Turóc County

Turóc County
Comitatus Thurociensis (Latin)
Túróc vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Turz (German)
Turčianska župa (Slovak)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
14th century–1920
Coat of arms

CapitalTurócszentmárton
Area
 • Coordinates49°4′N 18°55′E / 49.067°N 18.917°E / 49.067; 18.917
 
• 1910
1,123 km2 (434 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
55,703
History 
• Established
14th century
• Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
Today part ofSlovakia
Martin is the current name of the capital

Turóc (Hungarian, historically also spelled Túrócz), Slovak: Turiec, Latin: Thurotzium/comitatus Thurociensis, German: Turz) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in north-western Slovakia, where the corresponding Slovak name Turiec is only an informal designation of the corresponding territory.

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