Fejér (former county)

Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Fejér County
common_name = Fejér
subdivision = County
nation = the Kingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 =
year_start = 11th century
event_end =
year_end = 1946
date_end =

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capital = Székesfehérvár
stat_area1 = 4129
stat_pop1 = 250600
stat_year1 = 1910
today = Hungary

Fejér (in Latin: "comitatus Albensis") is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was slightly smaller than that of present Fejér county, is presently in central Hungary. The capital of the county was Székesfehérvár.

Geography

Fejér county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Veszprém, Komárom, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun and Tolna. It lay south-west of Budapest, around Székesfehérvár. The river Danube formed most of its eastern border. Its area was 4129 km² around 1910.

History

Fejér county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary, in the 11th century. The Solt region, east of the Danube river, which used to be part of Fejér county, went to Pest-Pilis-Solt county in the 17th century.

After World War II the region south-east of Lake Balaton (around Enying), which used to be in Veszprém county, went to Fejér county. The city of Érd and its surroundings went to Pest county.

Demographics

Ethnic groups (1891):
* Hungarians (Magyars): 190,660 (85.7%)
* Germans: 26,077 (11.7%)
* Slovaks: 2924 (1.3%)
* Serbs: 2103 (0.9%)Total population: 222,445

ubdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Fejér county were: