Szolnok-Doboka County


Szolnok-Doboka was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in northern Romania. The capital of the county was Dés.

Geography

Szolnok-Doboka county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Szilágy, Szatmár, Máramaros, Beszterce-Naszód and Kolozs. The river Someş flowed through the county. Its area was around 1910.

History

Szolnok-Doboka county was formed in 1876, when Belső-Szolnok county, most of Doboka county and the eastern part of the Kővárvidék/Chioar district were united.
In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon, the county became part of Romania, except from 1940 until the end of World War II, when it was returned to Hungary by the Second Vienna Award, with a slightly modified territory. The territory of the county is now divided between the Romanian counties of Cluj, Maramureș, Bistrița-Năsăud and Sălaj.

Demographics

CensusTotalRomanianHungarianGermanOther or unknown
1880193,677146,135 '31,559 '4,604 '5,465 '
1890217,550166,806 '38,961 '6,234 '5,549 '
1900237,134180,309 '47,212 '7,252 '2,361 '
1910251,936189,443 '52,181 '6,902 '3,410 '

CensusTotalGreek CatholicEastern OrthodoxCalvinistJewishRoman CatholicOther or unknown
1880193,677119,154 '31,549 '24,303 '7,589 '7,523 '3,559 '
1890217,550133,198 '35,032 '27,283 '9,890 '8,670 '3,477 '
1900237,134147,322 '36,247 '30,353 '11,791 '9,164 '2,257 '
1910251,936155,364 '38,608 '32,230 '12,797 '10,522 '2,415 '

Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Szolnok-Doboka county were: