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Csík

Csík (Hungarian, in Romanian: Ciuc) 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 Csíkszereda (now Miercurea Ciuc).

Geography

Map of Csík county in the Kingdom of Hungary
Map of Csík, 1891.

Csík county shared borders with Kingdom of Romania and the Hungarian counties of Beszterce-Naszód, Maros-Torda, Udvarhely and Háromszék. The county was situated in the Carpathian Mountains, around the sources and upper courses of the rivers Olt and Mureș. Its area was 4,859 km around 1910.

History

Csík county consisted of three former seats of the Székelys: Csíkszék, Gyergyószék and Kászonszék (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. It was returned to Hungary by the Second Vienna Award of 1940. After 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 Suceava, Neamț and Bacău.

Demographics

Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description)
Population by mother tongue
Census Total Hungarian Romanian Other or unknown
1880 110,940 92,802 (86.92%) 12,836 (12,02%) 1,135 (1.06%)
1890 114,110 98,861 (86.64%) 14,470 (12.68%) 779 (0.68%)
1900 128,382 110,963 (86.43%) 15,936 (12.41%) 1,483 (1.16%)
1910 145,720 125,888 (86.39%) 18,032 (12.37%) 1,800 (1.24%)
Population by religion
Census Total Roman Catholic Greek Catholic Jewish Calvinist Other or unknown
1880 110,940 91,627 (82.59%) 17,485 (15.76%) 528 (0.48%) 321 (0.29%) 979 (0.88%)
1890 114,110 93,415 (81.86%) 18,532 (16.24%) 706 (0.62%) 465 (0.41%) 992 (0.87%)
1900 128,382 104,287 (81.23%) 21,100 (16.44%) 1,518 (1.18%) 956 (0.74%) 521 (0.41%)
1910 145,720 117,351 (80.53%) 23,724 (16.28%) 2,357 (1.62%) 1,689 (1.16%) 599 (0.41%)

Subdivisions

Contemporary map of the county

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

Districts (járás)
District Capital
  Felcsík Csíkszereda (now Miercurea Ciuc)
  Gyergyószentmiklós Gyergyószentmiklós (now Gheorgheni)
  Gyergyótölgyes Gyergyótölgyes (now Tulgheș)
  Kászonalcsík Csíkszentmárton (now Sânmartin)
Szépvíz (from 1913) Szépvíz (now Frumoasa)
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Csíkszereda (now Miercurea Ciuc)
Gyergyószentmiklós (now Gheorgheni)

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ "Az 1881. év elején végrehajtott népszámlálás főbb eredményei megyék és községek szerint rendezve, II. kötet (1882)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  2. ^ "A Magyar Korona országainak helységnévtára (1892)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  3. ^ "A MAGYAR KORONA ORSZÁGAINAK 1900". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  4. ^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.