Tolna (former county)

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Tolna (in Latin: comitatus Tolnensis) was the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was about the same as that of present Tolna county, is presently in central Hungary. The capital of the county was Szekszárd.

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[edit] Geography

Tolna
Map highlighting Tolna county in the Kingdom of Hungary
County seat in 1910 Szekszárd
Area in 1910 3537 km²
Population in 1910 267,300
Present country Hungary

Tolna county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Somogy, Veszprém, Fejér, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun and Baranya. The river Danube formed most of its eastern border. Its area was 3537 km² around 1910.

[edit] History

Tolna county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary, in the 11th century.

[edit] Subdivisions

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

Districts (járás)
District Capital
Dombóvár Dombóvár
Dunaföldvár Paks
Központ Szekszárd
Simontornya Gyönk
Tamási Tamási
Völgység Bonyhád
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Szekszárd

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Térkép

Comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary (1896)

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