Komárom County

Komárom county (in Latin: comitatus Comaromiensis, in Hungarian: Komárom (vár)megye, in Slovak: Komárňanský komitát / Komárňanská stolica / Komárňanská župa, in German: Komorner Gespanschaft / Komitat Komorn) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary, situated on both sides of the Danube river.

In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon assigned the part of Komárom county north of the Danube to Czechoslovakia (Komárno region).

The forming of Czechoslovakia, whose border in the south became the Danube River, separated the seat of the county, Komárom, from its southern half.

The territory to the north of the Danube is part of Slovakia (Nitra region) and is largely identical with the Komárno district.

In 1900, the county had a population of 180,024 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[3] Total: According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[4] Total: In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Komárom county were: Komárno, Zemianska Olča, Dvory nad Žitavou and Hurbanovo are now in Slovakia.

Map of Komárom county in the Kingdom of Hungary (1891)
Map of Komárom, 1891.
Komárom and Esztergom counties after the Treaty of Trianon. In 1923, the two counties were merged to form Komárom-Esztergom county. (1) that part of the city of Komárom (urban county) that remained in Hungary.
The formation of modern Komárom-Esztergom County. (1) territory assigned from Fejér County to Komárom-Esztergom County in 1950. (2) territory assigned from Veszprém County to Komárom-Esztergom County in 1950.
Ethnographic map of the county (with data of the 1910 census). Key: red – Hungarians ; pink – Germans ; light green – Slovaks . Coloured dots in plain rectangles imply the presence of smaller minority populations (generally more than 100 people or 10%). Multicoloured rectangles imply cities and villages with multi-ethnic populations with the order of the stripes following the ethnic composition of the settlement.