Maros-Torda County

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Maros-Torda County
Maros-Torda vármegye
Comitatul Mureş-Turda
Komitat Maros-Torda
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
1876–1920

Coat of arms

Capital Marosvásárhely
46°33′N 24°34′E / 46.550°N 24.567°E / 46.550; 24.567Coordinates: 46°33′N 24°34′E / 46.550°N 24.567°E / 46.550; 24.567
History
 - Established 1876
 - Treaty of Trianon 4 June 1920
Area
 - 1910 4,203 km2 (1,623 sq mi)
Population
 - 1910 219,589 
Density 52.2 /km2  (135.3 /sq mi)
Today part of Romania
Târgu Mureș is the current name of the capital.
Contemporary map about the county

Maros-Torda was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (eastern Transylvania). Its county seat was Marosvásárhely (Romanian: Târgu Mureș).

Geography

Maros-Torda county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Kolozs, Beszterce-Naszód, Csík, Udvarhely, Kis-Küküllő and Torda-Aranyos. The river Mureș/Maros flows through the county. Its area was 4188 km² around 1910.

History

Maros-Torda county was formed in 1876 on the territory of the Székely settlement Marosszék and part of Torda region. In 1920 after the Treaty of Trianon, the county became part of Romania except after the Second Vienna Award, between 1940–1944 during World War II. Its territory lies in the present (larger) Romanian county Mureș.

Demographics

In 1900, the county had a population of 197,618 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[1]

Total:

According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[2]

Total:

  • Calvinist: 78,907 (39.9%)
  • Greek Catholic: 44,507 (22.5%)
  • Greek Orthodox: 28,989 (14.7%)
  • Roman Catholic: 26,046 (13.2%)
  • Unitarian: 7,917 (4.0%)
  • Lutheran: 6,205 (3.1%)
  • Jewish: 5,000 (2.5%)
  • Other or unknown: 47 (0.0%)

In 1910, county had a population of 219,589 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[3]

Total:

According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[4]

Total:

  • Calvinist: 85,692 (39.0%)
  • Greek Catholic: 49,911 (22.7%)
  • Greek Orthodox: 31,266 (14.2%)
  • Roman Catholic: 30,828 (14.0%)
  • Unitarianist: 7,894 (3.6%)
  • Jewish: 7,550 (3.4%)
  • Lutheran: 6,442 (2.9%)
  • Other or unknown: 6 (0.0%)

Subdivisions

Around 1910, the subdivisions of Maros-Torda county were:

Districts (járás)
District Seat
Maros alsóMarosvásárhely, RO Târgu Mureş
Maros felsőMarosvásárhely, RO Târgu Mureş
NyáradszeredaNyáradszereda, RO Miercurea Nirajului
Régen alsóSzászrégen, RO Reghin
Régen felsőMagyarrégen, RO Reghin-Sat
Urban counties (törvényhatósági jogú város)
Marosvásárhely, RO Târgu Mureş
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Szászrégen, RO Reghin

See also

References

  1. ↑ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-12-06. 
  2. ↑ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-12-07. 
  3. ↑ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-20. 
  4. ↑ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2012-06-20. 
Counties of the Kingdom of Hungary (1886)
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