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 | | The three counties in the north occupy 13,400 square kilometres of the country’s north east, bordering Slovakia, and share a total population of 1,270,000. |
 | | Nógrád county’s brown coal mines, the lignite mines in the Cserhát and Mátra mountains and copper mining (formerly gold) in Recsk, 90 kilometres northeast of Budapest, picked up at the same time as the iron, steel and chemical industries in and around Miskolc, 150 kilometres northeast of Budapest. |
 | | In Bács-Kiskun County, the industrial park at Kecskemét (80 kilometres southeast of Budapest), one of the county’s four similar facilities, is a popular destination for international investors. |
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