Máramaros County

Máramaros County (German: Komitat Maramuresch; Hungarian: Máramaros vármegye; Latin: Comitatus Maramarosiensis; Romanian: Comitatul Maramureș; Rusyn: Комітат Марамарош; Ukrainian: Kомітат Мармарош) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in north-western Romania and western Ukraine. The capital of the county was Máramarossziget (present-day Sighetu Marmației).

Máramaros County
Comitatus Maramarosiensis (Latin)
Máramaros vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Maramuresch (German)
Комітат Марамарош (Rusyn)
Comitatul Maramureș (Romanian)
Kомітат Мармарош (Ukrainian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1402-1526)
County of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom
(1526-1570)
County of the Principality of Transylvania
(1570-1733)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1733-1920, 1940-1945)
Coat of arms

CapitalMáramarossziget
Area
  Coordinates47°56′N 23°53′E
 
 1910
9,716 km2 (3,751 sq mi)
Population 
 1910
357,705
History 
 Established
1402
 Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
 County recreated (Second Vienna Award)
30 August 1940
 Disestablished
1945
Preceded by
Voivodeship of Maramureș
Today part ofUkraine
(6,148 km2)
Romania
(3,568 km2)
Sighetu Marmației is the current name of the capital.
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