Szatmár

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Szatmár

County seat in 1910	Nagykároly ro: Carei
Area in 1910	6,287 km²
Population in 1910	396,600
Present country	Romania, Hungary

Szatmár is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in north-western Romania and north-eastern Hungary, south of the river Tisza. The capital of the county was Carei (Romanian, Nagykároly in Hungarian).

[edit] Geography

Szatmár county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Szabolcs, Bereg, Ugocsa, Máramaros, Szolnok-Doboka, Szilágy and Bihar. It was situated south of the river Tisza. The river Someş/Szamos flows through the county. Its area was 6257 km² around 1910.

[edit] History

In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), most of the county became part of Romania. The north-west of the county remained in Hungary, and formed the new county Szatmár-Ugocsa-Bereg with parts of the former Bereg and Ugocsa counties. The capital of this county was Mátészalka, which was previously in Szatmár county.

After World War II, the county Szatmár-Ugocsa-Bereg was merged with Szabolcs county to form Szabolcs-Szatmár county. This county was renamed Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg in the 1990s.

The Romanian part of the county is now part of the Romanian county Satu Mare, except the easternmost part (including Baia Mare), which is in Maramureş county.

[edit] Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Szatmár county were:

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Nagykároly	Nagykároly, ro: Carei
Szatmárnémeti	Szatmárnémeti, ro: Satu Mare
Csenger	Csenger
Fehérgyarmat	Fehérgyarmat
Mátészalka	Mátészalka
Szinérváralja	Szinérváralja, ro: Seini
Nagybánya	Nagybánya, ro: Baia Mare
Nagysomkút	Nagysomkút, ro: Şomcuta Mare
Erdőd	Erdőd, ro: Ardud
Urban counties (törvényhatósági jogú város)
Szatmárnémeti, ro: Satu Mare
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Nagykároly, ro: Carei
Nagybánya, ro: Baia Mare
Felsőbánya, ro: Baia Sprie