Liptó County (, , , , ) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in northern Slovakia.
Geography
Liptó county shared borders with the Austrian land Galicia and the Hungarian counties Árva, Turóc, Zólyom, Gömör-Kishont and Szepes. The county's territory was situated along the upper Vág (present-day Váh) river between the High Tatras and the Low Tatras. Its area was 2,247 km2 around 1910.
Today, the territory of the former Liptó County largely corresponds to the Ružomberok District and Liptovský Mikuláš District in northern Slovakia. Three villages (Liptovská Teplička, Štrba and Štrbské Pleso) are now in the Poprad District.
Capitals The capitals of the county were the Liptó Castle, later Németlipcse (present-day Partizánska Ľupča), and since 1677 the capital was Liptószentmiklós (present-day Liptovský Mikuláš).
History Liptó county as a Hungarian comitatus arose before the 15th century. At various points throughout history the county was ruled by Voivodes or Counts from the Rosenberg, Csák and Benyovszky families. In the aftermath of World War I, the area became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia, as recognized by the concerned states in 1920 by the Treaty of Trianon.
Demographics
+ Population by mother tongue Census Total Slovak Hungarian German Other or unknown 1880 74,758 67,554 (93.67%) 1,438 (1.99%) 2,775 (3.85%) 353 (0.49%) 1890 76,850 72,067 (93.78%) 1,771 (2.30%) 2,568 (3.34%) 444 (0.58%) 1900 82,159 75,938 (92.43%) 2,708 (3.30%) 2,475 (3.01%) 1,038 (1.26%) 1910 86,906 78,098 (89.86%) 4,365 (5.02%) 2,591 (2.98%) 1,852 (2.13%)
+ Population by religion Census Total Roman Catholic Lutheran Jewish Other or unknown 1880 74,758 38,601 (51.63%) 32,735 (43.79%) 3,349 (4.48%) 73 (0.10%) 1890 76,850 40,149 (52.24%) 33,408 (43.47%) 3,137 (4.08%) 156 (0.20%) 1900 82,159 43,979 (53.53%) 34,953 (42.54%) 3,092 (3.76%) 135 (0.16%) 1910 86,906 47,772 (54.97%) 35,169 (40.47%) 3,237 (3.72%) 728 (0.84%)
Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Liptó County were:
Districts (járás) District Capital LiptószentmiklósLiptószentmiklós (now Liptovský Mikuláš) LiptóújvárLiptóújvár (now Liptovský Hrádok) NémetlipcseNémetlipcse (now Partizánska Ľupča) RózsahegyRózsahegy (now Ružomberok)Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) Rózsahegy (now Ružomberok)
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