Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun

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Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County

County of the Kingdom of Hungary

1876 – 1946

Capital

Budapest

History

- Established

1876

- Disestablished

1946

Area

- 1910

12,228 km² (4,721 sq mi)

Population

- 1910 est.

1,909,600

Density

156.2 /km² (404.5 /sq mi)

Today part of

Hungary

Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in central Hungary, comprising the territory of the present Hungarian county Pest and the northern part of present Bács-Kiskun county. The capital of the county was Budapest.

[edit] Geography

Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun county shared borders with the counties Komárom, Esztergom, Hont, Nógrád, Heves, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Csongrád, Bács-Bodrog, Tolna and Fejér. Its territory covered the eastern bank of the river Danube from Visegrád in the north to (excluding) Baja in the south, stretching to the river Tisza in the east. A part of the county (Pilis) was on the west bank of the Danube, near Budapest. Its area was 12,228 km² around 1910.

[edit] History

The counties Pest and Pilis were formed in the 11th century. Pest was the area on the left (east) bank of the Danube around present-day Budapest, Pilis was on the opposite bank. They were united and became the political, cultural and economical centre of Hungary. The Solt region (the left bank of the Danube south of Ráckeve), which previously belonged to Fejér county, was incorporated in Pest-Pilis-Solt county in the 17th century. Kiskunság (Little Cumania) was added in 1876, creating Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun county.

After World War II the county was split in two roughly equal parts. The northern part became Pest county, the southern part merged with Bács-Bodrog county to form Bács-Kiskun county.

[edit] Subdivisions

Before approx. 1897, the subdivisions of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun were (felső is upper, közép is middle, alsó is lower):

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Kecskemét alsó	Tapiószele
Kecskemét felső	Nagykáta
Kiskun alsó	Kiskunfélegyháza
Kiskun felső	Kunszentmiklós
Pest alsó	Ráckeve
Pest felső	Irsa
Pest közép	Alsódabas
Pilis alsó	Tinnye
Pilis felső	Pomáz
Solt alsó	Kiskőrös
Solt felső	Dömsöd
Solt közép	Kalocsa
Vác alsó	Pécel
Vác felső	Vác
Urban counties (törvényhatósági jogú város)
Budapest (főváros)
Kecskemét
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Cegléd
Kiskunfélegyháza
Kiskunhalas
Nagykőrös
Szentendre
Vác

After approx. 1897, the subdivisions of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun were:

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Abony	Abony
Alsódabas	Alsódabas
Aszód	Aszód
Bia	Bia
Dunavecse	Dunavecse
Gödöllő	Gödöllő
Kalocsa	Kalocsa
Kiskőrös	Kiskőrös
Kiskunfélegyháza	Kiskunfélegyháza
Kispest	Kispest
Kunszentmiklós	Kunszentmiklós
Monor	Monor
Nagykáta	Nagykáta
Ráckeve	Ráckeve
Pomáz	Pomáz
Vác	Vác
Urban counties (törvényhatósági jogú város)
Budapest (főváros)
Kecskemét
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Cegléd
Kiskunfélegyháza
Kiskunhalas
Nagykőrös
Szentendre
Vác