Cserhát is a mountain range in Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

, part of the North Hungarian Mountains, divided between Pest

Pest (county)

Ethnic groups :*Magyars - 93.5%*Germans - 1.7%*Roma - 1.2%*Slovaks - 0.8%*Others - 0.5%*Unknown - 2.3%Religions :*Roman Catholic - 53%*Calvinist - 16%*Lutheran - 3.8%*Greek Catholic - 1.2%*Others - 1.3%...

 and Nógrád

Nógrád (county)

-Description:Nógrád county lies in northern Hungary. It shares borders with Slovakia and the Hungarian counties Pest, Heves and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén. The capital of Nógrád county is Salgótarján. Its area is 2544 km²....

 counties. Its highest point is the Naszály with an elevation of 654 metres above sea level.

Cserhát stretches from Cserhátalja to the valley of the Ipoly

Ipoly

Ipoly may refer to:* The River Ipoly , a tributary of the Danube which runs through Slovakia and Hungary* International Polytechnic High School...

  river. Its central part is mountainous, covered with forests, while its southern and northern parts are hilly.

With regard to architecture, the territory is rich in castles and Hollókő

Hollóko

Hollókő is a Palóc ethnographic village in Hungary, part of the World Heritage. Its name means "Raven-stone" in Hungarian.- Location :The village is located in Nógrád county, approximately 91.1 kilometres northeast from Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It lies in a valley of Cserhát Mountains,...

, an ethnographic village

Ethnographic village

An ethnographic village is a real or artificial settlement which portrays complete historical and ethnographic characteristics of life of a certain ethic group...

 is located there.

See also

• Geography of Hungary
  Geography of Hungary
  With a land area of 93,030 square kilometers, Hungary is a country in Central Europe. It measures about 250 kilometers from north to south and 524 kilometers from east to west...
  
  
• North Hungarian Mountains