Nyitra County
Template:Short description Template:About Template:Use dmy dates Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox Former Subdivision Nyitra County (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory lay in what is now western Slovakia.
Geography
Nyitra County shared borders with the Austrian land Moravia and Trencsén County, Turóc County, Bars County, Komárom County and Pozsony County. In its final phase, it was a strip of land between the Morava river in the north and the town of Érsekújvár (present-day Nové Zámky) in the south, plus an outlier around the town of Privigye (present-day Prievidza). The river Vág (present-day Váh) flowed through the county. Its area was 5519 km2 around 1910.
Capitals
The capital of the county was the Nitra Castle (Template:Langx) and since the Late Middle Ages the town of Nyitra (present-day Nitra).
History
A predecessor to Nyitra county may have existed as early as in the 9th century at the time of Great Moravia. Around 1000, Nyitra county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary. The southern part, including the town Nyitra, was ruled as Uyvar Province between 1663 and 1685 by Ottoman Empire. The county shortly ceased to exist as a separate administrative unit between 1850 and 1860, when it was split into Upper Nyitra County (including Bán district from Trencsén County) and Lower Nyitra County (including Oszlány district from Bars County).
After World War I, Nyitra county became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia. Nitra county (Template:Lang) continued to exist within its original borders until 1923, when it was replaced by the so-called "Nitra Great County", officially Template:Ill. In 1928, Nitra County was abolished like all other counties in Slovakia. In November 1938 Hungary annexed some southern parts of the former county in the First Vienna Award; these became part of the Template:Lang (a Template:Lang, 'county administratively combined for the time being'), along with annexed parts of the former Pozsony County. During the First Slovak Republic the county was briefly restored (1940-1945) (without the annexed southern areas).
Demographics
| Census | Total | Slovak | Hungarian | German | Other or unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 370,099 | 263,409 (73.91%) | 54,294 (15.23%) | 36,503 (10.24%) | 2,174 (0.61%) |
| 1890<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 396,559 | 288,811 (72.83%) | 69,498 (17.53%) | 35,893 (9.05%) | 2,357 (0.59%) |
| 1900<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 428,296 | 312,601 (72.99%) | 80,962 (18.90%) | 32,370 (7.56%) | 2,363 (0.55%) |
| 1910<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 457,455 | 324,664 (70.97%) | 100,324 (21.93%) | 27,937 (6.11%) | 4,530 (0.99%) |
| Census | Total | Roman Catholic | Lutheran | Jewish | Calvinist | Other or unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 370,099 | 282,583 (76.35%) | 52,273 (14.12%) | 28,414 (7.68%) | 6,668 (1.80%) | 161 (0.04%) |
| 1890 | 396,559 | 307,168 (77.46%) | 54,703 (13.79%) | 27,244 (6.87%) | 7,339 (1.85%) | 105 (0.03%) |
| 1900 | 428,296 | 337,905 (78.90%) | 57,203 (13.36%) | 24,935 (5.82%) | 8,035 (1.88%) | 218 (0.05%) |
| 1910 | 457,455 | 369,225 (80.71%) | 56,676 (12.39%) | 22,942 (5.02%) | 8,238 (1.80%) | 374 (0.08%) |
Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Nyitra county were:
| Districts (járás) | |
|---|---|
| District | Capital |
| Template:Color box Érsekújvár | Nagysurány (now Šurany) |
| Template:Color box Galgóc | Galgóc (now Hlohovec) |
| Template:Color box Miava | Miava (now Myjava) |
| Template:Color box Nagytapolcsány | Nagytapolcsány (now Topoľčany) |
| Template:Color box Nyitra | Nyitra (now Nitra) |
| Template:Color box Nyitrazsámbokrét | Nyitrazsámbokrét (now Žabokreky nad Nitrou) |
| Template:Color box Pöstyén | Pöstyén (now Piešťany) |
| Template:Color box Privigye | Privigye (now Prievidza) |
| Template:Color box Szakolca | Holics (now Holíč) |
| Template:Color box Szenice | Szenice (now Senica) |
| Template:Color box Vágsellye | Tornóc (now Trnovec nad Váhom) |
| Template:Color box Vágújhely | Vágújhely (now Nové Mesto nad Váhom) |
| Template:Color box Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) | |
| Érsekújvár (now Nové Zámky) | |
| Nyitra (now Nitra) | |
| Szakolca (now Skalica) | |
Notes
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