Háromszék County
| Háromszék County Háromszék vármegye Comitatul Trei Scaune Komitat Háromszék |
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| County of the Kingdom of Hungary | |||||
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| Capital | Sepsiszentgyörgy Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
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| History | |||||
| • | Established | 1876 | |||
| • | Treaty of Trianon | 4 June 1920 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1910 | 3,889 km2 (1,502 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1910 | 148,100 | |||
| Density | 38.1 /km2 (98.6 /sq mi) | ||||
| Today part of | Romania | ||||
| Sfântu Gheorghe is the current name of the capital. | |||||
Háromszék (Three Chairs; Romanian: Trei Scaune) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (south-eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Sepsiszentgyörgy (now Sfântu Gheorghe).
Geography
Háromszék county shared borders with Romania and the Hungarian counties Csík, Udvarhely, Nagy-Küküllő and Brassó. The river Olt flows through the county. The Carpathian Mountains form its southern and eastern border. Its area was 3889 km² around 1910.
History
Háromszék means "three seats". The Háromszék region was a combination of three settlements (seats) of the Székelys: Kézdiszék, Orbaiszék and Sepsiszék. Háromszék county 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, then after the Second Vienna Award became again part of Hungary until the Paris Peace Treaties, 1947. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties Covasna and Braşov (a small part in the south).
Demographics
In 1891, county had a population of 130,008 people. Population by language:
- Hungarian: 110,799 people (86%)
- Romanian: 17,360 people (13.4%)
- German: 511 people (0.4%)
- Slovak: 251 people (0.2%)
In 1900, the county had a population of 137,261 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[1]
Total:
- Hungarian: 116,755 (85.1%)
- Romanian: 19,439 (14.2%)
- German: 363 (0.2%)
- Slovak: 210 (0.1%)
- Ruthenian: 98 (0.0%)
- Croatian: 12 (0.0%)
- Serbian: 1 (0.0%)
- Other or unknown: 383 (0.3%)
According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[2]
Total:
- Calvinist: 57,861 (42.2%)
- Roman Catholic: 45,681 (33.3%)
- Eastern Orthodox: 24,761 (18.0%)
- Unitarian: 5,102 (3.7%)
- Greek Catholic: 2,465 (1.8%)
- Jewish: 901 (0.7%)
- Lutheran: 456 (0.3%)
- Other or unknown: 34 (0.0%)
In 1910, county had a population of 148,080 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:[3]
Total:
- Hungarian: 123,518 (83.4%)
- Romanian: 22,963 (15.5%)
- German: 617 (0.4%)
- Slovak: 202 (0.1%)
- Ruthenian: 144 (0.1%)
- Croatian: 15 (0.0%)
- Serbian: 14 (0.0%)
- Other or unknown: 607 (0.4%)
According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:[4]
Total:
- Calvinist: 60,030 (40.5%)
- Roman Catholic: 49,654 (33.5%)
- Eastern Orthodox: 28,077 (19.0%)
- Unitarianist: 5,228 (3.5%)
- Greek Catholic: 3,052 (2.1%)
- Jewish: 1,222 (0.8%)
- Lutheran: 765 (0.5%)
- Other or unknown: 52 (0.0%)
Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Háromszék county were:
| Districts (járás) | |
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| District | Capital |
| Kézdi | Kézdivásárhely, RO Târgu Secuiesc |
| Miklósvár, RO Micloşoara | Nagyajta, RO Aita Mare |
| Orbai | Kovászna, RO Covasna |
| Sepsi | Sepsiszentgyörgy, RO Sfântu Gheorghe |
| Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) | |
| Kézdivásárhely, RO Târgu Secuiesc | |
| Sepsiszentgyörgy, RO Sfântu Gheorghe | |
