- Szilágy
Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Szilágy County
common_name = Szilágy
subdivision = County
nation = theKingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 =
year_start = 1876
event_end = Treaty of Trianon
year_end = 1920
date_end = June 4
capital = Zilah
stat_area1 = 3815
stat_pop1 = 230100
stat_year1 = 1910
today =Romania
footnotes =Zalău is the current name of the capital.Szilágy (
Romanian :Sălaj ) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus ) of theKingdom of Hungary . Its territory is presently in north-westernRomania . The capital of the county was Zilah (present-dayZalău in Romania).Geography
Szilágy county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Bihar,
Szatmár ,Szolnok-Doboka andKolozs . The rivers Someş/Szamos and Crasna/Kraszna flow through the county. Its territory is for a large part the same as that of the presentRomania n county Sălaj. Its area was 3815 km² around 1910.History
Szilágy county was formed in 1876, when the counties Kraszna and
Közép-Szolnok were united.In 1918 (confirmed by the
Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part ofRomania . It was occupied by Hungary between 1940-1944 duringWorld War II . Most of it is now part of theRomania n county Sălaj, except some areas in the north-west (presently in Satu Mare county) and north-east (presently inMaramureş county).Demographics
In 1910, county had a population of 230,140 people. Population by language:
*Romanian = 136,087
*Hungarian = 87,312
*Slovak = 3,727ubdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Szilágy county were:
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