Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County (former)

Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Comitatus Jazyga et Cumania Maior et Szolnokiensis  (Latin) Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok vármegye  (Hungarian) Komitat Jaß-Großkumanien-Sollnock  (German)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
1876–1950
Coat of arms
Capital	Szolnok
Area
• Coordinates	47°10′N 20°11′E / 47.167°N 20.183°E / 47.167; 20.183Coordinates: 47°10′N 20°11′E / 47.167°N 20.183°E / 47.167; 20.183
• 1910	5,251 km2 (2,027 sq mi)
Population
• 1910	374000
History
• Established	1876
• administrative division reform	1 February 1950
Today part of	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 century 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).

In 1900, the county had a population of 350,269 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:^[1]

Total:

• Hungarian: 348,050 (99,4%)
• German: 1,138 (0,3%)
• Slovak: 616 (0,2%)
• Romanian: 108 (0,0%)
• Croatian: 22 (0,0%)
• Serbian: 14 (0,0%)
• Ruthenian: 10 (0,0%)
• Other or unknown: 311 (0,1%)

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

Total:

• Roman Catholic: 204,306 (58,3%)
• Calvinist: 131,120 (37,4%)
• Jewish: 10,707 (3,1%)
• Lutheran: 3,071 (0,9%)
• Greek Catholic: 430 (0,1%)
• Greek Orthodox: 189 (0,0%)
• Unitarian: 148 (0,0%)
• Other or unknown: 298 (0,0%)

Subdivisions[]

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

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