Lučenec District ( okres Lučenec ) is a district in the Banská Bystrica Region of south-central Slovakia . Until 1918, most of the district belonged to the Novohrad county, with a small area around the villages of Šíd , Čamovce and Šurice in the east belonging to the Gemer a Malohont county.
3-609: The district is situated in the Southern Slovak Basin , in the broad valley of the Ipeľ River . The two towns— Lučenec and Fiľakovo —comprise nearly 54% of the population of the district, the remainder living in the 55 surrounding villages. The district lies on the E571 route (Route 50 in Slovak numbering) from Bratislava to Košice , and on one of the train lines connecting
6-944: Is a 232-kilometre (144 mi) long river in Slovakia and Hungary , a tributary of the Danube River. Its source is in central Slovakia in the Slovak Ore Mountains . It flows south to the Hungarian border, and then southwest, west, and again south along the border until it flows into the Danube near Szob . The Ipeľ flows through or creates the border of the Banská Bystrica and Nitra regions in Slovakia, and Nógrád and Pest counties in Hungary. The following towns and villages are situated on
9-465: The two cities. Train services also run to Budapest via Fiľakovo. There is a small aerodrome at Boľkovce . The main industries are food processing and building materials. 48°19′48″N 19°39′49″E / 48.33000°N 19.66361°E / 48.33000; 19.66361 Ipe%C4%BE River The Ipeľ ( Slovak ; pronounced [ˈipeʎ] ) or Ipoly ( Hungarian ) ( German : Eipel , archaic Slovak: Jupoľ , Latin : Bolia )
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