- Bjelovar-Križevci
Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name = Bjelovar-Križevci
conventional_long_name = Belovár-Körös County
common_name = Belovár-Körös
subdivision = County
nation = Croatia-Slavonia
p1 =
s1 =
year_start = 12th century
event_end = Treaty of Trianon
year_end = 1920
date_end = June 4
image_map_caption = Map of the county within Croatia-Slavonia,Kingdom of Hungary
capital = Belovár
stat_area1 = 5048
stat_pop1 = 332592
stat_year1 = 1910
today =Croatia
footnotes =Bjelovar is the current name of the capital.Bjelovar-Križevci (in Croatian) or Belovár-Körös (in Hungarian) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the autonomous region
Croatia-Slavonia within theKingdom of Hungary . Its territory is presently in northernCroatia . Belovár and Körös are the Hungarian names for the citiesBjelovar and Križevci, respectively. The capital of the county wasBjelovar (Croatian, in Hungarian: "Belovár").Geography
Belovár-Körös county shared borders with the Hungarian counties
Somogy , Verőce,Pozsega ,Varasd , andZágráb (the latter three in Croatia-Slavonia). The riverDrave formed its north-eastern border. Its area was 5048 km² around 1910.History
The territory of Belovár-Körös county became part of the
Kingdom of Hungary in the 12th century. Belovár-Körös county was formed in 1886 from the former countiesBelovár andKörös . In 1918 (confirmed by theTreaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of the newly formedKingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia). Since 1991, whenCroatia became independent fromYugoslavia , the county is part ofCroatia .Demographics
In 1910, the population of the county was 332,592.
Population by language (1910 census):
*Croatian = 253,687
*Serbian = 44,533
*Hungarian = 14,224
*German = 4,235ubdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Belovár-Körös county were:
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