- Háromszék
Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Háromszék County
common_name = Háromszék
subdivision = County
nation = theKingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 =
year_start = 1876
event_end = Treaty of Trianon
year_end = 1920
date_end = June 4
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 theKingdom of Hungary . Its territory is presently in centralRomania (south-easternTransylvania ). The capital of the county was Sepsiszentgyörgy (now Sfântu Gheorghe).Geography
Háromszék county shared borders with
Romania and the Hungarian countiesCsík ,Udvarhely ,Nagy-Küküllő and Brassó. The river Olt flows through the county. TheCarpathian 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 andSepsiszék . Háromszék county was formed in 1876, when the administrative structure ofTransylvania was changed. In 1918 (confirmed by theTreaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part ofRomania except Hungarian occupation between 1940-1944 duringWorld War II . Its territory lies in the presentRomania n 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]
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