Kolozs County

Kolozs County was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary, of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and of the Principality of Transylvania. Its territory is now in north-western Romania (north-western Transylvania). The capital of the county was Kolozsvár (present-day Cluj-Napoca).

Kolozs County
Comitatus Kolosiensis (Latin)
Kolozs vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Klausenburg (German)
Comitatul Cluj (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(11th century-1526)
County of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom
(1526–1570)
County of the Principality of Transylvania
(1570–1867)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1867–1920, 1940–1945)
Coat of arms

CapitalKolozsvár
Area
  Coordinates46°46′N 23°36′E
 
 1910
5,006 km2 (1,933 sq mi)
Population 
 1910
286,700
History 
 Established
11th century
 Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
 County recreated (Second Vienna Award)
30 August 1940
 Disestablished
1945
Today part ofRomania
Cluj-Napoca is the current name of the capital.
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