Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County

Coordinates: 47°30′N 19°2′E / 47.500°N 19.033°E / 47.500; 19.033
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Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County
Comitatus Pestiensis et Pilisiensis et Soltensis et Cumania Minor (
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1876-1946)
County of the Second Hungarian Republic
(1946-1949)
County of the Hungarian People's Republic

(1949-1950)
Coat of arms of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun
Coat of arms

CapitalBudapest
Area
 • Coordinates47°30′N 19°2′E / 47.500°N 19.033°E / 47.500; 19.033
 
• 1910
12,228 km2 (4,721 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
1,978,041
History 
• Established
1876
• Disestablished
1 February 1950
Today part ofHungary

Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun is the name of an administrative county (

Bács-Kiskun county. The capital of the county was Budapest
.

Geography

The Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun county shared borders with the counties

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. It was the largest and by far the most populous county of Hungary.

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

Little Cumania
) was added in 1876, creating Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun county.

After

Bács-Kiskun
county.

Demographics

1900

In 1900, the county had a population of 1,615,729 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[1]

Total:

According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[2]

Total:

  • Roman Catholic
    : 1,046,868 (64.8%)
  • Calvinist
    : 252,188 (15.6%)
  • Jewish
    : 201,117 (12.5%)
  • Lutheran: 96,863 (6.0%)
  • Greek Orthodox: 8,563 (0.5%)
  • Greek Catholic
    : 6,949 (0.4%)
  • Unitarian: 1,219 (0.0%)
  • Other or unknown: 1,962 (0.1%)

1910

Ethnographic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see key in the description).

In 1910, the county had a population of 1,978,041 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[3]

According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[4]

Total:

  • Roman Catholic
    : 1,293,265 (65.4%)
  • Calvinist
    : 296,223 (15.0%)
  • Jewish
    : 245,157 (12.4%)
  • Lutheran: 113,094 (5.7%)
  • Greek Catholic
    : 12,169 (0.6%)
  • Greek Orthodox: 12,001 (0.6%)
  • Unitarian: 2,526 (0.1%)
  • Other or unknown: 3,606 (0.2%)

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 Tápiószele
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 about 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
Újpest (from 1907)
Vác

Gallery

  • Aerial photography: Abony
    Aerial photography: Abony
  • Aerial photography: Aszód- palace
    Aerial photography: Aszód- palace
  • Pomáz - Palace from above
    Pomáz - Palace from above

References

  1. ^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
  2. ^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
  3. ^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
  4. ^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
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