Arad County (former)

Arad County
Comitatul Arad
Comitatus Aradiensis
Arad vármegye
Komitat Arad
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
11th century–1920

Coat of arms

Capital Arad
History
 - Established 11th century
 - Treaty of Trianon June 4 1920
Area
 - 1910 6,048 km2 (2,335 sq mi)
Population
 - 1910 414,400 
     Density 68.5 /km2  (177.5 /sq mi)
Today part of Romania, Hungary

Arad (Romanian pronunciation: [aˈrad] ( listen)) is a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in western Romania and south-eastern Hungary. The capital of the county was Arad.

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Geography

Arad county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Csanád, Békés, Bihar, Torda-Aranyos, Hunyad, Krassó-Szörény, Temes and Torontál. The river Mureş/Maros formed its southern border. The Crişul Alb River flowed through the county. Its area was 6078 km² around 1910.

History

Arad county is one of the oldest counties of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon assigned most of the territory of Arad county to Romania, except a small area south of Békéscsaba, which became part of the new Hungarian county Csanád-Arad-Torontál. Since World War II the Hungarian part of Arad county is part of the Hungarian county Békés.

The rest of the county is now part of the Arad County in Romania. This county also contains parts of the former counties Temes and Krassó-Szörény.

Demographics

In 1910, county had a population of 414,388 people. Population by language:

Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Arad county were:

Districts (járás)
District Capital
Arad Arad
Borosjenő Borosjenő, RO Ineu
Borossebes Borossebes, RO Sebiş
Elek Elek
Kisjenő Kisjenő, RO Chişineu Criş
Magyarpécska Magyarpécska, RO Pecica
Máriaradna Máriaradna, RO Radna
Nagyhalmágy Nagyhalmágy, RO Hălmagiu
Tornova Tornova, RO Târnova
Világos Világos, RO Şiria
Urban counties (törvényhatósági jogú város)
Arad

Elek is presently in Hungary; the other towns mentioned are in Romania.

Clickable map of the Arad County, 1782-85