Northern Hungary is a
region in Hungary. As a statistical region it includes the counties
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén,
Heves and
Nógrád, but in colloquial speech it usually also refers to
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county. The region is actually in the north-eastern part of the country, but the northwestern part is usually referred to as Northern Transdanubian region. The region's centre and largest city is Miskolc.