The town is a historical capital of the Gömör-Kishont county (from 1850 to 1922).

The principal city and historical capital is Altkirch (5,386 inhabitants in 1999).

This is a list of the historical capitals of Serbia:

It showed historical capitals of Chinese dynasties in addition to contemporary place names.

It was the first historical capital of Upper Silesia.

It is the historical capital of the Podhale region.

It is also the historical capital of Bohemia proper.

Known as the historical and touristic capital of the country.

Due to additional evidence discovered since the 1930s, other historical capitals have been included in the list.

Its historical capital was the town of Granadilla, now abandoned.