Lučenec

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Field	Value
name	Lučenec
other_name	Losonc
settlement_type	Municipality
image_skyline	Lučenec - pohľad na mesto (1).jpg
image_caption	Panorama of Lučenec
image_flag	Lucenec-lucenec-flag.svg
image_shield	Coat of Arms of Lučenec.svg
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Banská Bystrica Region
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Lučenec District
pushpin_map	Slovakia Banská Bystrica Region#Slovakia
pushpin_relief	1
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Lučenec in the Banská Bystrica Region##Location of Lučenec in Slovakia
coordinates
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Alexandra Pivková
established_title	First mentioned
established_date	1262
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	186
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	984 01
area_code	+421 47
registration_plate	LC
website
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Lučenec (; ; ; ; ) is a town in the Banská Bystrica Region of south-central Slovakia. Historically, it was part, and in the 18th century the capital, of Nógrád County of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1920, as a result of the Treaty of Trianon, it became a part of Czechoslovakia. The town has a large synagogue, built in 1924, which served a large Jewish population before World War II. The synagogue underwent renovations in 2016.

Lučenec is the economic centre of the whole Novohrad region, which includes districts Poltár and Veľký Krtíš.

Geography

History

Lučenec and its surroundings were inhabited in the Stone Ages. Slavs moved to this area in the 6th and 7th century as the first permanent settlers and the Hungarians joined them in the 10th century.

The first indirect mention of Lučenec was in 1128, when Lambert built a chapel in honour of Virgin Mary. The first direct mention of the settlement was in 1247 under the name Luchunch, but until the first half of the 15th century it was only a village, and was located off the main trade routes. In 1442, Lučenec was conquered by the Hussites troops under command of John Jiskra of Brandýs and in 1451 the Battle of Lučenec took place near the village between the troops of John Hunyadi and those of Jiskra, where the latter emerged victorious.

After the fall of the Fiľakovo (, ) castle in 1554, Lučenec was under the control of the Ottomans and their vassals as part of Budin Eyalet until capturing by Austrians in 1593. It was regained by Ottomans in 1596 and was again part of Filek (Ottoman name for Fiľakovo) sanjak (its centre was in modern-day Rimavská Sobota) in Eğri Eyalet till 1686. The town was burned down many times until the first half of the 19th century, when during the Revolutions of 1848/1849 it was occupied by the Russian imperial troops.

The town underwent modernization in the 19th and 20th centuries, for example, new industries like brickworks or tanneries were built, telegraph line in 1865, and in 1871 it was connected to the railway connecting Budapest () and Žilina. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Lučenec was part of Nógrád County within the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1919, it was briefly part of the Slovak Soviet Republic. In 1938, Lučenec was annexed to Hungary as a result of the First Vienna Award, and this lasted until 1945 when it was returned to Czechoslovakia. Approximately 8.3% of current residents are ethnic Hungarians.

The Novohrad Museum and Gallery with a collection of over 30,000 artefacts moved to a building in Kubínyiho Square in 1985.

Climate

Lučenec has a Humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb) with four alternating seasons. There are warm summers and cold winters. There is a high number of sunshine days with a short time of duration of snow cover as well as the cover is relatively low. Near by Lučenec are located several water reservoirs such as Ľadovo, Mýtna, Málinec and most popular Ružiná.

|location = Lučenec (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1986−present) |single line = Y |metric first = Y |Jan record high C = 15.4 |Feb record high C = 19.1 |Mar record high C = 24.3 |Apr record high C = 30.5 |May record high C = 32.1 |Jun record high C = 36.0 |Jul record high C = 39.0 |Aug record high C = 37.3 |Sep record high C = 34.5 |Oct record high C = 27.5 |Nov record high C = 21.6 |Dec record high C = 14.2 |year record high C = 39.0 | Jan avg record high C = 9.0 | Feb avg record high C = 12.4 | Mar avg record high C = 19.0 | Apr avg record high C = 25.2 | May avg record high C = 28.6 | Jun avg record high C = 32.0 | Jul avg record high C = 33.8 | Aug avg record high C = 33.3 | Sep avg record high C = 28.6 | Oct avg record high C = 23.2 | Nov avg record high C = 15.8 | Dec avg record high C = 9.4 |year avg record high C = 34.7 |Jan high C = 1.4 |Feb high C = 4.8 |Mar high C = 10.6 |Apr high C = 17.3 |May high C = 22.0 |Jun high C = 25.5 |Jul high C = 27.6 |Aug high C = 27.5 |Sep high C = 21.8 |Oct high C = 15.3 |Nov high C = 8.2 |Dec high C = 1.8 |year high C = 15.3 |Jan mean C= -1.7 |Feb mean C= 0.5 |Mar mean C= 5.2 |Apr mean C= 10.8 |May mean C= 15.4 |Jun mean C= 19.0 |Jul mean C= 20.8 |Aug mean C= 20.6 |Sep mean C= 15.7 |Oct mean C= 10.2 |Nov mean C= 4.8 |Dec mean C= -0.8 |year mean C= 10.0 |Jan low C = -4.7 |Feb low C = -3.7 |Mar low C = -0.2 |Apr low C = 4.3 |May low C = 8.9 |Jun low C = 12.5 |Jul low C = 14.1 |Aug low C = 13.8 |Sep low C = 9.6 |Oct low C = 5.3 |Nov low C = 1.5 |Dec low C = -3.3 |year low C = 4.8 | Jan avg record low C = -15.8 | Feb avg record low C = -12.5 | Mar avg record low C = -7.5 | Apr avg record low C = -2.9 | May avg record low C = 2.2 | Jun avg record low C = 6.6 | Jul avg record low C = 8.3 | Aug avg record low C = 7.5 | Sep avg record low C = 2.8 | Oct avg record low C = -3.5 | Nov avg record low C = -6.6 | Dec avg record low C = -13.4 |year avg record low C = -17.8 |Jan record low C = -25.7 |Feb record low C = -24.0 |Mar record low C = -16.2 |Apr record low C = -10.5 |May record low C = -2.5 |Jun record low C = 2.9 |Jul record low C = 4.0 |Aug record low C = 3.0 |Sep record low C = -1.2 |Oct record low C = -9.8 |Nov record low C = -15.0 |Dec record low C = -26.1 |year record low C = -26.1 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 26.4 |Feb precipitation mm = 28.4 |Mar precipitation mm = 27.9 |Apr precipitation mm = 38.4 |May precipitation mm = 69.6 |Jun precipitation mm = 72.8 |Jul precipitation mm = 90.1 |Aug precipitation mm = 65.3 |Sep precipitation mm = 48.7 |Oct precipitation mm = 52.2 |Nov precipitation mm = 46.8 |Dec precipitation mm = 35.3 |year precipitation mm = 601.9 |unit precipitation days = 1 mm |Jan precipitation days = 5.7 |Feb precipitation days = 6.0 |Mar precipitation days = 6.2 |Apr precipitation days = 6.3 |May precipitation days = 9.3 |Jun precipitation days = 8.6 |Jul precipitation days = 8.9 |Aug precipitation days = 7.2 |Sep precipitation days = 6.8 |Oct precipitation days = 7.1 |Nov precipitation days = 8.0 |Dec precipitation days = 6.9 |year precipitation days= 87.0 |source 1 = infoclimat.fr{{cite web | url = https://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie/normales-records/1991-2020/lucenec/valeurs/11927.html |title=Normales et records pour la période 1991-2020 à Liberec | publisher = infoclimat.fr | access-date = February 18, 2022}}}}

Population

It has a population of people (31 December ).

Ethnicity

In 1910 out of 12,939 inhabitants some 10,634 were Hungarians (82%), 1,675 Slovaks (13%), 428 Germans, 9 Romas, 1 Ruthenian, 12 Croatians, 18 Serbians and 162 others.

Religion

Boroughs

Lučenec is divided into these boroughs:

Lučenec
Opatová
Malá Ves
Rúbanisko

Notable People

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József Kármán (1769–1795), sentimentalist Hungarian author.
Sándor Petőfi (1823–1849), Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary.
Božena Slančíková (1867–1951), pen name Timrava, a Slovak novelist and playwright.
Zoltán Speidl (1880–1917) Hungarian track and field athlete, competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Zoltán Tildy (1889–1961), an influential leader of Hungary
Tibor Serly (1901–1978), Hungarian classical composer
Margit Bokor (1900–1949), Hungarian opera singer
Ralph Henry Brewster (1904–1951), American writer and musician, spent several days here in 1942.
Pavol Szikora (1952–2021), Slovak racewalker
Ivan Saktor (1954–2021)
Barouh Berkovits (1926–2012) inventor of demand pacemaker and DC defibrillator.

Twin towns – sister cities

Lučenec is twinned with:

Gallery

File:Lucenec Church1a.jpg|The Calvinist church File:Lucenec Church2.jpg|The Roman Catholic church File:Lučenec - Evanjelický kostol (1).jpg|The Lutheran church File:Lučenec - synagóga (2016).jpg|The Synagogue File:Novohradská knižnica - Lučenec.jpg|The Novohrad library File:Tuhársky potok - Lučenec.jpg|The Tuhár brook File:Lučenec - City Park (83).jpg|City Park

References

(2015-04-17). "Základná charakteristika". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.
Lelkes György (1992), Magyar helységnév-azonosító szótár, Balassi Kiadó, Budapest, 508 p.
(September 2016). "História a súčasnosť Novohradského múzea a galérie v Lučenci". Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo.
"Statistical lexikon of municipalities 1970-2011".
(2021-01-01). "Census 2021 - Population - Basic results". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.
{{Cite EB1911. Bain. Robert Nisbet
Cf. his autobiographical novel ''Wrong Passport'', published post mortem London 1954, pp. 6-11
"Partnerské mestá". Lučenec.

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