salgotarjan”
  • Finnish: “Salgótarján”
  • French: “Salgotarjan”
  • French: “Salgótarján”
  • French: “Tarján”
  • Galician: “Salgótarján”
  • Georgian: “შალგოტარიანი”
  • German: “Salgotarjan”
  • German: “Salgótarján”
  • German: “Šalgov-Tarjany”
  • German: “Schalgau”
  • German: “Schalgotarjan”
  • Greek: “Σάλγκοταριαν”
  • Gujarati: “સાલ્ગોટાર્જાન”
  • Hebrew: “שאלגוטאריאן”
  • Hebrew: “שלגוטריאן”
  • Hindi: “साल्गोटार्जन”
  • Hungarian: “Salgótarján”
  • Indonesian: “Salgótarján”
  • Irish: “Salgótarján”
  • Italian: “Salgotarjan”
  • Italian: “Salgótarján”
  • Japanese: “シャルゴータールヤーン”
  • Japanese: “シャルゴータルヤーン”
  • Kannada: “ಸಾಲ್ಗೋಟಾರ್ಜಾನ್”
  • Korean: “셜고터랸”
  • Korean: “셜고터리안”
  • Latvian: “Šalgatarjāna”
  • Latvian: “Šalgotarjana”
  • Latvian: “Šalgotarjāna”
  • Lithuanian: “Salgótarján”
  • Lithuanian: “Šalgotarjanas”
  • Lombard: “Salgótarján”
  • Low German: “Salgótarján”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Salgótarján”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Salgótarján”
  • Macedonian: “Шалготарјан”
  • Malay: “Salgotarjan”
  • Malay: “Salgótarján”
  • Marathi: “सलगोर्त्जन”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Salgótarján”
  • Mingrelian: “შალგოტარიანი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Salgótarján”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Salgotarjan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Salgótarján”
  • Norwegian: “Salgótarján”
  • Ossetian: “Шальготарьян”
  • Persian: “شالگوتاریان”
  • Polish: “Salgotarjan”
  • Polish: “Salgótarjan”
  • Polish: “Salgótarján”
  • Portuguese: “Salgótarján”
  • Quechua: “Salgótarján”
  • Romanian: “Salgotarjan”
  • Romanian: “Salgótarján”
  • Russian: “Шалготарьян”
  • Russian: “Шальготарьян”
  • Scots: “Salgótarján”
  • Serbian: “Salgótarján”
  • Serbian: “Šalgotarjan”
  • Serbian: “Шалготарјан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Salgótarján”
  • Silesian: “Salgótarján”
  • Sinhala: “සල්ගෝටර්ජාන්”
  • Slovak: “Salgótarján”
  • Slovak: “Šalgotarján”
  • Slovak: “Šalgov-Tarjany”
  • Slovenian: “Salgótarján”
  • Spanish: “Salgotarjan”
  • Spanish: “Salgotarján”
  • Spanish: “Salgótarjan”
  • Spanish: “Salgótarján”
  • Swahili: “Salgótarján”
  • Swedish: “Salgotarjan”
  • Swedish: “Salgótarján”
  • Tamil: “சால்கோடர்ஜான்”
  • Tatar: “Шалготарьян”
  • Telugu: “సాల్గొటార్జన్”
  • Thai: “ช็อลโกตอร์ยาน”
  • Thai: “ซาลโกทาจาน”
  • Turkish: “Salgótarján”
  • Ukrainian: “Шалготар’ян”
  • Ukrainian: “Шалґотар’ян”
  • Ukrainian: “Шалґотарян”
  • Ukrainian: “Шальґотар’ян”
  • Urdu: “سالجوتارجان”
  • Veps: “Šal’gotarjan”
  • Veps: “Šalgotarjan”
  • Vietnamese: “Salgótarján”
  • Volapük: “Salgótarján”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Salgótarján”
  • Welsh: “Salgótarján”
  • Western Panjabi: “سالگوتاریئن”
  • Wu Chinese: “绍尔戈陶尔扬”
  • “Salgótarján”

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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 “Salgótarján”. Photo: Packa, CC BY-SA 2.5.