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FejrFejr is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. Fejr county Fejr county lies in central Hungary. It lies on the west bank of the river Danube and nearly touches the eastern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Veszprm, Komrom-Esztergom, Pest, Bcs-Kiskun, Tolna and Somogy. The capital of Fejr county is Szkesfehrvr. Its area is 4359 km². Fejr (former county) Fejr (in Latin: comitatus Albensis) is also the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was slightly smaller than that of present Fejr county, is presently in central Hungary. The capital of the county was Szkesfehrvr. Geography Fejr county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Veszprm, Komrom, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun and Tolna. It lay south-west of Budapest, around Szkesfehrvr. The river Danube formed most of its eastern border. Its area was 4129 km² around 1910. History Fejr county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary, in the 11th century. The Solt region, east of the Danube river, which used to be part of Fejr county, went to Pest-Pilis-Solt county in the 17th century. After World War II the region south-east of Lake Balaton (around Enying), which used to be in Veszprm county, went to Fejr county. The city of Erd and its surroundings went to Pest county. Districts In the early 20th century, the districts and their capitals were: Urban county:
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