Heves County (former)
| Heves County Comitatus Hevesiensis (Latin) Heves vármegye (Hungarian) Komitat Hewesch (German) |
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| 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 |
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| History | |||||
| • | Established | 13th century | |||
| • | Disestablished | 1946 | |||
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| • | 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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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.
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.
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.
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