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Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County (former)

Former Hungarian administrative county in central Hungary

Field	Value
native_name
conventional_long_name	Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County
common_name	Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
subdivision	County
nation	the Kingdom of Hungary
year_start	1876
event_end	administrative division reform
year_end	1950
date_end	1 February
image_coat	File:HUN_Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok_megye_COA.png
image_map	Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok vármegye Magyarországon.svg
capital	Szolnok
coordinates
stat_area1	5251
stat_pop1	373,964
stat_year1	1910
today	Hungary

Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok was an administrative county (comitatus) in the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which is now in central Hungary, was slightly smaller than that of present Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county. The capital of the county was Szolnok.

Geography

Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun, Heves, Hajdú, Békés, and Csongrád. The rivers Tisza and Körös flow through the county. Its area was 5251 km2 around 1910.

History

Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county was formed in 1876 from the territories of the Külső-Szolnok part of Heves-Külső-Szolnok County, the Jászság (Jazygia) and the Nagykunság (great Cumania). After World War II, the territory of the county was modified: the area on the left bank of the Tisza around Tiszafüred was taken from Heves county, and the area around Dévaványa went to Békés county.

The term Jász originates from the Jassic people (cf. Alans) who moved to this area of Hungary from the Pontic steppes sometime in the 13th century.

Demographics

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

Census	Total	Hungarian
278,443	263,994 (98.86%)	3,036 (1.14%)
318,475	315,387 (99.03%)	3,088 (0.97%)
350,269	348,050 (99.37%)	2,219 (0.63%)
373,964	372,423 (99.59%)	1,541 (0.41%)

Census	Total	Roman Catholic	Calvinist	Jewish
278,443	154,261 (55.40%)	113,192 (40.65%)	8,319 (2.99%)	2,671 (0.96%)
318,475	180,538 (56.69%)	124,437 (39.07%)	10,005 (3.14%)	3,495 (1.10%)
350,269	204,306 (58.33%)	131,120 (37.43%)	10,707 (3.06%)	4,136 (1.18%)
373,964	225,111 (60.20%)	133,462 (35.69%)	10,313 (2.76%)	5,078 (1.36%)

Subdivisions

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

Districts (járás)	District	Capital	Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Jászság alsó	Jászapáti
Jászság felső	Jászberény
Tisza alsó	Tiszaföldvár
Tisza felső	Kunhegyes
Tisza közép	Törökszentmiklós
Jászberény
Karcag
Kisújszállás
Mezőtúr
Szolnok
Túrkeve

Notes

References

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

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