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Baranya (former county)

Baranya County
Comitatus Baranyiensis  (Latin)
Baranya vármegye  (Hungarian)
Komitat Baranya  (German)
Baranjska županija  (Croatian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
1000–1920

Coat of arms of Baranya

Coat of arms

Location of Baranya
Capital Pécs
46°5′N 18°14′E / 46.083°N 18.233°E / 46.083; 18.233Coordinates: 46°5′N 18°14′E / 46.083°N 18.233°E / 46.083; 18.233
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

Coat of arms of Baranya

Coat of arms

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.


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