Szatmár County

Szatmár County
*Comitatus Szathmariensis* (Latin)
*Szatmár vármegye* (Hungarian)
*Komitat Sathmar* (German)
*Comitatul Sătmar* (Romanian)
Szatmár County Comitatus Szathmariensis (Latin); Szatmár vármegye (Hungarian); Komitat Sathmar (German); Comitatul Sătmar (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary; (11th century-1526); County of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom; (1526-1570); County of the Kingdom of Hungary; (1570-1606); County of the Principality of Transylvania; (1606-1606); County of the Kingdom of Hungary; (1606-1621); County of the Principality of Transylvania; (1621-1629); County of the Kingdom of Hungary; (1629-1645); County of the Principality of Transylvania; (1645-1648); County of the Kingdom of Hungary; (1648-1923, 1938-1945)
	Coat of arms
	; Szatmár county between 1876 and 1920
Capital	Szatmár; Nagykároly (1780-1920); Mátészalka (1920-1923); Szatmárnémeti (1940-1945)
Area
• Coordinates	47°41′N 22°28′E
• 1910	6,287 km2 (2,427 sq mi)
Population
• 1910	396,632
History
• Established	11th century
• Treaty of Trianon	4 June 1920
• Merged into Szatmár-Ugocsa-Bereg County	31 December 1923
• County recreated (after the First Vienna Award)	22 December 1938
• Merged into Szatmár-Bereg County	20 January 1945
Today part of	Romania; (4,505 km2); Hungary; (1,782 km2); Ukraine; (~0,4 km2)
	Carei; Satu Mare is the current name of the capital.

Szatmár County (Hungarian: Szatmár vármegye [ˈsɒtmaːr ˈvaːrmɛɟɛ]) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary, situated south of the river Tisza. Most of its territory is now divided between Romania and Hungary, while a very small area is part of Ukraine. The capital of the county was Nagykároly (now Carei).

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