Modruš-Rijeka

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Modruš-Rijeka
Modrus-Fiume County
County of Croatia-Slavonia
12th century – 1920

Coat of arms of Modrus-Fiume

Coat of arms

Location of Modrus-Fiume
Map of the county within Croatia-Slavonia, Kingdom of Hungary
Capital Ogulin
History
 - Established 12th century
 - Treaty of Trianon June 41920
Area
 - 1910 4,879 km² (1,884 sq mi)
Population
 - 1910 est. 231,654 
     Density 47.5 /km²  (123 /sq mi)
Today part of Croatia

Modruš-Rijeka (in Croatian) or Modrus-Fiume (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 western Croatia. Modruš (Hungarian: Modrus) is a small town near Ogulin; Fiume is the Italian and Hungarian name for the city of Rijeka. However, Rijeka was not part of the county Modruš-Rijeka, but under the direct administration of Hungary. The capital of the county was Ogulin.

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[edit] Geography

Modruš-Fiume county shared borders with the Austrian lands Istria, Carniola and Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Hungarian counties Zágráb and Lika-Krbava (both in Croatia-Slavonia). The county has a strip of Adriatic Sea coast. Its area was 4879 km² around 1910.

[edit] History

The territory that would become Modruš-Fiume county became part of the Kingdom of Hungary in the 12th century. Modruš-Fiume county was created in the late 18th century. 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 231,654.

Population by language (1910 census):

  • Croatian = 152,210 (65,7 %)
  • Serbian = 74,894 (32,3 %)
  • Hungarian = 899 (0,3 %)
  • German = 592 (0,3 %)
  • other

[edit] Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Modrus-Fiume county were:

Districts (járás)
District Capital
Čabar Čabar
Cirkvenica Cirkvenica, HR Crikvenica
Delnice Delnice
Ogulin Ogulin
Sušak Buccari, HR Bakar
Szluin Szluin, HR Slunj
Vojnić Vojnić
Vrbovsko Vrbovsko