Háromszék

Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Háromszék County
common_name = Háromszék
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 = Sepsiszentgyörgy
stat_area1 = 3889
stat_pop1 = 148100
stat_year1 = 1910
today = Romania
footnotes = Sfântu Gheorghe is the current name of the capital.

Háromszék (English translation:"Three Chairs"; Romanian: "Trei Scaune") is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in central Romania (south-eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Sepsiszentgyörgy (now Sfântu Gheorghe).

Geography

Háromszék county shared borders with Romania and the Hungarian counties Csík, Udvarhely, Nagy-Küküllő and Brassó. The river Olt flows through the county. The Carpathian Mountains form its southern and eastern border. Its area was 3889 km² around 1910.

History

Háromszék means "three seats". The Háromszék region was a combination of three settlements (seats) of the Székely: Kézdiszék, Orbaiszék and Sepsiszék. Háromszék county was formed 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 except Hungarian occupation between 1940-1944 during World War II. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties Covasna and Braşov (a small part in the south).

Demographics

In 1891, county had a population of 130,008 people. Population by language:
* Hungarian: 110,799 people (86%)
* Romanian: 17,360 people (13,4%)
* German: 511 people (0,4%)
* Slovak: 251 people (0,2%)

ubdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Háromszék county were:

External links

* [http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/maps/1910/gonczy/haromszek.htm Map of the county]