- Csík
Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Csík County
common_name = Csík
subdivision = County
nation = theKingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 =
year_start = 1876
event_end = Treaty of Trianon
year_end = 1920
date_end = June 4
capital = Csíkszereda
stat_area1 = 5064
stat_pop1 = 145700
stat_year1 = 1910
today =Romania
footnotes =Miercurea Ciuc is the current name of the capital.Csík (Hungarian, in Romanian: "Ciuc") was the name of a historic administrative county (
comitatus ) of theKingdom of Hungary . Its territory is presently in centralRomania (easternTransylvania ). The capital of the county was "Csíkszereda" (Miercurea Ciuc ).Geography
Csík county shared borders with
Kingdom of Romania and the Hungarian countiesBeszterce-Naszód ,Maros-Torda ,Udvarhely andHáromszék . The county was situated in theCarpathian Mountains , around the sources and upper courses of the rivers Olt and Mureş. Its area was 4859 km² around 1910.History
The Csík region was a combination of three settlements (seats) of the
Székely :Csíkszék ,Gyergyószék andKászonszék . Csík county was formed in 1876, when the administrative structure ofTransylvania was changed. In 1920 theTreaty of Trianon assigned the territory of Csík county to the Kingdom of Romania. It was occupied by Hungary between 1940-1944 duringWorld War II . Its territory lies in the present-dayRomania n countiesHarghita andNeamţ (a small part in the north-east).ubdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Csík county were:
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