Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun is the name of an administrative county (

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) of the

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. Its territory is now in central

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, comprising the territory of the present Hungarian county Pest and the northern part of present Bács-Kiskun county. The capital of the county was

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Geography

Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun county shared borders with the counties

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, Hont,

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, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok,

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, Bács-Bodrog, Tolna and Fejér. Its territory covered the eastern bank of the river

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from

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in the north to (excluding) Baja in the south, stretching to the river

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in the east. A part of the county (

Pilis Pilis () is a town in Pest County, Hungary. History The town was inhabited in prehistoric times, but was abandoned at the end of the Roman rule. Pilis was then first mentioned in 1326. It was destroyed during the Ottoman rule in the 16th cen ...

) was on the west bank of the Danube, near

. Its area was 12,228 km² around 1910.

History

The counties Pest and Pilis were formed in the 11th century. Pest was the area on the left (east) bank of the Danube around present-day Budapest, Pilis was on the opposite bank. They were united and became the political, cultural and economical centre of Hungary. The

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region (the left bank of the Danube south of

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), which previously belonged to

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, was incorporated in Pest-Pilis-Solt county in the 17th century. Kiskunság (

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) was added in 1876, creating Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun county. After

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the county was split in two roughly equal parts. The northern part became Pest county, the southern part merged with Bács-Bodrog county to form Bács-Kiskun county.

Demographics

1900

In 1900, the county had a population of 1,615,729 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities: Total: * Hungarian: 1,317,237 (81,5%) *

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: 201,285 (12,4%) * Slovak: 58,533 (3,6%) * Serbian: 6,199 (0,4%) * Croatian: 2,372 (0,2%) *

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: 1,664 (0,1%) * Ruthenian: 234 (0,0%) * Other or unknown: 28,205 (1,8%) According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities: Total: *

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: 1,046,868 (64,8%) *

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: 252,188 (15,6%) *

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: 201,117 (12,5%) *

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: 96,863 (6,0%) *

Greek Orthodox The term Greek Orthodox Church (Greek language, Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, ''Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía'', ) has two meanings. The broader meaning designates "the Eastern Orthodox Church, entire body of Orthodox (Chalced ...

: 8,563 (0,5%) *

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: 6,949 (0,4%) * Unitarian: 1,219 (0,0%) * Other or unknown: 1,962(0,1%)

1910

In 1910, the county had a population of 1,978,041 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities: * Hungarian: 1,728,473 (87,4%) *

: 162,824 (8,2%) * Slovak: 47,149 (2,4%) * Serbian: 7,934 (0,4%) * Croatian: 3,419 (0,2%) *

: 3,357 (0,2%) * Ruthenian: 306 (0,0%) * Other or unknown: 24,579 (1,2%) According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities: Total: *

: 1,293,265 (65,4%) *

: 296,223 (15,0%) *

: 245,157 (12,4%) *

: 113,094 (5,7%) *

: 12,169 (0,6%) *

: 12,001 (0,6%) * Unitarian: 2,526 (0,1%) * Other or unknown: 3,606 (0,2%)

Subdivisions

Before approx. 1897, the subdivisions of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun were (felső is upper, közép is middle, alsó is lower): After approx. 1897, the subdivisions of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun were:

References

{{Authority control States and territories disestablished in 1950 Counties in the Kingdom of Hungary