Mátraszele


Mátraszele is a village in Nógrád County, Hungary. The Zagyva river flows through the settlement. As of 2022 census, it has a population of 904. The village is located 8.5 km from Hatvan–Fiľakovo railway line, 12.0 km far from Salgótarján, 10.4 km from the main road 21 and 52.8 km from the M3 motorway. The closest train station with public transport in Bátonyterenye 10.4 km away.
WWW matraszele.asp.lgov.hu

History

The name of Mátraszele was mentioned for the first time between 1304-1321 in a deed as the property of the Rátót clan under the names Fel-Szele and Al-Szele. It became the property of the in 1449. Pál Jánossy and Lestár Feleki owned it on 1548. The fate of the settlement in the 17th century is unknown. In Mátraszele were 10 families in 1715, and 9 families in 1720. At the beginning of the 19th century, it was owned by Count Pál Lázár and the Oláh family. At the end of the 19th century, several coal mines were opened, which were owned by the North Hungarian United Coal Company. Several mining communities were formed in connection with the mines, of which only Istvánbánya is inhabited nowadays. The church named as Patrona Hungariae.

Demographics

According the 2022 census, 90.2% of the population were of Hungarian ethnicity, 2.2% were Gypsies, 0.6% were Romanian and 9.5% did not wish to answer. The religious distribution was as follows: 40.6% Roman Catholic, 16.1% non-denominational, and 39.0% did not wish to answer. 900 people live in the village and 2 person live at a mine site.
Population by years:
Year18701880189019001910192019301941
Population300314492706100696110441194
Year19491960197019801990200120112022
Population120312841297122110511046992904

Politics

Mayors since 1990: