Veszprém (former county)

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Veszprém County

County of the Kingdom of Hungary

11th century – 1946

Capital

Veszprém

History

- Established

11th century

- Disestablished

1946

Area

- 1910

3,953 km² (1,526 sq mi)

Population

- 1910 est.

229,800

Density

58.1 /km² (150.6 /sq mi)

Today part of

Hungary

Veszprém was the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was smaller than that of present Veszprém county, in western Hungary. The capital of the county was Veszprém.

[edit] Geography

Veszprém county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Vas, Sopron, Győr, Komárom, Fejér, Tolna, Somogy and Zala. It covered the Bakony hills, the eastern tip of Lake Balaton and the region south-east of the lake. The river Marcal formed its western border. Its area was 3953 km² around 1910.

[edit] History

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

The city Siófok, which used to be in Somogy county before the 1850s, went back from Veszprém county to Somogy county before World War II. After World War II, the territory of Veszprém county was again modified: a small region west of Pápa, which used to be part of Vas county, and the northern shore of Lake Balaton, which used to be part of Zala county, were added. The region south-east of Lake Balaton (around Enying) went to Fejér county.

[edit] Subdivisions

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

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Devecser	Devecser
Enying	Enying
Pápa	Pápa
Veszprém	Veszprém
Zirc	Zirc
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Pápa
Veszprém

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Comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary (1886)

Veszprém (former county)

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