Komárom County Comitatus Comaromiensis (Latin) Komárom vármegye (Hungarian) Komitat Komorn (German) |
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County of the Kingdom of Hungary | |||||
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Komárom 47°45′N 18°8′E / 47.750°N 18.133°ECoordinates: 47°45′N 18°8′E / 47.750°N 18.133°E |
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History | |||||
• | Established | 11th century | |||
• | Treaty of Trianon | 4 June 1920 | |||
Area | |||||
• | 1910 | 2,834 km2(1,094 sq mi) | |||
Population | |||||
• | 1910 | 201,800 | |||
Density | 71.2 /km2 (184.4 /sq mi) | ||||
Today part of | Slovakia, Hungary | ||||
Komárom/Komárno is the current name of the capital. |
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Komárom county (in Latin: comitatus Comaromiensis, in Hungarian: Komárom (vár)megye, in Slovak: Komárňanský komitát / Komárňanská stolica / Komárňanská župa, in German: Komorner Gespanschaft / Komitat Komorn) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary that lied in the present-day southern Slovakia (1/2) and north-western Hungary (1/2) on both sides of the Danube river.
Komárom County shared borders with the counties of Győr, Pozsony, Nyitra, Bars, Esztergom, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun, Fejér and Veszprém. The rivers Danube Vág and Nyitra ran through the county. It also covered the eastern part of the island between the Danube and the Little Danube (Slovak Žitný ostrov translates as English: Rye Island, Hungarian: Csallóköz). Around 1910 its area was 2,834 km2 (1,094 sq mi).