Gömör and Kishont County

Gömör-Kishont County
Comitatus Geomoriensis et Kishonthensis (Latin)
Gömör és Kishont vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Gemer und Kleinhont (German)
Gemersko-malohontská župa (Slovak)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1802-1923, 1938-1945)
Coat of arms

CapitalRimaszombat; Putnok (1920-1923)
Area
 • Coordinates48°23′N 20°1′E / 48.383°N 20.017°E / 48.383; 20.017
 
• 1910
4,279 km2 (1,652 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
188,098
History 
• Established
1802
• Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
• Merged into Borsod-Gömör County
1923
• County recreated (First Vienna Award)
1938
• Remerged into Borsod-Gömör County
1945
Today part ofSlovakia
(3,956 km2)
Hungary
(323 km2)
Rimavská Sobota is the current name of the capital.

Gömör-Kishont (Hungarian: Gömör és Kishont, Slovak: Gemer a Malohont, German: Gemer und Kleinhont) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its capital was Rimaszombat (present-day Rimavská Sobota). Most of its territory is now part of Slovakia, while a smaller part belongs to Hungary.

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