Gömör and Kishont County

Gömör-Kishont County
*Comitatus Geomoriensis et Kishonthensis* (Latin)
*Gömör és Kishont vármegye* (Hungarian)
*Komitat Gemer und Kleinhont* (German)
*Gemersko-malohontská župa* (Slovak)
Gömör-Kishont County Comitatus Geomoriensis et Kishonthensis (Latin); Gömör és Kishont vármegye (Hungarian); Komitat Gemer und Kleinhont (German); Gemersko-malohontská župa (Slovak)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary; (1802-1923, 1938-1945)
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Capital	Rimaszombat; Putnok (1920-1923)
Area
• Coordinates	48°23′N 20°1′E
• 1910	4,279 km2 (1,652 sq mi)
Population
• 1910	188,100
History
• Established	1802
• Treaty of Trianon	4 June 1920
• Merged into Borsod-Gömör County	1923
• County recreated (First Vienna Award)	1938
• Remerged into Borsod-Gömör County	1945
Today part of	Slovakia; (3,956 km2); Hungary; (323 km2)
	Rimavská Sobota is the current name of the capital.

Gömör-Kishont (Hungarian: Gömör és Kishont, Slovak: Gemer a Malohont, German: Gemer und Kleinhont) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its capital was Rimaszombat (present-day Rimavská Sobota). Most of its territory is now part of Slovakia, while a smaller part belongs to Hungary.

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