Fejér County (former)
Geography
Fejér county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Veszprém, Komárom, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun and Tolna. It lay southwest of Budapest, around Székesfehérvár. The river Danube formed most of its eastern border. Its area was 4129 km around 1910.
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History
Fejér county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary, in the 11th century. Székesfehérvár, as a seat for the coronation of the Hungarian monarch and location of royal burials, held a central role in the Middle Ages. The Solt region, east of the Danube river, which used to be part of Fejér county, went to Pest-Pilis-Solt county in 1569.
In 1945, the city of Érd and its surroundings went to Pest county, while in 1950 the region south-east of Lake Balaton (around Enying), which used to be in Veszprém county went to Fejér county.
Demographics
1891
Ethnic groups (1891):
- Hungarians (Magyars): 190,660 (85.7%)
- Germans: 26,077 (11.7%)
- Slovaks: 2924 (1.3%)
- Serbs: 2103 (0.9%)
Total population: 222,445
1900
In 1900, the county had a population of 236,102 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:
Total:
- Hungarian: 202,890 (85.9%)
- German: 25,713 (10.9%)
- Slovak: 4,180 (1.8%)
- Serbian: 965 (0.4%)
- Croatian: 441 (0.2%)
- Romanian: 116 (0.0%)
- Ruthenian: 10 (0.0%)
- Other or unknown: 1,787 (0.8%)
According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:
Total:
- Roman Catholic: 161,474 (68.4%)
- Calvinist: 58,616 (24.8%)
- Jewish: 7,863 (3.3%)
- Lutheran: 6,741 (2.9%)
- Greek Orthodox: 1,017 (0.4%)
- Unitarian: 254 (0.1%)
- Greek Catholic: 117 (0.0%)
- Other or unknown: 20 (0.0%)
1910
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In 1910, the county had a population of 250,670 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:
Total:
- Hungarian: 218,822 (87.3%)
- German: 24,265 (9.7%)
- Slovak: 4,359 (1.7%)
- Serbian: 814 (0.3%)
- Croatian: 333 (0.1%)
- Romanian: 37 (0.0%)
- Ruthenian: 5 (0.0%)
- Other or unknown: 2,035 (0.8%)
According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:
Total:
- Roman Catholic: 175,464 (70.0%)
- Calvinist: 59,105 (23.6%)
- Jewish: 7,382 (3.0%)
- Lutheran: 7,267 (2.9%)
- Greek Orthodox: 1,060 (0.4%)
- Unitarian: 202 (0.0%)
- Greek Catholic: 161 (0.0%)
- Other or unknown: 29 (0.0%)
Subdivisions
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In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Fejér county were:
Districts (járás) | |
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District | Capital |
Adony | Adony |
Mór | Mór |
Sárbogárd | Sárbogárd |
Székesfehérvár | Székesfehérvár |
Vál | Vál |
Urban counties (törvényhatósági jogú város) | |
Székesfehérvár |