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{{Infobox Former Subdivision
|conventional_long_name = Moson County
|common_name = Moson
|subdivision = [[Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)|County]]
|nation = the [[Kingdom of Hungary]]
|year_start = 12th century
|event_end = Treaty of Trianon
|year_end = 1920
|date_end = June 4
|image_coat = Moson coatofarms.jpg
|image_map = moson.png
|capital = Magyaróvár
|stat_area1 = 1989
|stat_pop1 = 94500
|stat_year1 = 1910
|today = [[Hungary]], [[Austria]], [[Slovakia]]
}}
'''Moson''' (Hungarian, in German: Wieselburg) was a historic administrative county ([[comitatus]]) of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]] in present-day eastern [[Austria]] and north-western [[Hungary]], on the right (south) side of the [[Danube]] river. Moson is the name of a town, nowadays part of the city [[Mosonmagyaróvár]].
==Geography==
Moson county shared borders with the [[Austria]]n land [[Lower Austria]] and the Hungarian counties [[Bratislava county|Pozsony]] (Bratislava), [[Győr (county)|Győr]] and [[Sopron (county)|Sopron]]. The river [[Danube]] runs along the north of the county, and the lake [[Neusiedler See]] lies partly in the county. Its area was 2013 [[square kilometer|km²]] around 1910.
==Capitals==
The capital of the county was the town of Moson initially. The capital was moved to nearby Magyaróvár in the Middle Ages. Moson and Magyaróvár merged in [[1939]] to form the city of [[Mosonmagyaróvár]].
==History==
The Moson [[Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)|comitatus]] arose as one of the first [[Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)|comitati]] of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]].
In [[1918]] (confirmed by the [[Treaty of Trianon]] [[1920]]), a tiny part of Moson county close to [[Bratislava]] became part of newly formed [[Czechoslovakia]]. The eastern part stayed in [[Hungary]] and merged with [[Győr (county)|Győr]] county and a very small part of [[Pozsony county]] to form ''Győr-Moson-Pozsony'' county. The western part became part of the new [[Austria]]n land [[Burgenland]].
After [[World War II]], ''Győr-Moson-Pozsony'' county merged with [[Sopron (county)]] to form [[Győr-Moson-Sopron|Győr-Sopron]] county. This county was renamed to [[Győr-Moson-Sopron]] county in the early [[1990]]s.
==Demographics==
In 1910, county had a population of 94,479 people. Population by language:
*German = 51,997
*Hungarian = 33,006
*Croatian = 8,123
==Subdivisions==
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Moson county were:
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|Districts (''járás'')
|-
! District!! Capital
|-
|Magyaróvár||Magyaróvár (now [[Mosonmagyaróvár]])
|-
|Nezsider||Nezsider, [[German language|AT]] [[Neusiedl am See]]
|-
|Rajka||[[Rajka]]
|}
[[Neusiedl am See]] is presently in [[Austria]].
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[[Category:Counties in the Kingdom of Hungary]]
[[de:Komitat Wieselburg]]
[[eo:Moson]]
[[it:Moson (antico comitato)]]
[[hu:Moson vármegye]]
[[ru:Мошон (комитат)]]
[[sk:Mošon (župa)]]