Szolnok-Doboka County
# Szolnok-Doboka County

Szolnok-Doboka was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in northern Romania (northern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Dés (now Dej, Romania).

## Geography

Szolnok-Doboka county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Szilágy, Szatmár, Máramaros, Beszterce-Naszód and Kolozs. The river Someş flowed through the county. Its area was 4,786 square kilometres (1,848 sq mi) around 1910.

## History

Szolnok-Doboka county was formed in 1876, when Belső-Szolnok county (its center was Dés/Dej), most of Doboka county (its center was Doboka/Dăbâca at first, later Szamosújvár/Gherla) and the eastern part of the Kővárvidék/Chioar district were united.

In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon, the county became part of Romania, except from 1940 until the end of World War II, when it was returned to Hungary by the Second Vienna Award, with a slightly modified territory. The territory of the county is now divided between the Romanian counties of Cluj (the center and south, a.o. Dej), Maramureș (the north), Bistrița-Năsăud (the east) and Sălaj (the west).

## Demographics

Population by mother tongue :

| Census | Total | Romanian | Hungarian | German | Other or unknown |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1880 | 193,677 | 146,135 (77.83%) | 31,559 (16.81%) | 4,604 (2.45%) | 5,465 (2.91%) |
| 1890 | 217,550 | 166,806 (76.67%) | 38,961 (17.91%) | 6,234 (2.87%) | 5,549 (2.55%) |
| 1900 | 237,134 | 180,309 (76.04%) | 47,212 (19.91%) | 7,252 (3.06%) | 2,361 (1.00%) |
| 1910 | 251,936 | 189,443 (75.19%) | 52,181 (20.71%) | 6,902 (2.74%) | 3,410 (1.35%) |

Population by religion :

| Census | Total | Greek Catholic | Eastern Orthodox | Calvinist | Jewish | Roman Catholic | Other or unknown |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1880 | 193,677 | 119,154 (61.52%) | 31,549 (16.29%) | 24,303 (12.55%) | 7,589 (3.92%) | 7,523 (3.88%) | 3,559 (1.84%) |
| 1890 | 217,550 | 133,198 (61.23%) | 35,032 (16.10%) | 27,283 (12.54%) | 9,890 (4.55%) | 8,670 (3.99%) | 3,477 (1.60%) |
| 1900 | 237,134 | 147,322 (62.13%) | 36,247 (15.29%) | 30,353 (12.80%) | 11,791 (4.97%) | 9,164 (3.86%) | 2,257 (0.95%) |
| 1910 | 251,936 | 155,364 (61.67%) | 38,608 (15.32%) | 32,230 (12.79%) | 12,797 (5.08%) | 10,522 (4.18%) | 2,415 (0.96%) |

## Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Szolnok-Doboka county were:

Districts (járás) :

| District | Capital |
| - | - |
| Bethlen | Bethlen (now Beclean) |
| Csákigorbó | Csákigorbó (now Gârbou) |
| Dés | Dés (now Dej) |
| Kápolnokmonostor (from 1907) | Kápolnokmonostor (now Copalnic-Mănăștur) |
| Kékes | Kékes (now Chiochiș) |
| Magyarlápos | Magyarlápos (now Târgu Lăpuş) |
| Nagyilonda | Nagyilonda (now Ileanda) |
| Szamosújvár | Szamosújvár (now Gherla) |
| Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) ||
| Dés (now Dej) ||
| Szamosújvár (now Gherla) ||
