page_title: Zala County (former)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Zala County (former) / History
caption_attribution_description: Magyar: Zala megye kialakítása 1950-ben. 1. Zala megyétől Veszprémhez, 2. Zala megyétől Veszprémhez 1978. december 31-éig, 3. Somogy megyétől Zalához, 4. Vas megyétől Zalához, 5. Zala megye 1950-től, 6. mai megyehatár, 7. megszűnt 1949-es megyehatár
context_page_description: Zala was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary, bordered by the river Drave to the south. The territory of the former county is now divided between Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia. The capital of the county was Zalaegerszeg.
context_section_description: Zala county arose as one of the first comitati of the Kingdom of Hungary.
  In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon, the south-west of the county became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (from 1929 as Yugoslavia). The remainder stayed in Hungary. Yugoslavian part of it was occupied and annexed again by Hungary between 1941 and 1945 during World War II. In 1950, as part of the Communist reforms of local government, the county's borders were re-drawn again. A small part of former Vas county, north of Zalaegerszeg, went to Zala County. The part of Zala county north of Lake Balaton went to Veszprém County.
  Since 1991, when Slovenia and Croatia became independent from Yugoslavia, the part of former Zala county between the rivers Mura and Drava is part of Croatia (region of Međimurje). The area around Lendava is in Slovenia.
caption: The formation of modern Zala County. (1) and (2) territories assigned from Zala County to Veszprém County in 1950. (2) territory reincorporated into Zala County in 1978. (3) territory assigned from Somogy County to Zala County in 1950. (4) territory assigned from Vas County to Zala County in 1950.
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