Békés County (former)

Békés County
*Comitatus Bekesiensis* (Latin)
*Békés vármegye* (Hungarian)
*Komitat Békés* (German)
*Békešská župa* (Slovak)
Békés County Comitatus Bekesiensis (Latin); Békés vármegye (Hungarian); Komitat Békés (German); Békešská župa (Slovak)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary; (11th century-1541); County of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom; (1541-1566); County of the Kingdom of Hungary; (1699-1786, 1790-1853, 1860-1946)
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Capital	Békés;; Gyula (1405-1946)
Area
• Coordinates	46°39′N 21°16′E
• 1910	3,670 km2 (1,420 sq mi)
Population
• 1910	298,710
History
• Established	11th century
• Ottoman conquest	1566
• County recreated	1699
• Merged into Békés-Csanád-Csongrád County	1 June 1786
• County recreated	26 April 1790
• Merged into Békés-Csanád County	10 January 1853
• County recreated	20 October 1860
• Monarchy abolished	1 February 1946
Today part of	Hungary

Békés was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was smaller than that of present Békés county, is now in southeastern Hungary. The capital of the county was Gyula.

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