Szolnok-Doboka county

Szolnok-Doboka County (1910)
Administrative headquarters :	Of
Area :	4,786 km²
Population :	251.936
Ethnic groups :	75% Romanians 21% Hungarians 3% Germans 1% others (mainly gypsies )

The Szolnok-Doboka County [ solnok dobokɒ ] ( Hungarian Szolnok-Doboka vármegye , Romanian Comitatul Solnoc-Dabaca ) was a Hungarian county in Transylvania .

It bordered on the counties of Szilágy , Sathmar ( Szatmár ), Máramaros , Bistritz-Naszod ( Beszterce-Naszód ) and Klausenburg ( Kolozs ).

Map of Szolnok-Doboka County around 1890

It covered 5150 km², was mountainous and wooded, especially in the northern part, and was flowed through by the large and small Szamos (now Someș in Romanian ). In 1881 it had 193,677 mostly (Greek-Catholic) Romanian inhabitants who operated agriculture, cattle breeding and mining. The land was mainly fertile in the valleys (wine also thrived in the south) and was rich in cattle and game, salt and iron. The main town was Dés .

history

Szolnok-Doboka County was formed from Belső-Szolnok County and parts of Doboka County in 1876 when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed . In 1918 it became part of Romania under the name Județul Someş . Today the area lies in the districts of Cluj (central and southern part), Maramureş (northern part), Bistrița-Năsăud (eastern part) and Sălaj (western part).

District subdivision

In the early 20th century, the county consisted of the following chair districts (named after the name of the administrative center):

Chair districts (járások)
Chair district	Administrative headquarters
Bethlen	Bethlen, today Beclean
Csákigorbó	Csákigorbó, today Gârbou
Of	Dés, today Dej
Kápolnok monostor	Kápolnokmonostor, today Copalnic-Mănăştur
Kékes	Kékes, today Chiochiș
Magyarlápos	Magyarlápos, today Târgu Lăpuș
Nagyilonda	Nagyilonda, now Ileanda
Szamosújvár	Szamosújvár, today Gherla
City districts (rendezett tanácsú városok)
Dés, today Dej
Szamosújvár, today Gherla

All of the places mentioned are in what is now Romania .

See also

• List of historical counties of Hungary

literature

• Szolnok-Doboka . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 15, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 477.

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)