Maros-Torda County

Maros-Torda was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (eastern Transylvania) and has been administratively succeeded by county Mureș which consist of about half the territory of the previous Maros-Torda administrative county. Its county seat was Marosvásárhely (present-day Târgu Mureș).

Maros-Torda County Comitatus Marosiensis et Tordensis (Latin) Maros-Torda vármegye (Hungarian) Komitat Mieresch-Thorenburg (German) Comitatul Mureş-Turda (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary (1876-1920, 1940-1945)
Coat of arms
Capital	Marosvásárhely
Area
• Coordinates	46°33′N 24°34′E
• 1910	4,203 km2 (1,623 sq mi)
Population
• 1910	219,589
History
• Established	1876
• Treaty of Trianon	4 June 1920
• County recreated (Second Vienna Award)	30 August 1940
• Disestablished	1945
Today part of	Romania
Târgu Mureș is the current name of the capital.

Geography

Map of Maros-Torda, 1891.

Maros-Torda county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Kolozs, Beszterce-Naszód, Csík, Udvarhely, Kis-Küküllő and Torda-Aranyos. The river Mureș flowed through the county. Its area was 4,188 km² around 1910.

History

Maros-Torda county was formed in 1876 on the territory of the Székely seat of Marosszék and part of Torda County. In 1920, after the Treaty of Trianon, the county became part of Romania, except after the Second Vienna Award, between 1940 until the end of World War II, when much of the county's territory was awarded to Hungary. Today, its territory lies in the present (larger) Romanian county Mureș.

Demographics

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

Population by mother tongue^[a]

Census	Total	Hungarian	Romanian	German	Other or unknown
1880[1]	158,999	86,497 (56.50%)	53,650 (35.05%)	6,274 (4.10%)	6,658 (4.35%)
1890[2]	177,860	102,572 (57.67%)	62,179 (34.96%)	6,438 (3.62%)	6,671 (3.75%)
1900[3]	197,618	119,810 (60.63%)	67,402 (34.11%)	7,446 (3.77%)	2,960 (1.50%)
1910[4]	219,589	134,166 (61.10%)	71,909 (32.75%)	8,312 (3.79%)	5,202 (2.37%)

Population by religion^[b]

Census	Total	Calvinist	Greek Catholic	Eastern Orthodox	Roman Catholic	Unitarian	Jewish	Lutheran	Other or unknown
1880	158,999	64,522 (40.58%)	35,636 (22.41%)	24,151 (15.19%)	19,450 (12.23%)	6,451 (4.06%)	2,999 (1.89%)	5,592 (3.52%)	198 (0.12%)
1890	177,860	71,840 (40.39%)	40,235 (22.62%)	26,787 (15.06%)	22,207 (12.49%)	7,212 (4.05%)	3,735 (2.10%)	5,826 (3.28%)	18 (0.01%)
1900	197,618	78,907 (39.93%)	44,507 (22.52%)	28,989 (14.67%)	26,046 (13.18%)	7,917 (4.01%)	5,000 (2.53%)	6,205 (3.14%)	47 (0.02%)
1910	219,589	85,692 (39.02%)	49,911 (22.73%)	31,266 (14.24%)	30,828 (14.04%)	7,894 (3.59%)	7,550 (3.44%)	6,442 (2.93%)	6 (0.00%)

Subdivisions

Contemporary map about the county

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

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Marosi alsó	Marosvásárhely (now Târgu Mureș)
Marosi felső	Marosvásárhely (now Târgu Mureș)
Nyárádszereda	Nyárádszereda (now Miercurea Nirajului)
Régeni alsó	Szászrégen (now Reghin)
Régeni felső	Magyarrégen (now Reghin-Sat)
Urban counties (törvényhatósági jogú város)
Marosvásárhely (now Târgu Mureș)
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Szászrégen (now Reghin)

See also

• Torda County

Notes

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