Maros-Torda county
Maros-Torda County (1910) |
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Administrative headquarters : | Marosvásárhely |
Area : | 4,203 km² |
Population : | 219,589 |
Ethnic groups : | 61% Magyars 33% Romanians 4% Germans 2% others |
The Maros-Torda County [ ˈmɒroʃ ˈtordɒ ] (Hungarian Maros-Torda vármegye , Romanian Comitatul Mureș-Turda ) was a historical administrative unit (county / county) in the Kingdom of Hungary .
geography
The county is particularly mountainous in the north and east ( Gurghiu and Giurgeu mountains with the Saca Mare (Hungarian Mezőhavas ) and Prisica) and is crossed by the river Mieresch (now Romanian Mureș ) and its tributaries.
It bordered on the counties of Bistritz-Naszod (Beszterce-Naszód) , Csík , Udvarhely , Klein-Kokelburg (Kis-Küküllő) , Torda-Aranyos and Klausenburg (Kolozs) .
history
The Maros-Torda county was created in 1876 through the merger of the Marosszék Szekler chair with parts of the Torda county .
After the end of the First World War in 1918, the area came under the Treaty of Trianon to Romania and is now in Mureș County .
District subdivision
In the early 20th century, the county consisted of the following chair districts (named after the name of the administrative center):
Chair districts (járások) | |
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Chair district | Administrative headquarters |
Maros alsó ("Sub-Maros") | Marosvásárhely, today Târgu Mureș |
Maros Felső ("Upper Maros") | Marosvásárhely, today Târgu Mureș |
Nyáradszereda | Nyáradszereda, today Miercurea Nirajului |
Régen alsó ("under rain") | Szászrégen today Reghin |
Régen Felső ("Upper Rain") | Magyarrégen, today Reghin-sat |
City district (törvényhatósági jogú város) | |
Marosvásárhely, today Târgu Mureș | |
City district (rendezett tanácsú város) | |
Szászrégen today Reghin |
All of the places mentioned are in what is now Romania .
See also
literature
- Maros-Torda . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 11, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 278.
Web links
- Entry in the Pallas Lexicon (Hungarian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ A magyar szent corona országainak 1910. évi népszámlálása . Budapest 1912, p. 12 ff.
- ↑ A magyar szent corona országainak 1910. évi népszámlálása . Budapest 1912, p. 22 ff. (1910 census)