Maros-Torda

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Maros-Torda County

County of the Kingdom of Hungary

1876 – 1920

Capital

Marosvásárhely

History

- Established

1876

- Treaty of Trianon

June 4, 1920

Area

- 1910

4,203 km² (1,623 sq mi)

Population

- 1910 est.

219,600

Density

52.2 /km² (135.3 /sq mi)

Today part of

Romania

Târgu Mureş is the current name of the capital.

Contemporary map about the county

Maros-Torda is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in central Romania (eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Târgu Mureş (Romanian, Marosvásárhely in Hungarian).

[edit] Geography

Maros-Torda county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Kolozs, Beszterce-Naszód, Csík, Udvarhely, Kis-Küküllő and Torda-Aranyos. The river Mureş/Maros flows through the county. Its area was 4188 km² around 1910.

[edit] History

Maros-Torda county was formed in 1876 on the territory of the Székely settlement Marosszék and part of Torda region. In 1920 after the Treaty of Trianon, the county became part of Romania. Its territory lies in the present (larger) Romanian county Mureş.

[edit] Subdivisions

Around 1910, the subdivisions of Maros-Torda county were:

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Maros alsó	Marosvásárhely, RO Târgu Mureş
Maros felső	Marosvásárhely, RO Târgu Mureş
Nyáradszereda	Nyáradszereda, RO Miercurea Nirajului
Régen alsó	Szászrégen, RO Reghin
Régen felső	Magyarrégen, RO Reghin-Sat
Urban counties (törvényhatósági jogú város)
Marosvásárhely, RO Târgu Mureş
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Szászrégen, RO Reghin