Zala County (former)



















































Zala County
Comitatus Zaladiensis  (Latin)
Zala vármegye  (Hungarian)
Komitat Zala  (German)
Zalska županija  (Croatian)


County of the Kingdom of Hungary







12th century–1920




Coat of arms of Zala

Coat of arms

Location of Zala


Capital

Zalaegerszeg
46°51′N 16°51′E / 46.850°N 16.850°E / 46.850; 16.850Coordinates: 46°51′N 16°51′E / 46.850°N 16.850°E / 46.850; 16.850

History

 •  Established
12th century
 • 
Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920

Area
 •  1910
5,995 km2(2,315 sq mi)

Population
 •  1910
466,333 

Density
77.8 /km2  (201.5 /sq mi)

Today part of

Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary

Zala was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in southwestern Hungary, northern Croatia and eastern Slovenia. The territory of the county comprised what is now the Hungarian county Zala and part of Veszprém county, the Croatian region of Međimurje to the south-west of it, bordered by the river Drave, and a small region around Lendava in Slovenia. The capital of the county was Zalaegerszeg.




Contents






  • 1 Geography


  • 2 History


  • 3 Demographics


  • 4 Subdivisions





Geography


Zala county shared borders with the Austrian land Styria and the Hungarian counties Vas, Veszprém, Somogy, Belovár-Körös and Varasd (the latter two in Croatia-Slavonia). The river Drava (Hungarian: Dráva) river formed its southern border, Lake Balaton its eastern border. The rivers Mura and Zala flowed through the county. Its area was 5974 km² around 1910.



History


Zala county arose as one of the first comitati of the Kingdom of Hungary.


In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon, the south-west of the county became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (from 1929 as Yugoslavia). The remainder stayed in Hungary. Yugoslavian part of it was occupied and annexed again by Hungary between 1941 and 1945 during World War II. In 1950, as part of the Communist reforms of local government, the county's borders were re-drawn again. A small part of former Vas county, north of Zalaegerszeg, went to Zala county. The part of Zala county north of Lake Balaton went to Veszprém County.


Since 1991, when Slovenia and Croatia became independent from Yugoslavia, the part of former Zala county between the rivers Mura and Drave is part of Croatia (region of Međimurje). The area around Lendava is in Slovenia.



Demographics


In 1900, the county had a population of 437,116 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[1]


Total:




  • Hungarian: 324,087 (74.1%)


  • Croatian: 84,904 (19.4%)


  • German: 4,917 (1.1%)


  • Slovak: 218 (0.1%)


  • Romanian: 159 (0.0%)


  • Serbian: 13 (0.0%)


  • Ruthenian: 2 (0.0%)

  • Other or unknown: 22,816 (5.2%)


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


Total:




  • Roman Catholic: 402,773 (92.2%)


  • Jewish: 13,967 (3.2%)


  • Calvinist: 11,793 (2.7%)


  • Lutheran: 8,251 (1.9%)


  • Greek Catholic: 68 (0.0%)


  • Greek Orthodox: 108 (0.0%)


  • Unitarian: 32 (0.0%)

  • Other or unknown: 124 (0.0%)




In 1910, the county had a population of 466,333 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[3]




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


Total:




  • Hungarian: 347,167 (74.45%)


  • Croatian: 91,909 (19.71%)


  • German: 3,889 (0.83%)


  • Slovak: 233 (0.05%)


  • Serbian: 56 (0.01%)


  • Romanian: 44 (0.01%)


  • Ruthenian: 3 (0.0%)

  • Other: 23,032 (4.94%)


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


Total:




  • Roman Catholic: 433,145 (92.88%)


  • Jewish: 12,892 (2.76%)


  • Calvinist: 11,738 (2.52%)


  • Lutheran: 8,220 (1.76%)


  • Greek Catholic: 117 (0.03%)


  • Greek Orthodox: 110 (0.02%)


  • Unitarian: 37 (0.01%)

  • Other: 74 (0.02%)



Subdivisions


In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Zala county were:































































Districts (járás)
District Capital
Alsólendva Alsólendva, SI Lendava
Balatonfüred
Balatonfüred
Csáktornya Csáktornya, HR Čakovec
Keszthely
Keszthely
Letenye
Letenye
Nagykanizsa
Nagykanizsa
Nova
Nova
Pacsa
Pacsa
Perlak Perlak, HR Prelog
Sümeg
Sümeg
Tapolca
Tapolca
Zalaegerszeg
Zalaegerszeg
Zalaszentgrót
Zalaszentgrót
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)

Nagykanizsa

Zalaegerszeg

The towns of Prelog and Čakovec are in Croatia; Lendava is in Slovenia.






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