Bács-Bodrog County

Bács-Bodrog County (Hungarian: Bács-Bodrog vármegye, German: Komitat Batsch-Bodrog, Serbian: Бачко-бодрошка жупанија, romanized: Bačko-bodroška županija) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1802 to 1920. Most of its territory is currently part of Serbia, while a smaller part belongs to Hungary. The capital of the county was Zombor (present-day Sombor).

Bács-Bodrog County
Comitatus Bacsiensis et Bodrogiensis (Latin)
Bács-Bodrog vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Batsch-Bodrog (German)
Бачко-бодрошка жупанија (Serbian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1802-1849, 1860-1946)
County of the Second Hungarian Republic
(1946-1949)
County of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949-1950)
1802–1 February 1950
Coat of arms

CapitalZombor
Baja (1920-1941, 1945-1950)
Area 
 1910
10,362 km2 (4,001 sq mi)
 1930
1,685 km2 (651 sq mi)
Population 
 1910
812,385
 1930
137,403
History 
 Established
1802
 Disestablished
18 November 1849
 County recreated
27 December 1860
 Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
11 April 1941
 Merged into Bács-Kiskun County
1 February 1950
Today part ofSerbia
(8,677 km2)
Hungary
(1,685 km2)
Sombor is the current name of the capital.
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