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Maros Torda County

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Capital
  
Marosvásárhely

1910
  
4,203 km (1,623 sq mi)

Today part of
  
Romania

Established
  
1876

1910
  
219,589

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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).

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Geography

Maros-Torda county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Kolozs, Beszterce-Naszód, Csík, Udvarhely, Kis-Küküllő and Torda-Aranyos. The river Maros flows 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 1940–1944 during World War II. 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:

Total:

  • Hungarian: 119,810 (60.6%)
  • Romanian: 67,402 (34.1%)
  • German: 7,446 (3.8%)
  • Croatian: 107 (0.0%)
  • Slovak: 85 (0.0%)
  • Ruthenian: 9 (0.0%)
  • Serbian: 4 (0.0%)
  • Other or unknown: 2,755 (1.4%)

    • According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:

    Total:

  • Calvinist: 78,907 (39.9%)
  • Greek Catholic: 44,507 (22.5%)
  • Eastern Orthodox: 28,989 (14.7%)
  • Roman Catholic: 26,046 (13.2%)
  • Unitarian: 7,917 (4.0%)
  • Lutheran: 6,205 (3.1%)
  • Jewish: 5,000 (2.5%)
  • Other or unknown: 47 (0.0%)

    • In 1910, county had a population of 219,589 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:

    Total:

  • Hungarian: 134,166 (61.1%)
  • Romanian: 71,909 (32.8%)
  • German: 8,312 (3.8%)
  • Ruthenian: 174 (0.0%)
  • Slovak: 79 (0.0%)
  • Croatian: 33 (0.0%)
  • Serbian: 25 (0.0%)
  • Other or unknown: 4,891 (2.2%)

    • According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:

    Total:

  • Calvinist: 85,692 (39.0%)
  • Greek Catholic: 49,911 (22.7%)
  • Eastern Orthodox: 31,266 (14.2%)
  • Roman Catholic: 30,828 (14.0%)
  • Unitarianist: 7,894 (3.6%)
  • Jewish: 7,550 (3.4%)
  • Lutheran: 6,442 (2.9%)
  • Other or unknown: 6 (0.0%)

    • Subdivisions

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

    References

    Maros-Torda County Wikipedia
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