Heves County (former)

Heves County
Comitatus Hevesiensis (Latin)
Heves vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Hewesch (German)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(13th century–1526)
County of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom
(1526–1540)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1540–1596)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1687–1765, 1850–1860, 1876–1946)
Coat of arms of Heves
Coat of arms

CapitalEger
Area
 • Coordinates47°54′N 20°22′E / 47.900°N 20.367°E / 47.900; 20.367
 
• 1910
3,761 km2 (1,452 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
279,700
History 
• Established
13th century
• Ottoman conquest
1596
• County recreated
1687
• Merged to Heves-Külső-Szolnok County
1765
• County recreated
13 September 1850
• Traditional counties (incl. Heves-Külső-Szolnok) restored
October 1860
• County recreated
1876
• Monarchy abolished
1 February 1946
Today part ofHungary

Heves was an administrative county in the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which is now in northern Hungary, was slightly larger than that of present Heves county. The capital of the county was Eger.