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Somogy County (former)

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Capital
  
Kaposvár

1910
  
6,675 km (2,577 sq mi)

Today part of
  
Hungary

Established
  
11th century

1910
  
365,961

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Somogy was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was slightly larger than that of present Somogy county, is now in south-western Hungary. The capital of the county was Kaposvár.

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Geography

Somogy county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Zala, Veszprém, Tolna, Baranya, Verőce and Belovár-Körös (the latter two part of Croatia-Slavonia). It covered the southern shore of Lake Balaton and the region south of the lake. The river Drava (Hungarian: Dráva) formed most of its southern border. Its area was 6530 km² around 1910.

History

In the 10th century, the Hungarian Nyék tribe occupied the region around Lake Balaton, mainly the areas what are known today Zala and Somogy counties. Somogy county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary, in the 11th century.

1900

In 1900, the county had a population of 345,586 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:

Total:

  • Hungarian: 310,320 (89.8%)
  • German: 20,193 (5.8%)
  • Croatian: 11,641 (3.4%)
  • Romanian: 381 (0.1%)
  • Slovak: 291 (0.1%)
  • Serbian: 28 (0.0%)
  • Ruthenian: 8 (0.0%)
  • Other or unknown: 2,724 (0.8%)

    • According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:

    Total:

  • Roman Catholic: 251,246 (72.7%)
  • Calvinist: 65,621 (19.0%)
  • Lutheran: 17,481 (5.1%)
  • Jewish: 10,969 (3.2%)
  • Unitarian: 81 (0.0%)
  • Greek Catholic: 77 (0.0%)
  • Greek Orthodox: 66 (0.0%)
  • Other or unknown: 45 (0.0%)

    • 1910

    In 1910, the county had a population of 365,961 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:

    Total:

  • Hungarian: 333,597 (91.2%)
  • German: 18,718 (5.1%)
  • Croatian: 9,934 (2.7%)
  • Slovak: 364 (0.1%)
  • Serbian: 44 (0.0%)
  • Romanian: 63 (0.0%)
  • Ruthenian: 4 (0.0%)
  • Other or unknown: 3,237 (0.9%)

    • According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:

    Total:

  • Roman Catholic: 273,650 (74.8%)
  • Calvinist: 63,569 (17.4%)
  • Lutheran: 17,700 (4.9%)
  • Jewish: 10,645 (2.9%)
  • Greek Orthodox: 129 (0.0%)
  • Greek Catholic: 106 (0.0%)
  • Unitarian: 104 (0.0%)
  • Other or unknown: 58 (0.0%)

    • The city Siófok, which used to be in Somogy county before the 1850s, went back from Veszprém county to Somogy county before World War II. After World War II, the district of Szigetvár went to Baranya county.

    Subdivisions

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

    References

    Somogy County (former) Wikipedia
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