Balassagyarmat: facts

At a glance

• Country: Hungary
• Region: Nógrád
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 13,931
• Coordinates: 48.0730° N, 19.2961° E
• Time zone: Europe/Budapest (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Forint (HUF)
• Distance to the capital, Budapest: 67 km (41 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Sliač Airport (SLD, Slovakia): 64 km (40 mi), straight line
• Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD): 72 km (44 mi), straight line
• Poprad-Tatry Airport (TAT, Slovakia): 131 km (81 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Velky Krtis, Slovakia: 16 km (10 mi)
• Szecseny: 17 km (10 mi)
• Paszto: 34 km (21 mi)
• Vac: 35 km (22 mi)
• Krupina, Slovakia: 36 km (22 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Ujpest, 58 km (36 mi)