Háromszék

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Háromszék County

County of the Kingdom of Hungary

1876 – 1920

Capital

Sepsiszentgyörgy

History

- Established

1876

- Treaty of Trianon

June 4, 1920

Area

- 1910

3,889 km² (1,502 sq mi)

Population

- 1910 est.

148,100

Density

38.1 /km² (98.6 /sq mi)

Today part of

Romania

Sfântu Gheorghe is the current name of the capital.

Contemporary map about the county

Háromszék (English translation:Three Chairs; Romanian: Trei Scaune) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in central Romania (south-eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Sfântu Gheorghe (Romanian, Sepsiszentgyörgy in Hungarian).

1 Geography
2 History
3 Demographics
- 3.1 Subdivisions
- 3.2 External links

[edit] Geography

Háromszék county shared borders with Romania and the Hungarian counties Csík, Udvarhely, Nagy-Küküllő and Brassó. The river Olt flows through the county. The Carpathian Mountains form its southern and eastern border. Its area was 3889 km² around 1910.

[edit] History

Háromszék means "three seats". The Háromszék region was a combination of three settlements (seats) of the Székely: Kézdiszék, Orbaiszék and Sepsiszék. Háromszék county was formed in 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of Romania. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties Covasna and Braşov (a small part in the south).

[edit] 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%)

[edit] Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Háromszék county were:

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Kézdi	Kézdivásárhely, RO Târgu Secuiesc
Miklósvár, RO Micloşoara	Nagyajta, RO Aita Mare
Orbai	Kovászna, RO Covasna
Sepsi	Sepsiszentgyörgy, RO Sfântu Gheorghe
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Kézdivásárhely, RO Târgu Secuiesc
Sepsiszentgyörgy, RO Sfântu Gheorghe