Lučenec District

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.

Lučenec District
District
Country	Slovakia
Region (kraj)	Banská Bystrica Region
Seat	Lučenec
Area
• Total	797 km2 (308 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	72,837
• Density	91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Telephone prefix	47
Vehicle registration plate[a]	LC
^ District-specific vehicle registration was discontinued in 2023.

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 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.

Municipalities

Lučenec District (2020)

Municipality	Area (km2)[1]	Population[2][3]
Ábelová	52.17	198 ()
Belina	6.48	621 ()
Biskupice	7.87	1,146 ()
Boľkovce	10.99	624 ()
Budiná	17.3	218 ()
Bulhary	9.53	317 ()
Buzitka	13.8	509 ()
Čakanovce	12.42	1,161 ()
Čamovce	12.61	597 ()
Divín	23.92	2,069 ()
Dobroč	18.86	599 ()
Fiľakovo	16.17	10,546 ()
Fiľakovské Kováče	11.42	915 ()
Gregorova Vieska	4.79	147 ()
Halič	21.81	1,675 ()
Holiša	10.34	672 ()
Jelšovec	8.13	329 ()
Kalonda	8.81	203 ()
Kotmanová	16.78	289 ()
Lehôtka	8.26	353 ()
Lentvora	13.82	93 ()
Lipovany	10.33	251 ()
Lovinobaňa	21.12	2,001 ()
Ľuboreč	31.66	346 ()
Lučenec	4.98	271 ()
Lupoč	9.34	219 ()
Mašková	9.12	334 ()
Mikušovce	4.98	271 ()
Mučín	11.73	780 ()
Mýtna	20.28	1,189 ()
Nitra nad Ipľom	8.11	381 ()
Nové Hony	0	0 ()
Panické Dravce	11.15	762 ()
Píla	7.55	254 ()
Pinciná	0	0 ()
Pleš	9.78	189 ()
Podrečany	11.61	542 ()
Polichno	11.07	136 ()
Praha	9.29	77 ()
Prša	3.48	210 ()
Radzovce	18.78	1,557 ()
Rapovce	8.86	929 ()
Ratka	12.6	299 ()
Ružiná	10.8	849 ()
Šávoľ	10.86	550 ()
Šiatorská Bukovinka	21.59	298 ()
Šíd	15.23	1,330 ()
Stará Halič	17.59	654 ()
Šurice	13.99	485 ()
Točnica	11.92	425 ()
Tomášovce	14.1	1,340 ()
Trebeľovce	19.54	896 ()
Trenč	17.55	542 ()
Tuhár	19.23	346 ()
Veľká nad Ipľom	24.42	938 ()
Veľké Dravce	9.5	707 ()
Vidiná	5.48	1,770 ()

Sources

• Lučenec—ideal place for investment, published by Lučenec Town Council, Novohradská 1, 98401 Lučenec (Slovakia).