Torda-Aranyos was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (central Transylvania). The capital of the county was Torda (present-day Turda).
Geography
Torda-Aranyos county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Arad, Bihar, Kolozs, Maros-Torda, Kis-Küküllő, Alsó-Fehér and Hunyad. The rivers Mureș and Arieș flowed through the county. Its area was 3,514 km2 around 1910.
History Torda-Aranyos county was formed in 1876, when the western part of the Torda County and the Székely seat of Aranyosszék (plus small parts of Alsó-Fehér County) were united. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon, the county became part of Romania. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties of Cluj (the north, including Turda), Alba (the south and west) and Mureș (the east).
Demographics
+ Population by mother tongue Census Total Romanian Hungarian Other or unknown 1880 137,031 96,809 (73.15%) 30,472 (23.02%) 5,063 (3.83%) 1890 150,564 107,491 (71.39%) 37,590 (24.97%) 5,483 (3.64%) 1900 160,579 116,833 (72.76%) 40,806 (25.41%) 2,940 (1.83%) 1910 174,375 125,668 (72.07%) 44,630 (25.59%) 4,077 (2.34%)
+ Population by religion Census Total Greek Catholic Eastern Orthodox Calvinist Unitarian Roman Catholic Jewish Other or unknown 1880 137,031 56,169 (40.99%) 47,050 (34.34%) 18,781 (13.71%) 8,991 (6.56%) 4,390 (3.20%) 1,355 (0.99%) 295 (0.22%) 1890 150,564 62,023 (41.19%) 49,131 (32.63%) 22,506 (14.95%) 9,480 (6.30%) 5,253 (3.49%) 1,931 (1.28%) 240 (0.16%) 1900 160,579 66,293 (41.28%) 52,457 (32.67%) 23,607 (14.70%) 10,005 (6.23%) 5,490 (3.42%) 2,465 (1.54%) 262 (0.16%) 1910 174,375 72,672 (41.68%) 56,748 (32.54%) 25,526 (14.64%) 9,932 (5.70%) 6,539 (3.75%) 2,357 (1.35%) 310 (0.18%)
Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Torda-Aranyos county were:
Districts (járás) District Capital AlsójáraAlsójára (now Iara) FelvincFelvinc (now Unirea) MarosludasMarosludas (now Luduș) TopánfalvaTopánfalva (now Câmpeni) TurdaTorda (now Turda) TorockóTorockó (now Rimetea) Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) Torda (now Turda)
See also Torda County
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