Arad (Hungarian county)

Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Arad County
common_name = Arad
subdivision = County
nation = the Kingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 =
year_start = 11th century
event_end = Treaty of Trianon
year_end = 1920
date_end = June 4

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capital = Arad
stat_area1 = 6048
stat_pop1 = 414400
stat_year1 = 1910
today = Romania, Hungary

Arad is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in western Romania and south-eastern Hungary. The capital of the county was Arad.

Geography

Arad county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Csanád, Békés, Bihar, Torda-Aranyos, Hunyad, Krassó-Szörény, Temes and Torontál. The river Mureş/Maros formed its southern border. The Crişul Alb River flowed through the county. Its area was 6078 km² around 1910.

History

Arad county is one of the oldest counties of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon assigned most of the territory of Arad county to Romania, except a small area south of Békéscsaba, which became part of the new Hungarian county Csanád-Arad-Torontál. Since World War II the Hungarian part of Arad county is part of the Hungarian county Békés.

The rest of the county is now part of the Arad County in Romania. This county also contains parts of the former counties Temes and Krassó-Szörény.

Demographics

In 1910, county had a population of 414,388 people. Population by language:
*Romanian = 239,755
*Hungarian = 124,215
*German = 38,695
*Slovak = 5,451
*Serbian = 2,138

ubdivisions

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

Elek is presently in Hungary; the other towns mentioned are in Romania.