Zemplén County
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This article is about the historical county of the Kingdom of Hungary. For other uses, see Zemplín.
Zemplén (Hungarian: Zemplén, Slovak: Zemplín, German: Semplin, Semmlin, Latin: Zemplinum) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. The northern part of its territory is now situated in eastern Slovakia (Zemplín region), while a smaller southern portion of the former county belongs to Hungary, as part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County.
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County of the Kingdom of Hungary (11th century-1544) County of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom (1544-1570) County of the Kingdom of Hungary (1570-1621) County of the Principality of Transylvania (1621-1629) County of the Kingdom of Hungary (1629-1645) County of the Principality of Transylvania (1645-1648) County of the Kingdom of Hungary (1648-1946) County of the Second Hungarian Republic (1946-1949) County of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949-1950) | |
Capital | Zemplén; Sátoraljaújhely (1685-1950) |
Area | |
• Coordinates | 48°23′N 21°39′E |
• 1910 | 6,282 km2 (2,425 sq mi) |
• 1930 | 1,776 km2 (686 sq mi) |
Population | |
• 1910 | 343,194 |
• 1930 | 146,318 |
History | |
• Established | 11th century |
• Treaty of Trianon | 4 June 1920 |
• Merged into Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County | 16 March 1950 |
Today part of | Slovakia (4,506 km2) Hungary (1,776 km2) |
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