Torda-Aranyos County

Torda-Aranyos County
Comitatus Tordensis-Aranyosiensis (Latin)
Torda-Aranyos vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Torda-Aranyos (German)
Comitatul Turda-Arieş (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
1876–1920
Coat of arms of Torda-Aranyos
Coat of arms

CapitalTorda
Area
 • Coordinates46°34′N 23°47′E / 46.567°N 23.783°E / 46.567; 23.783
 
• 1910
3,514 km2 (1,357 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
174,400
History 
• Established
1876
• Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
Today part ofRomania
Turda is the current name of the capital.

Torda-Aranyos was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (central Transylvania). The capital of the county was Torda (present-day Turda).

Geography

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Map of Torda-Aranyos county in the Kingdom of Hungary
Map of Torda-Aranyos, 1891.

Torda-Aranyos county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Arad, Bihar, Kolozs, Maros-Torda, Kis-Küküllő, Alsó-Fehér and Hunyad. The rivers Mureș and Arieș flowed through the county. Its area was 3,514 km2 around 1910.

History

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Torda-Aranyos county was formed in 1876, when the western part of the Torda County and the Székely seat of Aranyosszék (plus small parts of Alsó-Fehér County) were united. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon, the county became part of Romania. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties of Cluj (the north, including Turda), Alba (the south and west) and Mureș (the east).

Demographics

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Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description)
Population by mother tongue[a]
Census Total Romanian Hungarian Other or unknown
1880[1] 137,031 96,809 (73.15%) 30,472 (23.02%) 5,063 (3.83%)
1890[2] 150,564 107,491 (71.39%) 37,590 (24.97%) 5,483 (3.64%)
1900[3] 160,579 116,833 (72.76%) 40,806 (25.41%) 2,940 (1.83%)
1910[4] 174,375 125,668 (72.07%) 44,630 (25.59%) 4,077 (2.34%)
Population by religion[b]
Census Total Greek Catholic Eastern Orthodox Calvinist Unitarian Roman Catholic Jewish Other or unknown
1880 137,031 56,169 (40.99%) 47,050 (34.34%) 18,781 (13.71%) 8,991 (6.56%) 4,390 (3.20%) 1,355 (0.99%) 295 (0.22%)
1890 150,564 62,023 (41.19%) 49,131 (32.63%) 22,506 (14.95%) 9,480 (6.30%) 5,253 (3.49%) 1,931 (1.28%) 240 (0.16%)
1900 160,579 66,293 (41.28%) 52,457 (32.67%) 23,607 (14.70%) 10,005 (6.23%) 5,490 (3.42%) 2,465 (1.54%) 262 (0.16%)
1910 174,375 72,672 (41.68%) 56,748 (32.54%) 25,526 (14.64%) 9,932 (5.70%) 6,539 (3.75%) 2,357 (1.35%) 310 (0.18%)

Subdivisions

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In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Torda-Aranyos county were:

Districts (járás)
District Capital
  Alsójára Alsójára (now Iara)
  Felvinc Felvinc (now Unirea)
  Marosludas Marosludas (now Luduș)
  Topánfalva Topánfalva (now Câmpeni)
  Turda Torda (now Turda)
  Torockó Torockó (now Rimetea)
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
  Torda (now Turda)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Only linguistic communities > 1% are displayed.
  2. ^ Only religious communities > 1% are displayed.

References

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  1. ^ "Az 1881. év elején végrehajtott népszámlálás főbb eredményei megyék és községek szerint rendezve, II. kötet (1882)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  2. ^ "A Magyar Korona országainak helységnévtára (1892)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  3. ^ "A MAGYAR KORONA ORSZÁGAINAK 1900". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
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