Lučenec

Lučenec
Lučenec
	— Town —
	Panorama of Lučenec
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Location of Lučenec District in Banská Bystrica Region
	; ; Lučenec Location in Slovakia
	; ; Lučenec Location in Banská Bystrica Region
	Coordinates: 48°19′43″N 19°40′09″E / 48.32861, 19.66917
Country	Slovakia
Region	Banská Bystrica Region
District	Lučenec District
First mentioned	1262
	Government
• Mayor	Alexandra Pivková (Ind.)
	Area
• Total	47.79 km2 (18.45 sq mi)
Elevation	190 m (620 ft)
	Population (31 Dec. 2011)
• Total	28 204
• Density	590.17/km2 (1,528.5/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	984 01
Dialing code	+421-47
Website	http://www.lucenec.sk/

Main	Births etc

Lučenec (German: Lizenz; Hungarian: Losonc; Latin: Lutetia Hungarorum ^[1]) is a town in the Banská Bystrica Region of south-central Slovakia. Historically, it was part, and in the 18th century the capital, of the Nógrád County of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1918, as a result of the Treaty of Trianon, it became a part of Czechoslovakia. The town has a large abandoned synagogue, built in 1924, which served a large Jewish population before World War II.

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

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 Lučenec 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 until 1593, although they were threatening the town until late 17th century. 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. After World War I, Lučenec became part of Czechoslovakia, and, briefly in 1919, 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.

Climate[]

Lučenec has a continental climate with four alternating seasons. It means hot summers and cold winters. There is high amount sunshine days with 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.

Climate data for Lučenec
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C	0.9	4.3	10.1	15.8	21.1	24	26.2	26.3	21.4	14.9	6.7	2.1	14.48
Average low °C	−6	−4.3	−0.6	3.5	8.3	11.3	12.8	12.4	8.8	4.1	−0.2	−3.9	3.85
Average high °F	33.6	39.7	50.2	60.4	70.0	75	79.2	79.3	70.5	58.8	44.1	35.8	58.07
Average low °F	21	24.3	30.9	38.3	46.9	52.3	55.0	54.3	47.8	39.4	31.6	25.0	38.9
Source #1: ^[2]
Source #2: ^[2]

Demographics[]

In 1910, out of 12 939 inhabitants 10 634 were Hungarians (82%), 1675 Slovaks (13%), 428 Germans, 9 Romas, 1 Ruthenian, 12 Croatians, 18 Serbans and 162 others. After the Treaty of Trianon a strong slovakization had started. According to the 2001 census, there were 28,332 people living in the town, with majority of them being Slovaks (81.63%), with a minority of Hungarians (13.11%) and with a small percentage of Roma (2.32%), Czechs (0.61%) and others. The religious make-up was: 56.56% Roman Catholics, 21.12% people with no religious affiliation and 14.77% Lutherans.^[3]

Boroughs[]

Lučenec is divided into these boroughs:

Lučenec
Opatová
Malá Ves
Rúbanisko

People[]

Sándor Petőfi (1823–1849), Hungarian poet
Božena Slančíková-Timrava (1867–1951) (Slovak)
Ivan Saktor (b. 1954) (Slovak)
Tibor Serly, Hungarian classical composer

Sister cities[]

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia

Lučenec is twinned with the following:

Bogoroditsk, Tula Oblast, Russia

Gallery[]

References[]

^ Lelkes György (1992), Magyar helységnév-azonosító szótár, Balassi Kiadó, Budapest, 508 p.
^ ^a ^b "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}".
^ "Municipal Statistics". Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Archived from the original on 2008-01-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html. Retrieved 2008-01-13.

External links[]

[latin-1] Lelkes György (1992), Magyar helységnév-azonosító szótár, Balassi Kiadó, Budapest, 508 p.

[ReferenceA-2] "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}".

[statistics-3] "Municipal Statistics". Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Archived from the original on 2008-01-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html. Retrieved 2008-01-13.

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