Lučenec District
District
Country	Slovakia
Region (kraj)	Banská Bystrica Region
Seat	Lučenec
Area [1]
• Total	825.55 km2 (318.75 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	68,623
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Telephone prefix	047
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	LC
Municipalities	57

Lučenec District (okres Lučenec) is a district in the Banská Bystrica Region of south-central Slovakia. Until 1918, most of the district belonged to the Novohrad county, with a small area around the villages of Šíd, Čamovce and Šurice in the east belonging to the Gemer a Malohont county.

The district is situated in the Southern Slovak Basin, in the broad valley of the Ipeľ River. The two towns—Lučenec and Fiľakovo—comprise nearly 54% of the population of the district, the remainder living in the 55 surrounding villages.

The district lies on the E571 route (Route 50 in Slovak numbering) from Bratislava to Košice, and on one of the train lines connecting the two cities. Train services also run to Budapest via Fiľakovo. There is a small aerodrome at Boľkovce.

The main industries are food processing and building materials.

It has a population of 68,623 people (31 December 2024).^[4]

In year 2021 was 75,673 people by ethnicity 48,274 as Slovak, 17,943 as Hungarian, 5136 as Not found out, 3366 as Romani, 323 as Czech, 158 as Other, 62 as German, 53 as Russian, 51 as Ukrainian, 35 as Turkish, 33 as Polish, 32 as Rusyn, 23 as Chinese, 22 as Italian, 22 as English, 20 as Austrian, 20 as Albanian, 16 as Romanian, 13 as Serbian, 13 as Bulgarian, 12 as Jewish, 11 as Vietnamese, 9 as Irish, 8 as Moravian, 6 as Greek, 6 as French, 3 as Croatian, 1 as Silesian, 1 as Korean and 1 as Canadian.

Note on population: The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live.
For example, a student is a citizen of a village because they have permanent residence there (they lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

In year 2021 was 70,422 people by religion 38,640 from Roman Catholic Church, 17,111 from None, 6488 from Evangelical Church, 5527 from Not found out, 419 from Greek Catholic Church, 400 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 355 from Calvinist Church, 306 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 267 from Baptists Church, 150 from Ad hoc movements, 146 from Other, 111 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 87 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 84 from Islam, 72 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 60 from Buddhism, 59 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 45 from United Methodist Church, 31 from Apostolic Church, 24 from Old Catholic Church, 16 from Jewish community, 11 from Hinduism, 5 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 3 from Bahá'i Community and 2 from Church of the Brethren.

Population and area values are current for year 2024.

• Lučenec—ideal place for investment, published by Lučenec Town Council, Novohradská 1, 98401 Lučenec (Slovakia).

• Official site

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