Szolnok-Doboka County

Szolnok-Doboka County Comitatus Szolnokiensis-Dobociensis  (Latin) Szolnok-Doboka vármegye  (Hungarian) Komitat Szolnok-Doboka  (German) Comitatul Solnoc-Dăbâca  (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
1876–1920
Coat of arms
Capital		Dés 47°9′N 23°52′E / 47.150°N 23.867°E / 47.150; 23.867Coordinates: 47°9′N 23°52′E / 47.150°N 23.867°E / 47.150; 23.867
History
•	Established	1876
•	Treaty of Trianon	4 June 1920
Area
•	1910	4,786 km2 (1,848 sq mi)
Population
•	1910	251,936
	Density	52.6 /km2  (136.3 /sq mi)
Today part of		Romania
Dej is the current name of the capital.

Szolnok-Doboka was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in northern Romania (northern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Dés (now Dej, Romania).

Geography

Szolnok-Doboka county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Szilágy, Szatmár, Máramaros, Beszterce-Naszód and Kolozs. The river Szamos flowed through the county. Its area was 4786 km² around 1910.

History

Szolnok-Doboka county was formed in 1876, when the county Belső-Szolnok was united with part of the Doboka region.

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, it had then a modified territory. The territory of the county is now divided under the Romanian counties Cluj (the center and south, a.o. Dej), Maramureş (the north), Bistriţa-Năsăud (the east) and Sălaj (the west).

Demographics

In 1900, the county had a population of 237,134 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:^[1]

Total:

• Romanian: 180,309 (76.0%)
• Hungarian: 47,212 (19.9%)
• German: 7,252 (3.1%)
• Slovak: 390 (0.2%)
• Croatian: 212 (0.0%)
• Ruthenian: 123 (0.0%)
• Serbian: 4 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 1,632 (0.7%)

According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:^[2]

Total:

• Greek Catholic: 147,322 (62.1%)
• Eastern Orthodox: 36,247 (15.3%)
• Calvinist: 30,353 (12.8%)
• Jewish: 11,791 (5.0%)
• Roman Catholic: 9,164 (3.9%)
• Lutheran: 2,067 (0.9%)
• Unitarian: 154 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 36 (0.0%)

Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description)

In 1910, county had a population of 251,936 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:^[3]

Total:

• Romanian: 189,443 (75.2%)
• Hungarian: 52,181 (20.7%)
• German: 6,902 (2.7%)
• Ruthenian: 154 (0.0%)
• Slovak: 42 (0.0%)
• Croatian: 9 (0.0%)
• Serbian: 7 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 3,198 (1.3%)

According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:^[4]

Total:

• Greek Catholic: 155,364 (61.7%)
• Eastern Orthodox: 38,608 (15.3%)
• Calvinist: 32,320 (12.8%)
• Jewish: 12,797 (5.1%)
• Roman Catholic: 10,522 (4.2%)
• Lutheran: 2,182 (0.9%)
• Unitarianist: 223 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 10 (0.0%)

Subdivisions

Administrative divisions of Szolnok-Doboka County.

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

References