Baranya County (former)

Baranya County
Comitatus Baranyiensis (Latin)
Baranya vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Baranya (German)
Baranjska županija (Croatian)
Барањска жупанија (Serbian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1000-1541, 1699-1946)
Coat of arms of Baranya
Coat of arms

CapitalPécs
Area
 • Coordinates46°5′N 18°14′E / 46.083°N 18.233°E / 46.083; 18.233
 
• 1910
5,176 km2 (1,998 sq mi)
• 1930
4,033 km2 (1,557 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
352,478
• 1930
311,660
History 
• Established
1000
• Ottoman conquest
1541
• County recreated
1699
4 June 1920
11 April 1941
• Monarchy abolished
1 February 1946
Today part ofHungary
(4,033 km2)
Croatia
(1,143 km2)
Baranya County in the 20th century
Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description)

Baranya (Hungarian: Baranya, Croatian: Baranja, Serbian: Барања / Baranja, German: Branau) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now divided between present-day Baranya County of Hungary and Osijek-Baranja County of Croatia. The capital of the county was Pécs.


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