Heves County (former)
| Heves County Comitatus Hevesiensis (Latin) Heves vármegye (Hungarian) Komitat Hewesch (German) | |||||
| County of the Kingdom of Hungary | |||||
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| Capital | Eger 47°54′N 20°22′E / 47.900°N 20.367°ECoordinates: 47°54′N 20°22′E / 47.900°N 20.367°E | ||||
| History | |||||
| • | Established | 13th century | |||
| • | Disestablished | 1946 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1910 | 3,761 km2 (1,452 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1910 | 279,700 | |||
| Density | 74.4 /km2 (192.6 /sq mi) | ||||
| Today part of | Hungary | ||||
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- This article is about the county of the Kingdom of Hungary. For the modern county see Heves County. For the town see Heves.
Heves was an administrative county in the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which is now in northern Hungary, was slightly larger than that of present Heves county. The capital of the county was Eger.
Geography
Heves county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun, Nógrád, Gömör-Kishont, Borsod, Hajdú and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok. It stretched from the Mátra and Bükk mountains to and across the river Tisza. Its area was 3761 km² around 1910.
History
Heves county was formed in the 13th century. It was ruled by the Turks between 1596-1687. After World War II, the territory of the county was modified: the region around Pásztó is now in Nógrád county, the area on the left bank of the Tisza (Tiszafüred) is now in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, and an area north of Eger was taken from Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county.
Demographics
In 1900, the county had a population of 212,352 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[1]
Total:
- Hungarian: 252,840 (99,0%)
- Slovak: 1,171 (0,5%)
- German: 920 (0,4%)
- Romanian: 43 (0,0%)
- Serbian: 33 (0,0%)
- Croatian: 27 (0,0%)
- Ruthenian: 12 (0,0%)
- Other or unknown: 299 (0,1%)
According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[2]
Total:
- Roman Catholic: 225,113 (88,2%)
- Calvinist: 18,628 (7,2%)
- Jewish: 10,320 (4,1%)
- Lutheran: 888 (0,4%)
- Greek Catholic: 265 (0,1%)
- Greek Orthodox: 87 (0,0%)
- Unitarian: 13 (0,0%)
- Other or unknown: 31 (0,0%)
Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Heves county were:
| Districts (járás) | |
|---|---|
| District | Capital |
| Eger | Eger |
| Gyöngyös | Gyöngyös |
| Hatvan | Hatvan |
| Heves | Heves |
| Pétervására | Pétervására |
| Tiszafüred | Tiszafüred |
| Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) | |
| Eger | |
| Gyöngyös | |
- ↑ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
- ↑ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
