Maros-Torda County

Maros-Torda County Maros-Torda vármegye Comitatul Mureş-Turda Komitat Maros-Torda County of the Kingdom of Hungary 1876–1920 Coat of arms Capital Marosvásárhely History  - Established 1876  - Treaty of Trianon June 4 1920 Area  - 1910 4,203 km2 (1,623 sq mi) Population  - 1910 219,600       Density 52.2 /km2  (135.3 /sq mi) Today part of Romania Târgu Mureș is the current name of the capital.

Contemporary map about the county

Maros-Torda is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in central Romania (eastern Transylvania). Its county seat was Marosvásárhely (now in Romanian: Târgu Mureș).

Geography

Maros-Torda county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Kolozs, Beszterce-Naszód, Csík, Udvarhely, Kis-Küküllő and Torda-Aranyos. The river Mureș/Maros flows through the county. Its area was 4188 km² around 1910.

History

Maros-Torda county was formed in 1876 on the territory of the Székely settlement Marosszék and part of Torda region. In 1920 after the Treaty of Trianon, the county became part of Romania except Hungarian occupation between 1940-1944 during World War II. Its territory lies in the present (larger) Romanian county Mureș.

Subdivisions

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

Districts (járás)
District	Seat
Maros alsó	Marosvásárhely, RO Târgu Mureş
Maros felső	Marosvásárhely, RO Târgu Mureş
Nyáradszereda	Nyáradszereda, RO Miercurea Nirajului
Régen alsó	Szászrégen, RO Reghin
Régen felső	Magyarrégen, RO Reghin-Sat
Urban counties (törvényhatósági jogú város)
Marosvásárhely, RO Târgu Mureş
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Szászrégen, RO Reghin