Árva County Comitatus Arvensis (Latin) Árva vármegye (Hungarian) Komitat Arwa (German) Oravská župa (Slovak) |
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County of the Kingdom of Hungary | |||||
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Capital | Alsókubin (Dolný Kubín) 49°13′N 19°18′E / 49.217°N 19.300°ECoordinates: 49°13′N 19°18′E / 49.217°N 19.300°E |
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History | |||||
• | Established | 14th century | |||
• | Abolished | 1920 | |||
Area | |||||
• | 1910 | 2,019 km2(780 sq mi) | |||
Population | |||||
• | 1910 | 78,700 | |||
Density | 39 /km2 (101 /sq mi) | ||||
Today part of | Slovakia, Poland |
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Árva County (Hungarian: Árva vármegye, Latin: Comitatus Arvensis, Slovak: Oravská stolica/župa,German: Komitat Arwa, Polish: Komitat Orawa) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary since the 14th century until 1918/1920. Its territory is now in northern Slovakia and southern Poland. Today, the Slovak name is only used as an informal designation of the corresponding territory (see Orava region).
Árva County shared borders with the Austrian land Galicia and the Hungarian counties Trencsén, Turóc and Liptó County. The county's territory was situated along the Árva (Orava) river between Zázriva (Zázrivá) and the Tatra mountains. Its area was 2,019 km² around 1910. Now the territory is divided between Poland and Slovakia. The main Polish town of Orava is Jabłonka.