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
174400
History 
• Established
1876
• Treaty of Trianon
June 4 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

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

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

Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description)
Population by mother tongue[lower-alpha 1]
CensusTotalRomanianHungarianOther or unknown
1880[1] 137,03196,809 (73.15%)30,472 (23.02%)5,063 (3.83%)
1890[2] 150,564107,491 (71.39%)37,590 (24.97%)5,483 (3.64%)
1900[3] 160,579116,833 (72.76%)40,806 (25.41%)2,940 (1.83%)
1910[4] 174,375125,668 (72.07%)44,630 (25.59%)4,077 (2.34%)
Population by religion[lower-alpha 2]
CensusTotalGreek CatholicEastern OrthodoxCalvinistUnitarianRoman CatholicJewishOther or unknown
1880 137,03156,169 (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 150,56462,023 (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 160,57966,293 (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 174,37572,672 (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

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

Districts (járás)
DistrictCapital
  AlsójáraAlsójára (now Iara)
  FelvincFelvinc (now Unirea)
  MarosludasMarosludas (now Luduș)
  TopánfalvaTopánfalva (now Câmpeni)
  TurdaTorda (now Turda)
  TorockóTorockó (now Rimetea)
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
  Torda (now Turda)

See also

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 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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