Vas County (former)

Vas County
Comitatus Castrifèrreus (Latin)
Vas vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Eisenburg (German)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
11th century–1946
Coat of arms of Vas
Coat of arms

CapitalVasvár; Szombathely (1578-1946)
Area
 • Coordinates47°14′N 16°37′E / 47.233°N 16.617°E / 47.233; 16.617
 
• 1910
5,474 km2 (2,114 sq mi)
• 1930
3,284 km2 (1,268 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
435,793
• 1930
275,021
History 
• Established
11th century
• Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
11 April 1941
• Monarchy abolished
1 February 1946
Today part ofHungary
(3,284 km2)

Austria
(1,548 km2)

Slovenia
(642 km2)

Vas (Latin: Comitatus Castrifèrreus, German: Eisenburg, Slovene: Železna županija or Železna) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now divided between Hungary, Austria and Slovenia.