Szolnok-Doboka county
Szolnok-Doboka County (1910) |
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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 ).
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) | |
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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
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
- ↑ A magyar szent corona országainak 1910. évi népszámlálása . Budapest 1912, p. 12 ff.
- ↑ A magyar szent corona országainak 1910. évi népszámlálása . Budapest 1912, p. 22 ff. (1910 census)