Torda-Aranyos County
Torda-Aranyos was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now 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
1900
In 1900, the county had a population of 160,579 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:
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