Heves County (former)

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

Heves County Comitatus Hevesiensis  (Latin) Heves vármegye  (Hungarian) Komitat Hewesch  (German)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary (13th century-1526) County of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom (1526-1540) County of the Kingdom of Hungary (1540-1596) County of the Kingdom of Hungary (1687-1765, 1876-1946)
Coat of arms
Capital	Eger
Area
• Coordinates	47°54′N 20°22′E
• 1910	3,761 km^2 (1,452 sq mi)
Population
• 1910	279700
History
• Established	13th century
• Ottoman conquest	1596
• County recreated	1687
• Merged to Heves-Külső-Szolnok County	1765
• County recreated	1876
• Monarchy abolished	1 February 1946
Today part of	Hungary

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. In 1765 it was merged with Külső-Szolnok County because of the Ottoman occupation the latter could not maintain its administration (the justice system was merged already in 1569). However, soon the territory of Heves was conquered as well, it was ruled by the Ottoman Empire between 1596 and 1687. Only in 1876, in the newly arranged county system was Heves County recreated. 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.

Demographics

Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description).

In 1900, the county had a population of 212,352 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[1]

Total:

• Hungarian: 252,840 (99,0%)
• Slovak: 1,171 (0,5%)
• German: 920 (0,4%)
• Romanian: 43 (0,0%)
• Serbian: 33 (0,0%)
• Croatian: 27 (0,0%)
• Ruthenian: 12 (0,0%)
• Other or unknown: 299 (0,1%)

According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[2]

Total:

• Roman Catholic: 225,113 (88,2%)
• Calvinist: 18,628 (7,2%)
• Jewish: 10,320 (4,1%)
• Lutheran: 888 (0,4%)
• Greek Catholic: 265 (0,1%)
• Greek Orthodox: 87 (0,0%)
• Unitarian: 13 (0,0%)
• Other or unknown: 31 (0,0%)

Subdivisions

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

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Eger	Eger
Gyöngyös	Gyöngyös
Hatvan	Hatvan
Heves	Heves
Pétervására	Pétervására
Tiszafüred	Tiszafüred
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Eger
Gyöngyös

1. "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
2. "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-12-06.