Baranya County Comitatus Baranyiensis (Latin) Baranya vármegye (Hungarian) Komitat Baranya (German) Baranjska županija (Croatian) |
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County of the Kingdom of Hungary | |||||
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Capital |
Pécs 46°5′N 18°14′E / 46.083°N 18.233°ECoordinates: 46°5′N 18°14′E / 46.083°N 18.233°E |
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History | |||||
• | Battle of Mohács (1687) | 1000 | |||
• | Treaty of Trianon | 4 June 1920 | |||
Area | |||||
• | 1910 | 5,177 km2(1,999 sq mi) | |||
Population | |||||
• | 1910 | 352,478 | |||
Density | 68.1 /km2 (176.3 /sq mi) | ||||
Today part of | Hungary, Croatia |
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Baranya (Hungarian: Baranya, Croatian: Baranja, Serbian: Барања, German: Branau) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in southern Hungary (the present county Baranya) and northeastern Croatia (part of the Osijek-Baranja county). The capital of the county was Pécs.
Baranya county was located in Baranya region. It shared borders with the Hungarian counties Somogy, Tolna, Bács-Bodrog and Verőce (the latter county was part of Croatia-Slavonia). The county stretched along the rivers Drava (north bank) and Danube (west bank), up to their confluence. Its area was 5,176 km² around 1910.