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The Bjelovar-Križevci County ( hr, Bjelovarsko-križevačka županija; hu, Belovár-Kőrös vármegye) was a historic administrative subdivision of the

Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia ( hr, Kraljevina Hrvatska i Slavonija; hu, Horvát-Szlavónország or ; de-AT, Königreich Kroatien und Slawonien) was a nominally autonomous kingdom and constitutionally defined separate political nation with ...

. Croatia-Slavonia was an autonomous kingdom within the

Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen The Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen ( hu, a Szent Korona Országai), informally Transleithania (meaning the lands or region "beyond" the Leitha River) were the Hungarian territories of Austria-Hungary, throughout the latter's entire exis ...

(Transleithania), the Hungarian part of the dual

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. Its territory is now in northern

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. Belovár and Kőrös are the Hungarian names for the cities

Bjelovar Bjelovar ( hu, Belovár, german: Bellowar, Kajkavian: ''Belovar'') is a city in central Croatia. It is the administrative centre of Bjelovar-Bilogora County. At the 2021 census, there were 36,433 inhabitants, of whom 93.06% were Croats. Histor ...

and Križevci, respectively. The capital of the county was Bjelovar.

Geography

The Bjelovar-Križevci County shared borders with the Hungarian county of Somogy, and the Croatian-Slavonian counties of Virovitica, Požega,

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, and

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. The river

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formed its northeastern border. Its area was 5048 km² around 1910.

History

The territory of the Bjelovar-Križevci County was part of the

Kingdom of Croatia Kingdom of Croatia may refer to: * Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102), an independent medieval kingdom * Croatia in personal union with Hungary (1102–1526), a kingdom in personal union with the Kingdom of Hungary * Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg) (152 ...

when it entered a personal union with the Kingdom of Hungary in 1102, and with it became part of the

Habsburg monarchy The Habsburg monarchy (german: Habsburgermonarchie, ), also known as the Danubian monarchy (german: Donaumonarchie, ), or Habsburg Empire (german: Habsburgerreich, ), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities ...

in 1526. Bjelovar-Križevci County was formed in 1886 from the former counties

and Križevci. In 1920 by the

Treaty of Trianon The Treaty of Trianon (french: Traité de Trianon, hu, Trianoni békeszerződés, it, Trattato del Trianon) was prepared at the Paris Peace Conference and was signed in the Grand Trianon château in Versailles on 4 June 1920. It forma ...

the county became part of the newly formed

Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Kingdom commonly refers to: * A monarchy ruled by a king or queen * Kingdom (biology), a category in biological taxonomy Kingdom may also refer to: Arts and media Television * ''Kingdom'' (British TV series), a 2007 British television drama s ...

(later renamed to Yugoslavia). Since 1991, when

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became independent from

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label= Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavij ...

, the county has been part of

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Demographics

In 1900, the county had a population of 303,620 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities: Total: * Croatian: 225,451 (74.3%) *

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also * * * Old Serbian (disambiguation ...

: 44,654 (14.7%) * Hungarian: 14,057 (4.6%) *

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: 4,218 (1.4%) * Slovak: 156 (0.1%) *

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: 2 (0.0%) * Ruthenian: 27 (0.0%) * Other or unknown: 15,055 (4.9%) According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities: Total: *

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: 254,062 (83.7%) *

Serbian Orthodox The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous ( ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian churches. The majority of the population ...

: 44,872 (14.8%) *

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

: 2,275 (0.7%) *

Calvinist Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John C ...

: 1,115 (0.4%) *

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: 1,018 (0.3%) *

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: 255 (0.1%) * Unitarian: 0 (0.0%) * Other or unknown: 23 (0.0%) In 1910, the county had a population of 332,592 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities: Total: * Croatian: 253,687 (76.28%) *

: 44,533 (13.39%) * Hungarian: 14,224 (4.28%) *

: 4,235 (1.27%) * Slovak: 386 (0.12%) * Ruthenian: 281 (0.08%) *

: 1 (0.0%) * Other or unknown: 15,245 (4.58%) According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities: Total: *

: 282,450 (84.92%) *

: 44,658 (13.43%) *

: 2,406 (0.72%) *

: 1,224 (0.37%) *

: 1,210 (0.36%) *

: 635 (0.19%) * Unitarian: 0 (0.0%) * Other or unknown: 9 (0.0%)

Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Belovár-Kőrös county were:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bjelovar-Krizevci County 1920 disestablishments Former counties of Croatia Counties in the Kingdom of Hungary States and territories established in the 12th century Križevci