Szilágy county

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Szilágy County
(1910)
Szilágy coat of arms
Administrative headquarters : Zilah
Area : 3,815 km²
Population : 230.140
Ethnic groups : 59% Romanians
38% Hungarians
1.5% Slovaks
1.5% others
Szilágy county

The county Szilágy [ ˈsila Kom ] ( Hungarian Szilágy vármegye , Romanian Comitatul Sălaj ) was an administrative unit (county / county ) in royal Hungary .

location

Map of Szilágy County around 1890

The county bordered on the north with Sathmar (Szatmár) county , in the west with Bihar , in the south with Klausenburg (Kolozs) county and in the east with Szolnok-Doboka .

history

Belonging to the so-called Partium , the county was created in 1876 as part of an administrative reform in Transylvania from the previously existing counties Kraszna , Mittelollnock and part of Doboka county (around Agrij / Felsőegregy). By the Treaty of Trianon it was added to Romania in 1920 and existed as Sălaj County until 1960. Today it is largely in the Romanian Sălaj County , smaller parts in the northwest belong to the Satu Mare County and in the northeast to the Maramureş County .

District subdivision

In the early 20th century the following chair districts existed (named after the name of the administrative seat):

Chair districts (járások)
Chair district Administrative headquarters
Kraszna Kraszna, today Crasna
Szilágycseh Szilágycseh, today Cehu Silvaniei
Szilágysomlyó Szilágysomlyó, today Șimleu Silvaniei
Tasnád Tasnád, today Tăşnad
Zilah Zilah, today Zalau
Zsibó Zsibó, today Jibou
City districts (rendezett tanácsú városok)
Szilágysomlyó, today Șimleu Silvaniei
Zilah, today Zalau

All places are in today's Romania .

See also

literature

Web links

  • Entry in the Pallas Lexicon (Hungarian)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A magyar szent corona országainak 1910. évi népszámlálása . Budapest 1912, p. 12 ff.
  2. ↑ A magyar szent corona országainak 1910. évi népszámlálása . Budapest 1912, p. 22 ff. (1910 census)