Sáros county

Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Sáros County
common_name = Sáros
subdivision = County
nation = the Kingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 =
year_start = 13th century
event_end = Treaty of Trianon
year_end = 1920
date_end = June 4

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capital = Eperjes
stat_area1 = 3652
stat_pop1 = 174600
stat_year1 = 1910
today = Slovakia
footnotes = Prešov is the current name of the capital.

Sáros (-Hungarian, Slovak: "Šariš", Latin: "comitatus Sarossiensis", German: "Scharosch") was a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in northeastern Slovakia. Today, Šariš is only an informal designation of the corresponding territory.

Geography

Sáros county shared borders with the Austrian crownland Galicia and the Hungarian counties Szepes (Spiš), Abaúj-Torna (Abov-Turňa) and Zemplén (Zemplín). It was situated between the Levoča Hills (i.e. Spiš), Košice and Svidník. The river Torysa flowed through the county. Its area was 3,652 km² around 1910.

Capitals

The capital of Sáros county was Sáros Castle. After various other towns, since 1647 the capital has been Prešov (Hungarian: "Eperjes").

History

Šariš county was created before the 13th century from the "comitatus Novi Castri" (named after "Novum Castrum", today Abaújvár), which also included the later counties Abov and Heves.

In the aftermath of World War I, most of Sáros county became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia, as recognized by the concerned states in the 1920 Treaty of Trianon. During World War II, when Czechoslovakia was split, Šariš became part of the First Slovak Republic. Since 1993, Šariš has been part of Slovakia, located in the Prešov Region. Historically a prosperous region, it is nowadays relatively poor.

Demographics

Population by language (1910 census):
* Slovak = 101,855 (60.66%)
* Rusyn = 38,500 (22.93%)
* Hungarian = 18,088 (10.77%)
* German = 9,447 (5.62%)

ubdivisions

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