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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 (see Demographics). The village is located 8.5 km from (Nr. 81) 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.

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Mátraszele
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Village
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Town hall and post office, Mátraszele.jpg
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Village hall and post office
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HUN Mátraszele Címer.svg
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Hungary
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Location in Hungary
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Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
County
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Nógrád
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District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Salgótarján
Settlement.established_title
First mentioned
Settlement.established_date
1304
Settlement.leader_party
Independent
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Mayor
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László Kolozsvári
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Population
871
Area
16.97
Official website
matraszele.asp.lgov.hu
Image
Town hall and post office, Mátraszele.jpg
Dialing code
32
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postal code
3142
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Mátraszele
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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 (see Demographics). The village is located 8.5 km from (Nr. 81) 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.

==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.

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