Nemti is a village in

Nógrád County Nógrád (, ; ) is a counties of Hungary, county () of Hungary. It sits on the northern edge of Hungary and borders Slovakia. Description Nógrád county lies in northern Hungary. It shares borders with Slovakia and the Hungarian counties Pest ( ...

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, beside the

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river. As of 2022 census, it has a population of 675 (see Demographics). The village is located beside the (Nr. 84) Kisterenye–Kál-Kápolna railway line, 6.6 km from the main road 21 and 49.0 km from the M3 motorway. Although the settlement has its own railway stop, but public transport on the railway line ceased on . The closest train station with public transport in

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6.6 km away.

History

Nemti's name is mentioned for the first time in a certificate in 1227, in its current form. Péter Nemti was the owner of the settlement in 1331. The papal tithe list of 1332-37 already mentions a church named after Saint Martin. King Sigismund donated the village to the

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in 1413. It was owned by Sigismund Karthaly in 1548. The village was mentioned as "Németi" in a Ottoman tax census in 1579. Only 2 in 1663-64, 7 in 1715, and 9 Slovak families lived in 1720 in Nemti. The settlement was owned by Count Antal Grassalkovich in 1770, and then by after 1840.

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mining began at the beginning of the 20th century. 21 of its 991 inhabitants were

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in 1910, and in these years the settlement's kindergarten, which still operates today, was established. Ilonabánya, which until 1939 belonged to Kisterenye, was annexed by Nemti. A

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was formed in the mine in 1956, which was followed by retaliation. After 1990 the mine was closed and in the settlement, a mining museum were established. And a

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presenting the

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traditions. The village is part of the Novohrad-Nógrád Geopark with the clay mine.

Demographics

According the 2022 census, 83.8% of the population were of Hungarian ethnicity, 4.1% were

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, 0.6%

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, 0.5% Ukrainian and 16.0% were did not wish to answer. The religious distribution was as follows: 24.9%

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, 2.4%

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, 0.5%

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, 19.5% non-denominational, and 50.3% did not wish to answer. The

have a local nationality government. 661 people live in the village and only one person live in a farm. Population by years:

Politics

''Mayors since 1990'': * 1990–1994: Sándor Táborita (independent) * 1994–2002: Nándor Pilmayer (independent until 1998, then supported by the

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, FKgP, MDF,

KDNP The Christian Democratic People's Party (, , KDNP ) is a right-wing Christian democratic political party in Hungary. It is officially a coalition partner of the ruling party, Fidesz, but is mostly considered a satellite party of Fidesz. The party ...

, MDNP and the ) * 2002–2010: Róbert Erős (independent) * 2010–2011: Sándor Táborita (independent) * 2011–2014: Róbert Erős (independent) * 2014–2024: Mrs. István Széll (independent) * 2024–: Máté Morvai, Dr. (independent) A unique relation existed between Nemti and neighbouring village Dorogháza between 2000 and 2002, when the mayor of Dorogháza was the wife of the Nemti's mayor.

References

Populated places in Nógrád County {{Nograd-geo-stub