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 Torda (present-day Turda).

Torda-Aranyos County Comitatus Tordensis-Aranyosiensis (Latin) Torda-Aranyos vármegye (Hungarian) Komitat Torda-Aranyos (German) Comitatul Turda-Arieş (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
1876–1920
Coat of arms
Capital	Torda
Area
• Coordinates	46°34′N 23°47′E
• 1910	3,514 km2 (1,357 sq mi)
Population
• 1910	174,400
History
• Established	1876
• Treaty of Trianon	4 June 1920
Today part of	Romania
Turda is the current name of the capital.

Geography

Map of Torda-Aranyos, 1891.

Torda-Aranyos county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Arad, Bihar, Kolozs, Maros-Torda, Kis-Küküllő, Alsó-Fehér and Hunyad. The rivers Mureș and Arieș flowed through the county. Its area was 3,514 km² around 1910.

History

Torda-Aranyos county was formed in 1876, when the western part of the Torda County and the Székely seat of Aranyosszék (plus small parts of Alsó-Fehér County) were united. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon, the county became part of Romania. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties of Cluj (the north, including Turda), Alba (the south and west) and Mureș (the east).

Demographics

Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description)

Population by mother tongue^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Census	Total	Romanian	Hungarian	Other or unknown
1880[1]	137,031	96,809 (73.15%)	30,472 (23.02%)	5,063 (3.83%)
1890[2]	150,564	107,491 (71.39%)	37,590 (24.97%)	5,483 (3.64%)
1900[3]	160,579	116,833 (72.76%)	40,806 (25.41%)	2,940 (1.83%)
1910[4]	174,375	125,668 (72.07%)	44,630 (25.59%)	4,077 (2.34%)

Population by religion^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Census	Total	Greek Catholic	Eastern Orthodox	Calvinist	Unitarian	Roman Catholic	Jewish	Other or unknown
1880	137,031	56,169 (40.99%)	47,050 (34.34%)	18,781 (13.71%)	8,991 (6.56%)	4,390 (3.20%)	1,355 (0.99%)	295 (0.22%)
1890	150,564	62,023 (41.19%)	49,131 (32.63%)	22,506 (14.95%)	9,480 (6.30%)	5,253 (3.49%)	1,931 (1.28%)	240 (0.16%)
1900	160,579	66,293 (41.28%)	52,457 (32.67%)	23,607 (14.70%)	10,005 (6.23%)	5,490 (3.42%)	2,465 (1.54%)	262 (0.16%)
1910	174,375	72,672 (41.68%)	56,748 (32.54%)	25,526 (14.64%)	9,932 (5.70%)	6,539 (3.75%)	2,357 (1.35%)	310 (0.18%)

Subdivisions

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

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Alsójára	Alsójára (now Iara)
Felvinc	Felvinc (now Unirea)
Marosludas	Marosludas (now Luduș)
Topánfalva	Topánfalva (now Câmpeni)
Turda	Torda (now Turda)
Torockó	Torockó (now Rimetea)
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Torda (now Turda)

See also

• Torda County

Notes

1. Only linguistic communities > 1% are displayed.
2. Only religious communities > 1% are displayed.

References

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2. "A Magyar Korona országainak helységnévtára (1892)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
3. "A MAGYAR KORONA ORSZÁGAINAK 1900". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
4. "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved September 29, 2021.