Alsó-Fehér County
Comitatus Albensis Inferior (Latin)
Alsó-Fehér vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Unterweißenburger (German)
Comitatul Alba de Jos (Romanian)
County of the Principality of Transylvania
(1744-1867)
County the Kingdom of Hungary
(1867-1920)
Coat of arms of Alsó-Fehér
Coat of arms

CapitalGyulafehérvár;
Nagyenyed (1876-1920)
Area
  Coordinates46°19′N 23°44′E / 46.317°N 23.733°E / 46.317; 23.733
 
 1910
3,576.5 km2 (1,380.9 sq mi)
Population 
 1910
221618
History 
 Established
1744
4 June 1920
Today part ofRomania
Alba Iulia; Aiud are the current name of the capital.

Alsó-Fehér was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in western Romania (central Transylvania). The latest capital of the county was Nagyenyed (present-day Aiud).

Geography

Map of Alsó-Fehér county in the Kingdom of Hungary
Map of Alsó-Fehér, 1891.

Alsó-Fehér county shared borders with Hunyad, Torda-Aranyos, Kis-Küküllő, Nagy-Küküllő and Szeben counties. The rivers Mureș and Târnava flowed through the county. Its area was 3,576.5 km2 around 1910.

History

Alsó-Fehér (Lower Fehér) county was formed when Fehér county was split in 1744 (the other half, Felső-Fehér county, consisted entirely of enclaves between Székely and Saxon seats). In 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed, the territory of Alsó-Fehér was modified and parts of it were annexed to the counties of Torda-Aranyos and Seben (during the same administrative reform, Felső-Fehér county was entirely abolished and merged with other counties). In 1920, the Treaty of Trianon assigned the territory of the county to Romania. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties of Alba, Sibiu (the south-east) and Mureș (a small northeastern part).

Demographics

Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description)
Population by mother tongue[lower-alpha 1]
CensusTotalRomanianHungarianGermanOther or unknown
1880[1] 178,021135,439 (78.79%)25,818 (15.02%)6,972 (4.06%)3,667 (2.13%)
1890[2] 193,072151,397 (78.41%)30,181 (15.63%)7,539 (3.90%)3,955 (2.05%)
1900[3] 212,352166,099 (78.22%)36,360 (17.12%)7,953 (3.75%)1,940 (0.91%)
1910[4] 221,618171,483 (77.38%)39,107 (17.65%)7,269 (3.28%)3,759 (1.70%)
Population by religion[lower-alpha 2]
CensusTotalEastern OrthodoxGreek CatholicCalvinistRoman CatholicLutheranJewishOther or unknown
1880 178,02176,165 (42.78%)66,714 (37.48%)16,834 (9.46%)8,551 (4.80%)5,961 (3.35%)2,806 (1.58%)990 (0.56%)
1890 193,07280,353 (41.62%)74,132 (38.40%)19,472 (10.09%)8,943 (4.63%)5,813 (3.01%)3,280 (1.70%)1,079 (0.56%)
1900 212,35287,210 (41.07%)80,211 (37.77%)21,296 (10.03%)11,226 (5.29%)7,170 (3.38%)3,903 (1.84%)1,336 (0.63%)
1910 221,61889,724 (40.49%)85,276 (38.48%)23,009 (10.38%)11,194 (5.05%)7,283 (3.29%)3,845 (1.73%)1,287 (0.58%)

Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Alsó-Fehér county were:

Districts (járás)
DistrictCapital
  AlvincAlvinc (now Vințu de Jos)
  BalázsfalvaBalázsfalva (now Blaj)
  KisenyedKisenyed (now Ocna Sibiului)
  MagyarigenMagyarigen (now Ighiu)
  MarosújvárMarosújvár (now Ocna Mureș)
  NagyenyedNagyenyed (now Aiud)
Tövis (from 1908)Tövis (now Teiuș)
  VerespatakVerespatak (now Roșia Montană)
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú városok)
Abrudbánya (now Abrud)
Gyulafehérvár (now Alba Iulia)
Nagyenyed (now Aiud)
Vízakna (now Ocna Sibiului)

Notes

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

References

  1. "Az 1881. év elején végrehajtott népszámlálás főbb eredményei megyék és községek szerint rendezve, II. kötet (1882)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  2. "A Magyar Korona országainak helységnévtára (1892)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  3. "A MAGYAR KORONA ORSZÁGAINAK 1900". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  4. "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
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