Hunyad

Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Hunyad County
common_name = Hunyad
subdivision = County
nation = the Kingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 =
year_start = 1265
event_end = Treaty of Trianon
year_end = 1920
date_end = June 4

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capital = Déva
stat_area1 = 7809
stat_pop1 = 340100
stat_year1 = 1910
today = Romania
footnotes = Deva is the current name of the capital.

Hunyad (today mainly Hunedoara) was the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in Romania in Transylvania. The capital of the county was Deva ("Déva" in Hungarian).

Geography

Hunyad county shared borders with Romania and the Hungarian counties Krassó-Szörény, Arad, Torda-Aranyos, Alsó-Fehér and Szeben. Its area was 7809 km² around 1910.

History

Hunyad county was formed in the Middle Ages. It was first attested in 1265 as "Hungnod" by the Papal Quitrent Register. In 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed, its territory was modified. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of Romania. Most of its territory lies in the present Romanian county Hunedoara; a strip in the east is now part of Alba.

Demographics

In 1910, county had a population of 340,135 people. Population by language:
*Romanian = 271,675
*Hungarian = 52,720
*German = 8,101
*Slovak = 1,024

ubdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Krassó-Szörény county were: