Tolna (county)
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| TOLNA COUNTY | ||
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| Region | Southern Transdanubia | |
| County seat | Szekszárd | |
| Area | 3704 km² | |
| Population | 250,284 | |
| Population density | 68 /km² | |
| Municipalities | 108 | |
- Note: Tolna is also a town in Hungary.
Tolna is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary and in the former Kingdom of Hungary. It lies in central Hungary, on the west bank of the river Danube. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Somogy, Fejér, Bács-Kiskun, and Baranya. The capital of Tolna county is Szekszárd. Its area is 3703 km².
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Tolna (Kingdom of Hungary)
Tolna (in Latin: comitatus Tolnensis) is also the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was about the same as that of present Tolna county, is presently in central Hungary. The capital of the county was Szekszárd.
Geography
Tolna county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Somogy, Veszprém, Fejér, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun and Baranya. The river Danube formed most of its eastern border. Its area was 3537 km² around 1910.
History
Tolna county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary, in the 11th century.
Districts
In the early 20th century, the districts and their capitals were:
- Szekszárd
- Dunaföldvár, capital Paks
- Simontornya, capital Gyönk
- Dombóvár, capital Tamási
- Völgység, capital BonyhádTemplate:Hungarian counties