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Ugocsa County
County of
Coat of arms of Ugocsa
Coat of arms

Ugocsa County in the Kingdom of Hungary (highlighted in darker grey)
CapitalNagyszőllős
Area
 • Coordinates48°8′N 23°2′E / 48.133°N 23.033°E / 48.133; 23.033
 
• 1910
1,213 km2 (468 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
91,755
History 
• Established
14th century
• Merged into Bereg-Ugocsa County
1785
• County recreated
1790
• Merged into Bereg County
1850
• County recreated
1860
• Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
• Merged into Szatmár-Ugocsa-Bereg County
1923
• Merged into Bereg-Ugocsa County (First Vienna Award)
2 November 1938
• County recreated (Second Vienna Award)
30 August 1940
• Merged into Szatmár-Bereg County
1945
Today part of
Vynohradiv is the current name of the capital.

Ugocsa was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in north-western Romania (1⁄4) and western Ukraine (3⁄4). The capital of the county was Nagyszőllős (now Vynohradiv, Ukraine).

Geography

Map of Ugocsa county in the Kingdom of Hungary (1891)
Map of Ugocsa, 1891.

Ugocsa county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Máramaros, Szatmár and Bereg. It was situated on both sides of the river Tisza. Its area was 1208 km2 around 1910.

History

In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon most of the county (including Nagyszőllős) became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia, while a very little part remained in Hungary were joined to Szatmár County, which was merged to Szatmár-Ugocsa-Bereg County in 1923. The southern part – including Halmi (today Halmeu) – became part of Romania. In 1938, the western part of the former Czechoslovak part was returned to Hungary by the First Vienna Award, which became part of the newly formed Bereg-Ugocsa County – as Szatmár County was recreated – but shortly in 1939 the rest became part of Hungary again as the remainder of Carpathian Ruthenia was annexed after Czechoslovakia ceased to exist. These part were assigned to the administrative branch offices of Máramaros. In 1940, by the Second Vienna Award the southern part as well returned to Hungary thus the county was recreated with a modified territory, with the parts also included earlier to the administrative branch offices of Máramaros. The capital again became Nagyszőllős.

After World War II, the formerly Czechoslovak part of Ugocsa county became part of the Soviet Union, Ukrainian SSR, Zakarpattia Oblast. Since 1991, when the Soviet Union split up, the Zakarpattia Oblast has been part of Ukraine. The southern part of the county became part of Romania again and is now part of the Romanian county Satu Mare.

Demographics

Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description).
Population by native language[a]
Census Total Hungarian Ruthenian Romanian German Other or unknown
1880[1] 65,377 22,664 (35.67%) 29,976 (47.17%) 8,183 (12.88%) 2,409 (3.79%) 314 (0.49%)
1890[2] 75,461 28,852 (38.23%) 32,076 (42.51%) 8,830 (11.70%) 5,447 (7.22%) 256 (0.34%)
1900[3] 83,316 35,702 (42.85%) 32,721 (39.27%) 9,270 (11.13%) 5,505 (6.61%) 118 (0.14%)
1910[4] 91,755 42,677 (46.51%) 34,415 (37.51%) 9,750 (10.63%) 4,632 (5.05%) 281 (0.31%)
Population by religion[b]
Census Total Greek Catholic Calvinist Jewish Roman Catholic Other or unknown
1880 65,377 41,808 (63.95%) 10,246 (15.67%) 7,835 (11.98%) 5,394 (8.25%) 94 (0.14%)
1890 75,461 47,651 (63.15%) 11,722 (15.53%) 9,414 (12.48%) 6,201 (8.22%) 473 (0.63%)
1900 83,316 52,417 (62.91%) 12,928 (15.52%) 10,566 (12.68%) 7,264 (8.72%) 141 (0.17%)
1910 91,755 57,550 (62.72%) 14,002 (15.26%) 11,850 (12.91%) 8,173 (8.91%) 180 (0.20%)

Subdivisions

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

Districts (járás)
District Capital
  Tiszáninnen Nagyszőllős (now Vynohradiv)
  Tiszántúl Halmi (now Halmeu)

Vynohradiv is now in Ukraine; Halmeu is now in Romania.

References

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

Notes

  1. ^ Only linguistic communities comprising at least 1% of the population are displayed.
  2. ^ Only religious communities comprising at least 1% of the population are displayed.
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