Szolnok-Doboka

Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Szolnok-Doboka County
common_name = Szolnok-Doboka
subdivision = County
nation = the Kingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 =
year_start = 1876
event_end = Treaty of Trianon
year_end = 1920
date_end = June 4

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capital = Dés
stat_area1 = 4786
stat_pop1 = 251900
stat_year1 = 1910
today = Romania
footnotes = Dej is the current name of the capital.

Szolnok-Doboka is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in northern Romania (northern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Dej (Romanian, "Dés" in Hungarian).

Geography

Szolnok-Doboka county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Szilágy, Szatmár, Máramaros, Beszterce-Naszód and Kolozs. The river Someş/Szamos flows through the county. Its area was 4786 km² around 1910.

History

Szolnok-Doboka county was formed in 1876, when the county Belső-Szolnok was united with part of the Doboka region.

In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of Romania except Hungarian occupation between 1940-1944 during World War II. The territory of the county is now divided under the Romanian counties Cluj (the center and south, a.o. Dej), Maramureş (the north), Bistriţa-Năsăud (the east) and Sălaj (the west).

Demographics

In 1910, county had a population of 251,936 people. Population by language:
*Romanian = 189,443
*Hungarian = 52,181
*German = 6,902

ubdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Szolnok-Doboka county were: