Háromszék (Three Seats; Romanian: Trei Scaune) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Situated in south-eastern Transylvania, its territory is now in central Romania (in the counties of Covasna and Brașov. 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 flowed through the county. The Carpathian Mountains formed its southern and eastern border. Its area was around 1910.
History
Háromszék means "three seats". Háromszék County was a combination of three seats of the Székelys: Kézdiszék, Orbaiszék, and Sepsiszék (plus some villages of the former Felső-Fehér County). The county was formed in 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed.
In 1920, under the Treaty of Trianon, the county became part of the Kingdom of Romania under the name Trei Scaune. After the Second Vienna Award of August 1940, the county was recreated with most of its historic territory as it became part of the Northern Transylvania territory of Hungary again until October 1944, towards the end of World War II.
Afterward, it became part of Romania again; its territory lies mainly in the present Romanian county of Covasna, with a small part in the south being part of Brașov County.
Demographics
+ Population by mother tongue Census Total Hungarian Romanian Other or unknown 1880 125,277 104,607 (86.57%) 15,448 (12.78%) 783 (0.65%) 1890 130,008 110,799 (85.22%) 17,360 (13.35%) 1,849 (1.42%) 1900 137,261 116,755 (85.06%) 19,439 (14.16%) 1,067 (0.78%) 1910 148,080 123,518 (83.41%) 22,963 (15.51%) 1,599 (1.08%)
+ Population by religion Census Total Calvinist Roman Catholic Eastern Orthodox Unitarian Greek Catholic Other or unknown 1880 125,277 54,548 (43.54%) 41,468 (33.10%) 21,338 (17.03%) 5,029 (4.01%) 1,962 (1.57%) 932 (0.74%) 1890 130,008 55,869 (42.97%) 43,224 (33.25%) 22,529 (17.33%) 4,985 (3.83%) 2,404 (1.85%) 997 (0.77%) 1900 137,261 57,861 (42.15%) 45,681 (33.28%) 24,761 (18.04%) 5,102 (3.72%) 2,465 (1.80%) 1,391 (1.01%) 1910 148,080 60,030 (40.54%) 49,654 (33.53%) 28,077 (18.96%) 5,228 (3.53%) 3,052 (2.06%) 2,039 (1.38%)
Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Háromszék county were:
Districts (járás) District Capital KézdiKézdivásárhely (now Târgu Secuiesc) MiklósvárNagyajta (now Aita Mare) OrbaiKovászna (now Covasna) SepsiSepsiszentgyörgy (now Sfântu Gheorghe) Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)Kézdivásárhely (now Târgu Secuiesc)Sepsiszentgyörgy (now Sfântu Gheorghe)
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References
External links Map of the county Kézdivásárhely Info Centrum