Heves County (former)

Heves County County of the Kingdom of Hungary 13th century–1946 → Coat of arms Capital Eger History  - Established 13th century  - Disestablished 1946 Area  - 1910 3,761 km2 (1,452 sq mi) Population  - 1910 279,700       Density 74.4 /km2  (192.6 /sq mi) Today part of Hungary

This article is about the county of the Kingdom of Hungary. For the modern county see Heves County. For the town see Heves.

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

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. It was ruled by the Turks between 1596-1687. 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.

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