Cered is a village in Nógrád County in the Salgótarján District in Hungary. The size of Cered is 35.58 km² with a population density of 24.42/km². As of 2025, Cered has around 942 inhabitants—a -1.9% decrease, since 2022 when Cered had around 983 inhabitants. Cered is located north east of Budapest and borders the southern Slovak village of Tachty. Cered is part of the Novohrad-Nógrád UNESCO Global Geopark.
Location It is located in the northeastern part of the county, right next to the Slovak border, in the Upper Tarna Hills, in the source area of the Tarna; the small river originates west of it, at the foot of the Medves Plateau. The settlement is part of the historical Medvesalja region; its administrative border coincides with the state border for more than
On the Hungarian side of the border, it has only four settlement neighbors: to the east it borders Zabar (7.5 km), to the southeast it borders Szilaspogony (6 km), to the southwest it borders Bárna, and to the west it borders Rónabánya (9 km), which belongs to Salgótarján; the nearest Hungarian city is Salgótarján, away.
The nearest neighboring settlement on the other side of the border is Tachty, but it also borders Studená, Nová Bašta and Petrovce.
Transport Cered can only be reached by road, from Salgótarján or Zabar on road 2304; from Szilaspogony on side road 23 111. It is connected to the national border by side road 23 119.
History Sources:
Cered was already a significant town at the beginning of the 15th century. Its name was first mentioned in documents in 1405 as Chereg. In 1427, 23 of its gates were listed; at that time, László Szécsényi was its owner. Until 1461, it belonged to the county of Gömör, but was part of the castle of Somoskő .
After the death of László Széchenyi, Guthi passed to Mihály Országh and the Lossonczy family. At the beginning of the 16th century, György Kun was also a landowner here, after whose death without heirs, King John I donated these estates to István Werbőczy in 1533.
In 1548, Tamás Nagy and Ferenc Ragyolczi, and in 1598 Ferenc Berényi were the landlords of the village.
In 1716, 16 households were registered there, and in 1720. In the middle of the 18th century, one part belonged to the Fáy family, the other to Somoskő, and then in the second half of the 18th century it came into the possession of the Baron Péterffy family. With the death of the last branch of the Péterffy family: Baron János Péterffy without heirs, King Francis I donated their estates here to Count Károly Keglevich, who was solemnly incorporated into the estate on 16 May 1808. The incorporation was carried out by Antal Mocsáry, the magistrate of Nógrád County.
During the 1770 landownership settlement, in addition to the Baron Péterffy family, Count László Teleki, Gáspár Kubinyi, Gedeon Ráday and György Szilvásy were the landowners here, and in 1826, in addition to the Count Keglevich family, Count Thoroczkay was the largest landowner, later until 1891 Baron Radvánszky, and in the early 1900s, Béla Humayer and József Pauncz were the largest landowners. The manor house in the village was built by Baron Géza Radvánszky.
In 1903, the entire village burned down in a major fire and was since rebuilt.
Public life
Mayors
1990–1994: Tibor Tajti (independent)
1994–1998: Tibor Tajti (independent)
1998–2002: Árpád Czene (independent) 2002–2006: Árpád Czene (independent) 2006–2010: Árpád Czene (MSZP) 2010–2014: Árpád Czene (independent) 2014–2019: László Dániel (independent) 2019–2024: László Tajti (Fidesz - KDNP) 2024– : Ferenc Petrovics (independent)
Population In 2001, 94% of the population of the settlement identified themselves as Hungarian, and 6% as Roma.
In the 2011 census, 82.5% of the population identified themselves as Hungarian, 6.6% as Roma, and 0.2% as German (17.5% did not declare; due to double identities, the total may be greater than 100%). The religious distribution was as follows: Roman Catholic 66.3%, Reformed 1.8%, non-denominational 6.9% (24% did not declare).
In 2022, 92.4% of the population identified themselves as Hungarian, 14.9% as Roma, 0.4% as Slovak, 0.4% as German, 0.1-0.1% as Bulgarian and Ruthenian, 1.5% as other, non-domestic nationality (7.6% did not declare; due to dual identities, the total may be greater than 100%). According to their religion, 59.7% were Roman Catholic, 1.2% Greek Catholic, 1.1% Calvinist, 0.10% Jewish, 0.1% Orthodox, 1.2% other Christian, 0.9% other Catholic, 11.7% non-denominational (23.9% did not respond).
Age Distribution (2022)0–9 years9510–19 years7220–29 years8830–39 years10040–49 years14650–59 years13260–69 years15470–79 years12080–89 years6290+ years14 Gender (2025)Males453Females489 + Population by year Year Population 1870 711 1880 726 1890 767 1900 1147 1910 1239 1920 1435 1930 1630 1941 1447 1949 1798 1960 1760 1970 1753 1980 1576 1990 1433 2001 1282 2011 117020229832025942
Sights
Attractions All Saints' Roman Catholic Church: Built in 1731, in Baroque style, restored in 1884. Folk wooden belfry: from the 18th century, with a shingle roof. Radvánszky-Humayer mansion: built before 1891, today a village hall. The park surrounding the mansion, whose chestnut and plane trees may be the same age as the building. A nearly 900 m long fishing lake system built with four dams. Mountains of the Medves Mountains, with diverse geological formations, rare flora and fauna. Partly a nature reserve.
Events International Art Colony of Cered since 1996 Archived December 5, 2021 at the Wayback Machine (Artcolony Cered). Founders: Cecília Kun, Csaba Fürjesi, László Sánta Salgó Rally September Festival
References
External links Street map