Zala (former county)
| Zala County Comitatus Zaladiensis (Latin) Zala vármegye (Hungarian) Komitat Zala (German) Zalska županija (Croatian) |
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| County of the Kingdom of Hungary | |||||
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| Capital |
Zalaegerszeg 46°51′N 16°51′E / 46.850°N 16.850°ECoordinates: 46°51′N 16°51′E / 46.850°N 16.850°E |
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| History | |||||
| • | Established | 12th century | |||
| • | Treaty of Trianon | 4 June 1920 | |||
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| • | 1910 | 5,995 km2(2,315 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1910 | 466,333 | |||
| Density | 77.8 /km2 (201.5 /sq mi) | ||||
| Today part of | Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary | ||||
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Zala was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in southwestern Hungary, northern Croatia and eastern Slovenia. The territory of the county comprised what is now the Hungarian county Zala and part of Veszprém county, the Croatian region of Međimurje to the south-west of it, bordered by the river Drave, and a small region around Lendava in Slovenia. The capital of the county was Zalaegerszeg.
Zala county shared borders with the Austrian land Styria and the Hungarian counties Vas, Veszprém, Somogy, Belovár-Körös and Varasd (the latter two in Croatia-Slavonia). The river Drava (Hungarian: Dráva) river formed its southern border, Lake Balaton its eastern border. The rivers Mura and Zala flowed through the county. Its area was 5974 km² around 1910.
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