Maros-Torda was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (eastern Transylvania) and has been administratively succeeded by county Mureș which consist of about half the territory of the previous Maros-Torda administrative county. Its county seat was Marosvásárhely (present-day 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 flowed through the county. Its area was 4,188 km2 around 1910.
History Maros-Torda county was formed in 1876 on the territory of the Székely seat of Marosszék and part of Torda County. In 1920, after the Treaty of Trianon, the county became part of Romania, except after the Second Vienna Award, between 1940 until the end of World War II, when much of the county's territory was awarded to Hungary. Today, its territory lies in the present (larger) Romanian county Mureș.
Demographics
+ Population by mother tongue Census Total Hungarian Romanian German Other or unknown 1880 158,999 86,497 (56.50%) 53,650 (35.05%) 6,274 (4.10%) 6,658 (4.35%) 1890 177,860 102,572 (57.67%) 62,179 (34.96%) 6,438 (3.62%) 6,671 (3.75%) 1900 197,618 119,810 (60.63%) 67,402 (34.11%) 7,446 (3.77%) 2,960 (1.50%) 1910 219,589 134,166 (61.10%) 71,909 (32.75%) 8,312 (3.79%) 5,202 (2.37%)
+ Population by religion Census Total Calvinist Greek Catholic Eastern Orthodox Roman Catholic Unitarian Jewish Lutheran Other or unknown 1880 158,999 64,522 (40.58%) 35,636 (22.41%) 24,151 (15.19%) 19,450 (12.23%) 6,451 (4.06%) 2,999 (1.89%) 5,592 (3.52%) 198 (0.12%) 1890 177,860 71,840 (40.39%) 40,235 (22.62%) 26,787 (15.06%) 22,207 (12.49%) 7,212 (4.05%) 3,735 (2.10%) 5,826 (3.28%) 18 (0.01%) 1900 197,618 78,907 (39.93%) 44,507 (22.52%) 28,989 (14.67%) 26,046 (13.18%) 7,917 (4.01%) 5,000 (2.53%) 6,205 (3.14%) 47 (0.02%) 1910 219,589 85,692 (39.02%) 49,911 (22.73%) 31,266 (14.24%) 30,828 (14.04%) 7,894 (3.59%) 7,550 (3.44%) 6,442 (2.93%) 6 (0.00%)
Subdivisions
Around 1910, the subdivisions of Maros-Torda county were:
Districts (járás) District Capital Marosi alsóMarosvásárhely (now Târgu Mureș) Marosi felsőMarosvásárhely (now Târgu Mureș) NyárádszeredaNyárádszereda (now Miercurea Nirajului) Régeni alsóSzászrégen (now Reghin) Régeni felsőMagyarrégen (now Reghin-Sat)Urban counties (törvényhatósági jogú város) Marosvásárhely (now Târgu Mureș)Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)Szászrégen (now Reghin)
See also Torda County
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