Kis-Küküllő

Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Kis-Küküllő County
common_name = Kis-Küküllő
subdivision = County
nation = the Kingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 =
year_start = 1876
event_end = Treaty of Trianon
year_end = 1920
date_end = June 4

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capital = Dicsőszentmárton
stat_area1 = 1724
stat_pop1 = 116100
stat_year1 = 1910
today = Romania
footnotes = Târnăveni is the current name of the capital.

Kis-Küküllő is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in central Romania (central Transylvania). Kis-Küküllő is the Hungarian name for the Târnava Mică River. The capital of the county was "Dicsőszentmárton" (now Târnăveni).

Geography

Kis-Küküllő county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Alsó-Fehér, Torda-Aranyos, Maros-Torda, Udvarhely and Nagy-Küküllő. The Mureş River/Maros formed part of its northern border, the Târnava Mare River/Nagy-Küküllő its southern border. The Târnava Mică River/Kis-Küküllő flows through the county. Its area was 1724 km² around 1910.

History

Kis-Küküllő county was formed when the county Küküllő was split in 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of Romania. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties Mureş (a.o. Târnăveni), Alba (the south-west) and Sibiu (the south, a.o. Dumbrăveni).

Demographics

In 1910, county had a population of 116,091 people. Population by language:
*Romanian = 55,585
*Hungarian = 34,902
*German = 20,272

ubdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Kis-Küküllő county were: