Szolnok-Doboka was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in northern Romania (northern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Dés (now Dej, Romania).
Geography
Szolnok-Doboka county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Szilágy, Szatmár, Máramaros, Beszterce-Naszód and Kolozs. The river Someş flowed through the county. Its area was around 1910.
History Szolnok-Doboka county was formed in 1876, when Belső-Szolnok county (its center was Dés/Dej), most of Doboka county (its center was Doboka/Dăbâca at first, later Szamosújvár/Gherla) and the eastern part of the Kővárvidék/Chioar district were united.
In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon, the county became part of Romania, except from 1940 until the end of World War II, when it was returned to Hungary by the Second Vienna Award, with a slightly modified territory. The territory of the county is now divided between the Romanian counties of Cluj (the center and south, a.o. Dej), Maramureș (the north), Bistrița-Năsăud (the east) and Sălaj (the west).
Demographics
+ Population by mother tongue Census Total Romanian Hungarian German Other or unknown 1880 193,677 146,135 (77.83%) 31,559 (16.81%) 4,604 (2.45%) 5,465 (2.91%) 1890 217,550 166,806 (76.67%) 38,961 (17.91%) 6,234 (2.87%) 5,549 (2.55%) 1900 237,134 180,309 (76.04%) 47,212 (19.91%) 7,252 (3.06%) 2,361 (1.00%) 1910 251,936 189,443 (75.19%) 52,181 (20.71%) 6,902 (2.74%) 3,410 (1.35%)
+ Population by religion Census Total Greek Catholic Eastern Orthodox Calvinist Jewish Roman Catholic Other or unknown 1880 193,677 119,154 (61.52%) 31,549 (16.29%) 24,303 (12.55%) 7,589 (3.92%) 7,523 (3.88%) 3,559 (1.84%) 1890 217,550 133,198 (61.23%) 35,032 (16.10%) 27,283 (12.54%) 9,890 (4.55%) 8,670 (3.99%) 3,477 (1.60%) 1900 237,134 147,322 (62.13%) 36,247 (15.29%) 30,353 (12.80%) 11,791 (4.97%) 9,164 (3.86%) 2,257 (0.95%) 1910 251,936 155,364 (61.67%) 38,608 (15.32%) 32,230 (12.79%) 12,797 (5.08%) 10,522 (4.18%) 2,415 (0.96%)
Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Szolnok-Doboka county were:
Districts (járás) District Capital BethlenBethlen (now Beclean) CsákigorbóCsákigorbó (now Gârbou) DésDés (now Dej) Kápolnokmonostor Kápolnokmonostor (now Copalnic-Mănăștur) KékesKékes (now Chiochiș) MagyarláposMagyarlápos (now Târgu Lăpuş) NagyilondaNagyilonda (now Ileanda) SzamosújvárSzamosújvár (now Gherla)Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) Dés (now Dej) Szamosújvár (now Gherla)
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