Veszprém County (former)
| Veszprém County Comitatus Vesprimiensis (Latin) Veszprém vármegye (Hungarian) Komitat Wesprim (German) |
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| County of the Kingdom of Hungary | |||||
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Veszprém 47°5′N 17°55′E / 47.083°N 17.917°ECoordinates: 47°5′N 17°55′E / 47.083°N 17.917°E |
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| History | |||||
| • | Established | 11th century | |||
| • | Disestablished | 1946 | |||
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| • | 1910 | 3,953 km2(1,526 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1910 | 229,776 | |||
| Density | 58.1 /km2 (150.5 /sq mi) | ||||
| Today part of | Hungary | ||||
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Veszprém was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was smaller than that of present Veszprém county, in western Hungary. The capital of the county was Veszprém.
Veszprém county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Vas, Sopron, Győr, Komárom, Fejér, Tolna, Somogy and Zala. It covered the Bakony hills, the eastern tip of Lake Balaton and the region southeast of the lake. The river Marcal formed its western border. Its area was 3953 km² around 1910.
Veszprém county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary, in the 11th century.
The city Siófok, which used to be in Somogy county before the 1850s, went back from Veszprém county to Somogy county before World War II. After World War II, the territory of Veszprém county was again modified: a small region west of Pápa, which used to be part of Vas county, and the northern shore of Lake Balaton, which used to be part of Zala county, were added. The region south-east of Lake Balaton (around Enying) went to Fejér county.
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