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This article is about the county. For the town see Csongrád. Csongrád is the name of: an administrative county ( comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, an administrative county in the former Kingdom of Hungary, a town in Hungary. ...

Csongrád county

Csongrád is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in southern Hungary, on the border with Serbia and Romania. It lies on the both sides of the river Tisza. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Bács-Kiskun, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Békés. The capital of Csongrád county is Szeged. Its area is 4263 km². Comitatus can be: an old Latin word meaning company or retinue or an armed group of men attached to a leader in the Classical Times and in the Middle Ages, a political term used in various meanings: see Comitatus (Classical meaning) in the Middle Ages, the Latin word for county... Serbia and Montenegro – Serbia – Kosovo and Metohia (UN administration) – Vojvodina – Montenegro Official language Serbian1 Capital Belgrade Area – Total – % water 88,361 km² n/a Population – Total (2002) (without Kosovo) – Density 7. ... The Tisza (in Hungarian, Ukrainian: Tysa/Тиса, Russian: Tisa/Тиса, Romanian, Slovak and Serbian: Tisa, German: Theiß, Latin: Tissus, Tisia or Pathissus) is a river, tributary of the Danube and one of the major rivers of Central Europe, passing through Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine and Serbia and Montenegro. ... Bács-Kiskun is the name of an administrative county ( comitatus or megye) in southern Hungary, on the border with Serbia. ... Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok is the name of an administrative county ( comitatus or megye), in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. ... Békés county is an administrative division (comitatus or megye) in south-eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. ... Location: 46° 15′ 0″ N 20° 10′ 0″ E Szeged listen (in Serbian Segedin, in Polish Segedyn, in Romanian Seghedin, in Slovak Segedín) is the fourth largest city of Hungary, the regional centre of South-Eastern Hungary and the capital of Csongrád county. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

Csongrád (former county)

Csongrád is also the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was smaller than that of present Csongrád county, is presently in southern Hungary and northern Serbia. The capital of the county was Szentes. Comitatus can be: an old Latin word meaning company or retinue or an armed group of men attached to a leader in the Classical Times and in the Middle Ages, a political term used in various meanings: see Comitatus (Classical meaning) in the Middle Ages, the Latin word for county... The Kingdom of Hungary is the name of a multiethnic kingdom that existed in Central Europe from 1000 to 1918. ... Serbia and Montenegro – Serbia – Kosovo and Metohia (UN administration) – Vojvodina – Montenegro Official language Serbian1 Capital Belgrade Area – Total – % water 88,361 km² n/a Population – Total (2002) (without Kosovo) – Density 7. ... Szentes is a city in south-eastern Hungary, county Csongrád. ...

Geography

Csongrád county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Békés, Csanád, Torontál and Bács-Bodrog. The river Tisza flowed through the county. Its area was 3544 km² around 1910. Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. ... Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok is the name of an administrative county ( comitatus or megye), in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. ... Békés county is an administrative division (comitatus or megye) in south-eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. ... Bács-Bodrog, Szerém, Torontál, Temes and Krassó-Szörény counties after 1881 Torontál (Hungarian, in Serbian: Torontal) is the name of administrative county (comitatus) of the historic Kingdom of Hungary. ... Bacs-Bodrog, Szerem, Torontal, Temes and Krasso-Szoreny counties after 1881 Bács-Bodrog (Hungarian, in Serbian: Bačka-Bodrog) is the name of administrative county (comitatus) of the historic Kingdom of Hungary. ... The Tisza (in Hungarian, Ukrainian: Tysa/Тиса, Russian: Tisa/Тиса, Romanian, Slovak and Serbian: Tisa, German: Theiß, Latin: Tissus, Tisia or Pathissus) is a river, tributary of the Danube and one of the major rivers of Central Europe, passing through Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine and Serbia and Montenegro. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

History

Csongrád county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary, in the 11th century. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), a small part of the county (a small area around Horgoš in northern Vojvodina) became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia). The rest stayed in Hungary as Csongrád county. The Kingdom of Hungary is the name of a multiethnic kingdom that existed in Central Europe from 1000 to 1918. ... (10th century - 11th century - 12th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Grand Trianon at Versailles, site of the signing The Treaty of Trianon was an agreement that regulated the situation of the new Hungarian state that replaced the Kingdom of Hungary, part of the former Austro-Hungarian monarchy, after World War I. It was signed on June 4, 1920, at... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Serbia and Montenegro – Serbia – Kosovo and Metohia (UN administration) – Vojvodina – Montenegro Official languages Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, Rusyn1 Capital Novi Sad Area – Total – % water 21,500 km² n/a Population – Total (2002) – Density 2,031,992 94. ... The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state which existed from December 1, 1918 to mid-April 1941. ...

After World War II, the southern part of former Csanád-Arad-Torontál county (the Hungarian part of pre-1918 Torontál county and the south-western part of pre-1918 Csanád county) was added to Csongrád county. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Bács-Bodrog, Szerém, Torontál, Temes and Krassó-Szörény counties after 1881 Torontál (Hungarian, in Serbian: Torontal) is the name of administrative county (comitatus) of the historic Kingdom of Hungary. ...

Districts

Urban counties: Csongrád is the name of: an administrative county ( comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, an administrative county in the former Kingdom of Hungary, a town in Hungary. ...

Urban district: Location: 46° 15′ 0″ N 20° 10′ 0″ E Szeged listen (in Serbian Segedin, in Polish Segedyn, in Romanian Seghedin, in Slovak Segedín) is the fourth largest city of Hungary, the regional centre of South-Eastern Hungary and the capital of Csongrád county. ... Hódmezővásárhely (population: 51 060) is a town in south-east Hungary, on the Great Hungarian Plain, at the meeting point of the Békés-Csanádi Ridge and the clay grassland surrounding the River Theiss (Hungarian: Tisza). ...

Categories: Counties of Hungary | Counties in the Kingdom of Hungary Large flag of Hungary Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook. ... Hungary is subdivided administratively into 40 regions. ... Download high resolution version (1200x800, 13 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Croatia Cyprus Economy of Cyprus Economy of the Czech Republic Council of Europe Economy of Denmark Drachma European Union Estonia Euro European Parliament Talk:European Union European Free Alliance... Bács-Kiskun is the name of an administrative county ( comitatus or megye) in southern Hungary, on the border with Serbia. ... Baranya (Hungarian, in Croatian and Serbian: Baranja) is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. ... 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Kecskemét is a city in the central part of Hungary, halfway between Budapest and Szeged, 86 kilometres from both of them, almost equal distance from the two big rivers of our country, the Danube and the Tisza. ... Miskolc listen (IPA: , approximate pronunciaton: Mishkolts; in Slovak Miškovec, in Polish Miszkolc) is a city in North-East Hungary, mainly with heavy industrial background. ... Nagykanizsa, also known as Kanizsa, is medium-sized town in Southwest Hungary, it lies in the county of Zala. ... Nyíregyháza listen (IPA: /ɲireɟhazɒ/; approximate pronunciation: nyee-redy-haa-zah) is a city in North-east Hungary and the county capital of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. ... Pécs listen (approximate pronunciation: paych; Croatian Pečuh, German Fünfkirchen, Slovak Päťkostolie, Turkish Peçuy) is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located in the south-west of the country, at 46° 4′ 60″ N 18° 13′ 60″ E. It is the administrative and economical centre of Baranya county. ... Salgótarján (approximate pronunciation: shal-gow-tahr-yaan) is a city with county rights in Nógrád county, north-eastern Hungary. ... Sopron (pronounced shop-ron), historically also known by the German name Ödenburg, is the name of a town in Hungary. ... Location: 46° 15′ 0″ N 20° 10′ 0″ E Szeged listen (in Serbian Segedin, in Polish Segedyn, in Romanian Seghedin, in Slovak Segedín) is the fourth largest city of Hungary, the regional centre of South-Eastern Hungary and the capital of Csongrád county. ... Szekszárd is a town in Hungary and the capital of Tolna county. ... Székesfehérvár listen (in Latin: Alba Regia; in colloquial speech Fehérvár) is a city in central Hungary, located around 65 km southwest of Budapest. ... Szolnok is the capital of the county of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok. ... Szombathely (Latin Savaria/Sabaria, German Steinamanger) is a city in Hungary, population 79,753 (2001). ... Tatabánya is a town in Central Hungary, and it is the capital of county Komárom-Esztergom. ... Veszprém (in Slovak Vesprím) is a city in western Hungary. ... Zalaegerszeg listen is the capital city of county Zala, Hungary. ... The following lists show the administrative divisions of the lands belonging to the Hungarian crown (1000 -1918) at selected points of time. ...