Udvarhely County

Udvarhely (German: Oderhellen) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Székelyudvarhely (now Odorheiu Secuiesc).

Udvarhely County Comitatus Udvarhelyensis (Latin) Udvarhely vármegye (Hungarian) Komitat Udvarhely (German)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary (1876-1920, 1940-1945)
Coat of arms
Capital	Székelyudvarhely
Area
• Coordinates	46°18′N 25°18′E
• 1910	2,938 km2 (1,134 sq mi)
Population
• 1910	124,173
History
• Established	1876
• Treaty of Trianon	4 June 1920
• County recreated (Second Vienna Award)	30 August 1940
• Disestablished	1945
Today part of	Romania
Odorheiu Secuiesc is the current name of the capital.

Geography

Map of Udvarhely, 1891.

Udvarhely county shared borders with the counties of Maros-Torda, Csík, Háromszék, Nagy-Küküllő, and Kis-Küküllő. The county lay in the Carpathian Mountains. Its area was 2,938 km² around 1910.

History

Udvarhely county consisted of three former seats of the Székelys: Udvarhelyszék, Bardóc and Keresztúr (the latter two as filial seats of the former). It was formed in 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon, the county became part of Romania until 1940 when, by the Second Vienna Award, much of its territory was reassigned to Hungary. After the end of World War II it became again part of Romania. Most of its territory lies in the present-day Romanian county of Harghita, with small parts in Mureș (a small part in the west) and Covasna (a small part in the south-east).

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]	105,520	94,311 (92.79%)	3,099 (3.05%)	2,322 (2.28%)	1,910 (1.88%)
1890[2]	110,132	103,209 (93.71%)	3,191 (2.90%)	2,131 (1.93%)	1,601 (1,45%)
1900[3]	118,275	112,607 (95.21%)	2,928 (2.48%)	2,225 (1.88%)	515 (0.44%)
1910[4]	124,173	118,458 (95.40%)	2,840 (2.29%)	2,202 (1.77%)	673 (0.54%)

Population by religion^[b]

Census	Total	Roman Catholic	Calvinist	Unitarian	Eastern Orthodox	Lutheran	Greek Catholic	Jewish	Other or unknown
1880	105,520	35,050 (33.22%)	36,533 (34.62%)	24,451 (23.17%)	4,121 (3.91%)	2,747 (2.60%)	2,010 (1.90%)	581 (0.55%)	27 (0.03%)
1890	110,132	37,287 (33.86%)	37,826 (34.35%)	25,544 (23.19%)	4,171 (3.79%)	2,777 (2.52%)	1,745 (1.58%)	768 (0.70%)	14 (0.01%)
1900	118,275	41,893 (35.42%)	40,237 (34.02%)	26,614 (22.50%)	4,101 (3.47%)	2,830 (2.39%)	1,387 (1.17%)	1,204 (1.02%)	9 (0.01%)
1910	124,173	45,116 (36.33%)	41,632 (33.53%)	27,567 (22.20%)	4,020 (3.24%)	2,991 (2.41%)	1,508 (1.21%)	1,313 (1.06%)	26 (0.02%)

Subdivisions

Contemporary map of the county

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

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Homoród	Oklánd (now Ocland)
Parajd (from 1912)	Parajd (now Praid)
Székelykeresztúr	Székelykeresztúr (now Cristuru Secuiesc)
Udvarhely	Székelyudvarhely (now Odorheiu Secuiesc)
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Székelyudvarhely (now Odorheiu Secuiesc)

Notes

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