Heves County (former)

Heves County
*Comitatus Hevesiensis* (Latin)
*Heves vármegye* (Hungarian)
*Komitat Hewesch* (German)
Heves County Comitatus Hevesiensis (Latin); Heves vármegye (Hungarian); Komitat Hewesch (German)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary; (13th century–1526); County of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom; (1526–1540); County of the Kingdom of Hungary; (1540–1596); County of the Kingdom of Hungary; (1687–1765, 1850–1860, 1876–1946)
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Capital	Eger
Area
• Coordinates	47°54′N 20°22′E
• 1910	3,761 km2 (1,452 sq mi)
Population
• 1910	279,700
History
• Established	13th century
• Ottoman conquest	1596
• County recreated	1687
• Merged to Heves-Külső-Szolnok County	1765
• County recreated	13 September 1850
• Traditional counties (incl. Heves-Külső-Szolnok) restored	October 1860
• County recreated	1876
• Monarchy abolished	1 February 1946
Today part of	Hungary

Heves was an administrative county in the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which is now in northern Hungary, was slightly larger than that of present Heves county. The capital of the county was Eger.

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