Bjelovar-Križevci

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Bjelovar-Križevci
Belovár-Körös County

County of Croatia-Slavonia

12th century – 1920

Coat of arms

Map of the county within Croatia-Slavonia, Kingdom of Hungary

Capital

Belovár

History

- Established

12th century

- Treaty of Trianon

June 4, 1920

Area

- 1910

5,048 km² (1,949 sq mi)

Population

- 1910 est.

332,592

Density

65.9 /km² (170.6 /sq mi)

Today part of

Croatia

Bjelovar is the current name of the capital.

Bjelovar-Križevci (in Croatian) or Belovár-Körös (in Hungarian) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the autonomous region Croatia-Slavonia within the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in northern Croatia. Belovár and Körös are the Hungarian names for the cities Bjelovar and Križevci, respectively. The capital of the county was Bjelovar (Croatian, in Hungarian: Belovár).

1 Geography
2 History
3 Demographics
4 Subdivisions

[edit] Geography

Belovár-Körös county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Somogy, Verőce, Pozsega, Varasd, and Zágráb (the latter three in Croatia-Slavonia). The river Drave formed its north-eastern border. Its area was 5048 km² around 1910.

[edit] History

The territory of Belovár-Körös county became part of the Kingdom of Hungary in the 12th century. Belovár-Körös county was formed in 1886 from the former counties Belovár and Körös. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia). Since 1991, when Croatia became independent from Yugoslavia, the county is part of Croatia.

[edit] Demographics

In 1910, the population of the county was 332,592.

Population by language (1910 census):

Croatian = 253,687
Serbian = 44,533
Hungarian = 14,224
German = 4,235

[edit] Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Belovár-Körös county were:

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Belovár	Belovár, HR Bjelovar
Čazma	Čazma
Garešnica	Garešnica
Gjurgjevac/Szentgyörgy	Szentgyörgy, HR Đurđevac
Grubišno Polje	Grubišno Polje
Kapronca	Kapronca, HR Koprivnica
Körös	Körös, HR Križevci
Kutina	Kutina
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Belovár, HR Bjelovar
Kapronca, HR Koprivnica
Körös, HR Križevci

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Comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary (1886)

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