Hunyad

Hunyad (today mainly Hunedoara) was the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in Romania in Transylvania. The capital of the county was Deva (Déva in Hungarian).

1 Geography
2 History
3 Demographics
4 Subdivisions

[edit] Geography

Hunyad county shared borders with Romania and the Hungarian counties Krassó-Szörény, Arad, Torda-Aranyos, Alsó-Fehér and Szeben. Its area was 7809 km² around 1910.

[edit] History

Hunyad county was formed in the Middle Ages. It was first attested in 1265 as Hungnod by the Papal Quitrent Register. In 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed, its territory was modified. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of Romania. Most of its territory lies in the present Romanian county Hunedoara; a strip in the east is now part of Alba.

[edit] Demographics

In 1910, county had a population of 340,135 people. Population by language:

Romanian = 271,675
Hungarian = 52,720
German = 8,101
Slovak = 1,024

[edit] Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Krassó-Szörény county were:

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Algyógy	Algyógyalfalu, RO Geoagiu
Brád	Brád, RO Brad
Déva	Déva, RO Deva
Hátszeg	Hátszeg, RO Haţeg
Kőrösbánya	Kőrösbánya, RO Baia de Criş
Marosillye	Marosillye, RO Ilia
Petrozsény	Petrozsény, RO Petroşani
Puj	Puj, RO Pui
Szászváros	Szászváros, RO Orăştie
Vajdahunyad	Vajdahunyad, RO Hunedoara
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Déva, RO Deva
Hátszeg, RO Haţeg
Szászváros, RO Orăştie
Vajdahunyad, RO Hunedoara

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