Moson County

Moson County
*Comitatus Mosoniensis* (Latin)
*Moson vármegye* (Hungarian)
*Komitat Wieselburg* (German)
Moson County Comitatus Mosoniensis (Latin); Moson vármegye (Hungarian); Komitat Wieselburg (German)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
11th century–1923
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Capital	Moson; Magyaróvár (1271-1923)
Area
• Coordinates	47°53′N 17°16′E
• 1910	2,013 km2 (777 sq mi)
Population
• 1910	94500
History
• Established	11th century
• Treaty of Trianon	4 June 1920
• Merged into Győr-Moson County	1923
Today part of	Austria; (979 km2); Hungary; (972 km2); Slovakia; (62 km2)

Moson (German: Wieselburg, Slovak: Mošon) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary, situated mostly on the right (south) side of the Danube river. Its territory is now divided between Austria and Hungary, except a small area which is part of Slovakia. Moson is also the name of a town, nowadays part of the city Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary.

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