Liptó County (, , , , ) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in northern Slovakia.
Geography
thumb|left|alt=Map of Liptó county in the Kingdom of Hungary (1891)|Map of Liptó, 1891.
thumb|300px|left|Former county of Liptó superimposed on map of contemporary Slovakia.
Liptó county shared borders with the Austrian land Galicia and the Hungarian counties Árva, Turóc, Zólyom, Gömör-Kishont and Szepes. The county's territory was situated along the upper Vág (present-day Váh) river between the High Tatras and the Low Tatras. Its area was 2,247 km<sup>2</sup> around 1910.
Today, the territory of the former Liptó County largely corresponds to the Ružomberok District and Liptovský Mikuláš District in northern Slovakia. Three villages (Liptovská Teplička, Štrba and Štrbské Pleso) are now in the Poprad District.
Capitals
The capitals of the county were the Liptó Castle, later Németlipcse (present-day Partizánska Ľupča), and since 1677 the capital was Liptószentmiklós (present-day Liptovský Mikuláš).
History
Liptó county as a Hungarian comitatus arose before the 15th century. At various points throughout history the county was ruled by Voivodes or Counts from the Rosenberg, Csák and Benyovszky families. In the aftermath of World War I, the area became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia, as recognized by the concerned states in 1920 by the Treaty of Trianon.
Demographics
thumb|right|200 px|Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description).
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Population by mother tongue
! Census !! Total !! Slovak !! Hungarian !! German !! Other or unknown
|-
! 1880
| 74,758 || 67,554 (93.67%) || 1,438 (1.99%) || 2,775 (3.85%) || 353 (0.49%)
|-
! 1890
| 76,850 || 72,067 (93.78%) || 1,771 (2.30%) || 2,568 (3.34%) || 444 (0.58%)
|-
! 1900
| 82,159 || 75,938 (92.43%) || 2,708 (3.30%) || 2,475 (3.01%) || 1,038 (1.26%)
|-
! 1910
| 86,906 || 78,098 (89.86%) || 4,365 (5.02%) || 2,591 (2.98%) || 1,852 (2.13%)
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Population by religion
! Census !! Total !! Roman Catholic !! Lutheran !! Jewish !! Other or unknown
|-
! 1880
| 74,758 || 38,601 (51.63%) || 32,735 (43.79%) || 3,349 (4.48%) || 73 (0.10%)
|-
! 1890
| 76,850 || 40,149 (52.24%) || 33,408 (43.47%) || 3,137 (4.08%) || 156 (0.20%)
|-
! 1900
| 82,159 || 43,979 (53.53%) || 34,953 (42.54%) || 3,092 (3.76%) || 135 (0.16%)
|-
! 1910
| 86,906 || 47,772 (54.97%) || 35,169 (40.47%) || 3,237 (3.72%) || 728 (0.84%)
|-
|}
Subdivisions
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In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Liptó County were:
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|Districts (járás)
|-
! District!! Capital
|-
| Liptószentmiklós||Liptószentmiklós (now Liptovský Mikuláš)
|-
| Liptóújvár||Liptóújvár (now Liptovský Hrádok)
|-
| Németlipcse||Németlipcse (now Partizánska Ľupča)
|-
| Rózsahegy||Rózsahegy (now Ružomberok)
|-
!colspan=2|Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
|-
|colspan=2| Rózsahegy (now Ružomberok)
|}