Sáros County

Sáros County
Comitatus Sarossiensis (Latin)
Sáros vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Scharosch (German)
Šarišská župa (Slovak)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
13th century–1920
Coat of arms

CapitalEperjes
Area
 • Coordinates49°0′N 21°14′E / 49.000°N 21.233°E / 49.000; 21.233
 
• 1910
3,652 km2 (1,410 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
174,600
History 
• Established
13th century
• Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
Today part ofSlovakia
Prešov is the current name of the capital.

Sáros (-Hungarian, Slovak: Šariš, Latin: comitatus Sarossiensis, German: Scharosch) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in northeastern Slovakia. Today, Šariš is only an informal designation of the corresponding territory.

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