Torda-Aranyos was an administrative county (
comitatus ) of the
Kingdom of Hungary . Its territory is now in central
Romania (central
Transylvania ). The capital of the county was Torda (present-day
Turda ).
Geography
Map of Torda-Aranyos, 1891. Torda-Aranyos county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Arad , Bihar , Kolozs , Maros-Torda , Kis-Küküllő , Alsó-Fehér and Hunyad . The rivers Mureș and Arieș flowed through the county. Its area was 3,514 km around 1910.
History
Torda-Aranyos county was formed in 1876, when the western part of the Torda County and the Székely seat of Aranyosszék (plus small parts of Alsó-Fehér County ) were united. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon , the county became part of Romania. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties of Cluj (the north, including Turda), Alba (the south and west) and Mureș (the east).
Demographics
Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description)
Population by mother tongue
Census
Total
Romanian Hungarian Other or unknown
1880
137,031
96,809 (73.15%)
30,472 (23.02%)
5,063 (3.83%)
1890
150,564
107,491 (71.39%)
37,590 (24.97%)
5,483 (3.64%)
1900
160,579
116,833 (72.76%)
40,806 (25.41%)
2,940 (1.83%)
1910
174,375
125,668 (72.07%)
44,630 (25.59%)
4,077 (2.34%)
Population by religion
Census
Total
Greek Catholic Eastern Orthodox Calvinist Unitarian Roman Catholic Jewish Other or unknown
1880
137,031
56,169 (40.99%)
47,050 (34.34%)
18,781 (13.71%)
8,991 (6.56%)
4,390 (3.20%)
1,355 (0.99%)
295 (0.22%)
1890
150,564
62,023 (41.19%)
49,131 (32.63%)
22,506 (14.95%)
9,480 (6.30%)
5,253 (3.49%)
1,931 (1.28%)
240 (0.16%)
1900
160,579
66,293 (41.28%)
52,457 (32.67%)
23,607 (14.70%)
10,005 (6.23%)
5,490 (3.42%)
2,465 (1.54%)
262 (0.16%)
1910
174,375
72,672 (41.68%)
56,748 (32.54%)
25,526 (14.64%)
9,932 (5.70%)
6,539 (3.75%)
2,357 (1.35%)
310 (0.18%)
Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Torda-Aranyos county were:
Districts (járás )
District
Capital
AlsójáraAlsójára (now Iara )
FelvincFelvinc (now Unirea )
MarosludasMarosludas (now Luduș )
TopánfalvaTopánfalva (now Câmpeni )
TurdaTorda (now Turda )
TorockóTorockó (now Rimetea )
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város )
Torda (now Turda )
See also
Notes
^ Only linguistic communities > 1% are displayed.
^ Only religious communities > 1% are displayed.
References
