Tolna County (former)

Tolna Vármegye
Tolna County
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
11th century–1920

Coat of arms

Capital Szekszárd
History
 - Established 11th century
 - Treaty of Trianon June 4 1920
Area
 - 1910 3,537 km2 (1,366 sq mi)
Population
 - 1910 267,300 
     Density 75.6 /km2  (195.7 /sq mi)
Today part of Hungary

Tolna (Latin: Comitatus Tolnensis) was the name of a historic administrative county 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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Geography

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.

History

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

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

See also