Hont County

Hont County
*Comitatus Hontiensis* (Latin)
*Hont vármegye* (Hungarian)
*Komitat Hont* (German)
*Hontianska župa* (Slovak)
Hont County Comitatus Hontiensis (Latin); Hont vármegye (Hungarian); Komitat Hont (German); Hontianska župa (Slovak)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
11th century–1923
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Capital	Hont; Németi (1619-1629); Korpona; Kemence; Ipolyság (1806-1920); Nagymaros (1920-1923)
Area
• Coordinates	48°4′N 18°57′E
• 1910	2,633 km2 (1,017 sq mi)
Population
• 1910	132,441
History
• Established	11th century
• Treaty of Trianon	4 June 1920
• Merged into Nógrád-Hont County	1923
Today part of	Slovakia; (2,171 km2); Hungary; (462 km2)
	Šahy is the current name of the capital.

Hont County was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Most of its territory is now part of Slovakia, while a smaller southern portion is part of Hungary.

Today, in Slovakia Hont is the informal designation of the corresponding territory and an official tourist region.

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