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

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.