Baranya County (former)

Baranya County
*Comitatus Baranyiensis* (Latin)
*Baranya vármegye* (Hungarian)
*Komitat Baranya* (German)
*Baranjska županija* (Croatian)
Барањска жупанија (Serbian)
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)
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Capital	Pécs
Area
• Coordinates	46°5′N 18°14′E
• 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
• Treaty of Trianon	4 June 1920
• Recover remaining parts of Baranya County	11 April 1941
• Monarchy abolished	1 February 1946
Today part of	Hungary; (4,033 km2); Croatia; (1,143 km2)

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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