| Lučenec District | |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovakia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region (kraj) |
| Subdivision Name1: | Banská Bystrica Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | Cultural region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Novohrad |
| Seat: | Lučenec |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 797 |
| Population Total: | 72837 |
| Population As Of: | 2001 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone prefix |
| Area Code: | 47 |
| Registration Plate Type: | Vehicle registration plate |
| Registration Plate: | LC |
| Footnotes: | District-specific vehicle registration was discontinued in 2023. |
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.
| Municipality | Area (km2)[1] | Population[2] [3] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52.17 | 198 | ||
| 6.48 | 621 | ||
| 7.87 | 1,146 | ||
| 10.99 | 624 | ||
| 17.3 | 218 | ||
| 9.53 | 317 | ||
| 13.8 | 509 | ||
| 12.42 | 1,161 | ||
| 12.61 | 597 | ||
| 23.92 | 2,069 | ||
| 18.86 | 599 | ||
| 16.17 | 10,546 | ||
| 11.42 | 915 | ||
| 4.79 | 147 | ||
| 21.81 | 1,675 | ||
| 10.34 | 672 | ||
| 8.13 | 329 | ||
| 8.81 | 203 | ||
| 16.78 | 289 | ||
| 8.26 | 353 | ||
| 13.82 | 93 | ||
| 10.33 | 251 | ||
| 21.12 | 2,001 | ||
| 31.66 | 346 | ||
| 4.98 | 271 | ||
| 9.34 | 219 | ||
| 9.12 | 334 | ||
| 4.98 | 271 | ||
| 11.73 | 780 | ||
| 20.28 | 1,189 | ||
| 8.11 | 381 | ||
| 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.15 | 762 | ||
| 7.55 | 254 | ||
| 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.78 | 189 | ||
| 11.61 | 542 | ||
| 11.07 | 136 | ||
| 9.29 | 77 | ||
| 3.48 | 210 | ||
| 18.78 | 1,557 | ||
| 8.86 | 929 | ||
| 12.6 | 299 | ||
| 10.8 | 849 | ||
| 10.86 | 550 | ||
| 21.59 | 298 | ||
| 15.23 | 1,330 | ||
| 17.59 | 654 | ||
| 13.99 | 485 | ||
| 11.92 | 425 | ||
| 14.1 | 1,340 | ||
| 19.54 | 896 | ||
| 17.55 | 542 | ||
| 19.23 | 346 | ||
| 24.42 | 938 | ||
| 9.5 | 707 | ||
| 5.48 | 1,770 |