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).

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, 1940-1945)
Coat of arms of Szolnok-Doboka
Coat of arms

CapitalDés
Area
 • Coordinates47°9′N 23°52′E / 47.150°N 23.867°E / 47.150; 23.867
 
• 1910
4,786 km2 (1,848 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
251,936
History 
• Established
1876
• Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
• County recreated (Second Vienna Award)
30 August 1940
• Disestablished
1945
Today part ofRomania
Dej is the current name of the capital.

Geography

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Map of Szolnok-Doboka, 1891.

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 4,786 square kilometres (1,848 sq mi) around 1910.

History

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Szolnok-Doboka county was formed in 1876, when Belső-Szolnok county (its center was Dés/Dej), most of Doboka county (its center was Doboka/Dăbâca at first, later Szamosújvár/Gherla) 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 (the center and south, a.o. Dej), Maramureș (the north), Bistrița-Năsăud (the east) and Sălaj (the west).

Demographics

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Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description)
Population by mother tongue[a]
Census Total Romanian Hungarian German Other or unknown
1880[1] 193,677 146,135 (77.83%) 31,559 (16.81%) 4,604 (2.45%) 5,465 (2.91%)
1890[2] 217,550 166,806 (76.67%) 38,961 (17.91%) 6,234 (2.87%) 5,549 (2.55%)
1900[3] 237,134 180,309 (76.04%) 47,212 (19.91%) 7,252 (3.06%) 2,361 (1.00%)
1910[4] 251,936 189,443 (75.19%) 52,181 (20.71%) 6,902 (2.74%) 3,410 (1.35%)
Population by religion[b]
Census Total Greek Catholic Eastern Orthodox Calvinist Jewish Roman Catholic Other or unknown
1880 193,677 119,154 (61.52%) 31,549 (16.29%) 24,303 (12.55%) 7,589 (3.92%) 7,523 (3.88%) 3,559 (1.84%)
1890 217,550 133,198 (61.23%) 35,032 (16.10%) 27,283 (12.54%) 9,890 (4.55%) 8,670 (3.99%) 3,477 (1.60%)
1900 237,134 147,322 (62.13%) 36,247 (15.29%) 30,353 (12.80%) 11,791 (4.97%) 9,164 (3.86%) 2,257 (0.95%)
1910 251,936 155,364 (61.67%) 38,608 (15.32%) 32,230 (12.79%) 12,797 (5.08%) 10,522 (4.18%) 2,415 (0.96%)

Subdivisions

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Administrative divisions of Szolnok-Doboka County.

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

Districts (járás)
District Capital
  Bethlen Bethlen (now Beclean)
  Csákigorbó Csákigorbó (now Gârbou)
  Dés Dés (now Dej)
  Kápolnokmonostor (from 1907) Kápolnokmonostor (now Copalnic-Mănăștur)
  Kékes Kékes (now Chiochiș)
  Magyarlápos Magyarlápos (now Târgu Lăpuş)
  Nagyilonda Nagyilonda (now Ileanda)
  Szamosújvár Szamosújvár (now Gherla)
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
  Dés (now Dej)
  Szamosújvár (now Gherla)

Notes

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  1. ^ Only linguistic communities > 1% are displayed.
  2. ^ Only religious communities > 1% are displayed.

References

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  1. ^ "Az 1881. év elején végrehajtott népszámlálás főbb eredményei megyék és községek szerint rendezve, II. kötet (1882)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  2. ^ "A Magyar Korona országainak helységnévtára (1892)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  3. ^ "A MAGYAR KORONA ORSZÁGAINAK 1900". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  4. ^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 29 September 2021.