Heves (former county)

Heves (former county)

Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Heves County
common_name = Heves
subdivision = County
nation = the Kingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 = Heves (county)
year_start = 13th century
event_end =
year_end = 1946
date_end =




capital = Eger
stat_area1 = 3761
stat_pop1 = 279700
stat_year1 = 1910
today = Hungary"This article is about the county of the Kingdom of Hungary. For the modern county see Heves (county). For the town see Heves."

Heves was the name an administrative county in the former Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which is presently in northern Hungary, was slightly larger than that of present Heves county. The capital of the county was Eger.

Geography

Heves county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun, Nógrád, Gömör-Kishont, Borsod, Hajdú and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok. It stretched from the Mátra and Bükk mountains to and across the river Tisza. Its area was 3761 km² around 1910.

History

Heves county was formed in the 13th century. It was ruled by the Turks between 1596-1687. After World War II, the territory of the county was modified: the region around Pásztó is now in Nógrád county, the area on the left bank of the Tisza (Tiszafüred) is now in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, and an area north of Eger was taken from Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county.

ubdivisions

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


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