Fejér County (former)

Fejér County
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
11th century–1946
Coat of arms
Capital		Székesfehérvár 47°11′N 18°25′E / 47.183°N 18.417°ECoordinates: 47°11′N 18°25′E / 47.183°N 18.417°E
History
•	Established	11th century
•	Disestablished	1946
Area
•	1910	4,129 km^2 (1,594 sq mi)
Population
•	1910	250,600
	Density	60.7 /km^2  (157.2 /sq mi)
Today part of		Hungary

Fejér (in Latin: comitatus Albensis) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was slightly smaller than that of present Fejér county, is now in central Hungary. The capital of the county was Székesfehérvár.

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 km² around 1910.

Map of the former Fejér county (Kingdom of Hungary) around 1910

History

Fejér county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary, in the 11th century. The Solt region, east of the Danube river, which used to be part of Fejér county, went to Pest-Pilis-Solt county in the 17th century.

After World War II, the region south-east of Lake Balaton (around Enying), which used to be in Veszprém county, went to Fejér county. The city of Érd and its surroundings went to Pest 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:^[1]

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:^[2]

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

Ethnic map of Fejér county according to the data of the 1910 census. Key: red - Hungarians; pink - Germans; light green - Slovaks; light blue - Croatians; dark blue - Serbs. Coloured dots in a plain rectangle imply the presence of smaller minority populations (generally more than 100 people or 10%). Multicoloured rectangles imply cities and villages with multi-ethnic populations with the order of the stripes following the ethnic composition of the settlement.

In 1910, the county had a population of 250,670 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:^[3]

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:^[4]

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

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

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Adony	Adony
Mór	Mór
Sárbogárd	Sárbogárd
Székesfehérvár	Székesfehérvár
Vál	Vál
Urban counties (törvényhatósági jogú város)
Székesfehérvár

References

1. "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
2. "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
3. "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
4. "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-25.