Maros-Torda County

Maros-Torda was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (eastern Transylvania) and has been administratively succeeded by county Mureș which consist of about half the territory of the previous Maros-Torda administrative county. Its county seat was Marosvásárhely (present-day Târgu Mureș).

Maros-Torda County
Comitatus Maramarosiensis-Tordensis  (Latin)
Maros-Torda vármegye  (Hungarian)
Komitat Mieresch-Thorenburg  (German)
Comitatul Mureş-Turda  (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1876-1920, 1940-1945)
Coat of arms

CapitalMarosvásárhely
Area
 • Coordinates46°33′N 24°34′E
 
• 1910
4,203 km2 (1,623 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
219589
History 
• Established
1876
• Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
• County recreated (Second Vienna Award)
30 August 1940
• Disestablished
1945
Today part of Romania
Târgu Mureș is the current name of the capital.
Contemporary map about the county

Geography

Maros-Torda county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Kolozs, Beszterce-Naszód, Csík, Udvarhely, Kis-Küküllő and Torda-Aranyos. The river Maros flowed 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 until the end of World War II, when much of the county's territory was awarded to Hungary. Today, 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:

Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description)

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:

Subdivisions

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

Districts (járás)
DistrictSeat
Marosi alsóMarosvásárhely, RO Târgu Mureș
Marosi felsőMarosvásárhely, RO Târgu Mureș
NyáradszeredaNyáradszereda, RO Miercurea Nirajului
Régeni alsóSzászrégen, RO Reghin
Régeni felsőMagyarrégen, RO Reghin-Sat
Urban counties (törvényhatósági jogú város)
Marosvásárhely, RO Târgu Mureș
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Szászrégen, RO Reghin

See also

References
  1. "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  2. "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  3. "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  4. "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
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