Balassagyarmat District

Balassagyarmat is a district in north-western part of Nógrád County. Balassagyarmat is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Balassagyarmat District borders with the Slovakian regions of Nitra and Banská Bystrica to the north, Szécsény District and Pásztó District to the east, Vác District (Pest County) to the south, Rétság District to the southwest, Szob District (Pest County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Balassagyarmat District is 29. Municipalities The district has 1 town and 28 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipality is the city.