Virovitica (former county)

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Note: Verőce is also a town in Pest county, Hungary.
Virovitica
Verőce County
County of Croatia-Slavonia
12th century – 1920
Location of Verőce
Map of the county within Croatia-Slavonia, Kingdom of Hungary
Capital Eszék
History
 - Established 12th century
 - Treaty of Trianon June 4, 1920
Area
 - 1910 4,867 km² (1,879 sq mi)
Population
 - 1910 est. 272,430 
     Density 56 /km²  (145 /sq mi)
Today part of Croatia
Osijek is the current name of the capital.

Virovitica (in Croatian) or Verőce (in Hungarian) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the autonomous region Croatia-Slavonia within the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in eastern Croatia. Verőce is the Hungarian name for the city Virovitica. The capital of the county moved from Virovitica to Osijek (Croatian, in Hungarian: Eszék) in the late 18th century.

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[edit] Geography

Verőce county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Somogy, Baranya, Bács-Bodrog, Szerém, Pozsega and Belovár-Körös (the latter three in Croatia-Slavonia). The county stretched along the right (southern) bank of the river Drave, down to its confluence with the river Danube. Its area was 4867 km² around 1910.

[edit] History

Verőce county became part of the Kingdom of Hungary in the 12th century. Verőce county was re-established in 1718, after it was liberated from Ottoman occupation. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia). Since 1991, when Croatia became independent from Yugoslavia, the county is part of Croatia.

[edit] Demographics

In 1910, the population of the county was 272,430.

Population by language (1910 census):

  • Croatian = 137,394
  • Serbian = 46,658
  • German = 40,766
  • Hungarian = 37,656
  • Slovak = 3,691

[edit] Subdivisions

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

Districts (járás)
District Capital
Alsómiholjác Alsómiholjác, HR Donji Miholjac
Diakovár Diakovár, HR Đakovo
Eszék Eszék, HR Osijek
Nasic Nasic, HR Našice
Szlatina Szlatina, HR Slatina
Verőce Verőce, HR Virovitica
Urban counties (törvényhatósági jogú város)
Eszék, HR Osijek
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Comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary (1886)

Abaúj-Torna | Alsó-Fehér | Arad | Árva | Bács-Bodrog | Baranya | Bars | Békés | Bereg | Beszterce-Naszód | Bihar | Borsod | Brassó | Csanád | Csík | Csongrád | Esztergom | Fejér | Fogaras | Gömör-Kishont | Győr | Hajdú | Háromszék | Heves | Hont | Hunyad | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | Kis-Küküllő | Kolozs | Komárom | Krassó-Szörény | Liptó | Máramaros | Maros-Torda | Moson | Nagy-Küküllő | Nógrád | Nyitra | Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun | Pozsony | Sáros | Somogy | Sopron | Szabolcs | Szatmár | Szeben | Szepes | Szilágy | Szolnok-Doboka | Temes | Tolna | Torda-Aranyos | Torontál | Trencsén | Turóc | Udvarhely | Ugocsa | Ung | Vas | Veszprém | Zala | Zemplén | Zólyom

Autonomous region of Croatia-Slavonia: Bjelovar-Križevci | Lika-Krbava | Modruš-Rijeka | Požega | Syrmia | Varaždin | Virovitica | Zagreb