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Lucenec city, Slovakia

Lucenec okres, Banska Bystrica region

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Lučenec lies in the middle of the wide Lučenec basin on the main railway line Zvolen-Polesivec and on the road from Zvolen to Rožňava. It has also an air service. It was founded in the 13th century and was the scene of violent fighting during the Turkish raids into Slovakia in the 16th-17th centuries.
Jarig Bakker, 17 Apr 2000

Lučenec (Hungarian: Losonc; German: Losontz) has 28.861 inhabitants (16,7% Hungarian; 1990 census). First mentioned in 1100 as "Lutetia Hungarorum", but its territory was inhabited for centuries. There was a great battle between John Hunyadi, regent of the Kingdom of Hungary and the Hussites. The settlement was a town in Nógrád (Slovakian: Novohrad = New Cas