- Békés (former county)
Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Békés County
common_name = Békés
subdivision = County
nation = theKingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 =
year_start = 11th century
event_end =
year_end = 1946
date_end =
capital = Gyula
stat_area1 = 3670
stat_pop1 = 298700
stat_year1 = 1910
today =Hungary Békés is a historic administrative county (
comitatus ) of theKingdom of Hungary . Its territory, which was smaller than that of present Békés county, is presently in south-easternHungary . The capital of the county was Gyula.Geography
Békés county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Csongrád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hajdú, Bihar, Arad and
Csanád . The river Körös/Criş flowed through the county. Its area was 3671 km² around 1910.History
Békés county arose as one of the first comitatus of the
Kingdom of Hungary , in the11th century . AfterWorld War II , the territory of Békés county was expanded with:
* the north-eastern part of former Csanád-Arad-Torontál county (the Hungarian part of pre-1918 Arad county and the north-eastern part of pre-1918Csanád county)
* a part of former Bihar county (the area aroundSarkad andOkány )
* a part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county (the area aroundDévaványa )ubdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Békés county were:
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