Nógrád

Nógrád (Slovak: Novohrad; German: Neuburg) is a village in Nógrád County, Hungary.

Nógrád Novohrad
Location of Nógrád county in Hungary
Nógrád Location of Nógrád
Coordinates: 47.90482°N 19.05157°E / 47.90482; 19.05157
Country	Hungary
County	Nógrád
Area
• Total	29.52 km2 (11.40 sq mi)
Population  (2004)
• Total	1,573
• Density	53.28/km2 (138.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	2642
Area code	35

Besides roads, the village can be reached by train, on the Vác–Balassagyarmat railway line number 75, which stops at Nógrád railway station.

Etymology

The name comes from Slavic Novgrad ("New Castle") from which evolved Slovak Novohrad (with the same meaning) and Hungarian Nógrád. 1138/1329 civitas Naugrad, around 1200 castrum Nougrad, 1217 castrum de Nevgrad.^[1] The village (1405 villa Newgrad) and the county was named after the castle.