Torda-Aranyos

Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Torda-Aranyos County
common_name = Torda-Aranyos
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 = Torda
stat_area1 = 3514
stat_pop1 = 174400
stat_year1 = 1910
today = Romania
footnotes = Turda is the current name of the capital.

Torda-Aranyos is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in central Romania (central Transylvania). The capital of the county was Turda (Romanian, "Torda" in Hungarian).

Geography

Torda-Aranyos county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Arad, Bihar, Kolozs, Maros-Torda, Kis-Küküllő, Alsó-Fehér and Hunyad. The rivers Mureş/Maros and Arieş/Aranyos flow through the county. Its area was 3497 km² around 1910.

History

Torda-Aranyos county was formed in 1876 on the territory of the Székely settlement Aranyosszék and part of the Torda region. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of Romania. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties Cluj (the north, including Turda), Alba (the south and west) and Mureş (the east).

Demographics

In 1910, county had a population of 174,375 people. Population by language:
*Romanian = 125,668
*Hungarian = 44,630

ubdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Torda-Aranyos county were: