Csík County Explained

Conventional Long Name:Csík County
Common Name:Csík
Subdivision:County
Nation:the Kingdom of Hungary
(1876-1920, 1940-1945)
Year Start:1876
Event1:Treaty of Trianon
Date Event1:4 June 1920
Event2:County recreated (Second Vienna Award)
Date Event2:30 August 1940
Event3:Disestablished
Date Event3:1945
Capital:Csíkszereda
Stat Area1:4859
Stat Pop1:145720
Stat Year1:1910
Today:Romania
Footnotes:Miercurea Ciuc is the current name of the capital.

Csík (Hungarian, in Romanian: Ciuc) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Csíkszereda (now Miercurea Ciuc).

Geography

Csík county shared borders with Kingdom of Romania and the Hungarian counties of Beszterce-Naszód, Maros-Torda, Udvarhely and Háromszék. The county was situated in the Carpathian Mountains, around the sources and upper courses of the rivers Olt and Mureș. Its area was 4,859 km2 around 1910.

History

Csík county consisted of three former seats of the Székelys: Csíkszék, Gyergyószék and Kászonszék (the latter two as filial seats of the former). It was formed in 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon, the county became part of Romania. It was returned to Hungary by the Second Vienna Award of 1940. After World War II, it became again part of Romania. Most of its territory lies in the present-day Romanian county of Harghita, with small parts in Suceava, Neamț and Bacău.

Demographics

Population by mother tongue! Census !! Total !! Hungarian !! Romanian !! Other or unknown
1880[1] 110,940 92,802 (86.92%) 12,836 (12,02%) 1,135 (1.06%)
1890[2] 114,110 98,861 (86.64%) 14,470 (12.68%) 779 (0.68%)
1900[3] 128,382 110,963 (86.43%) 15,936 (12.41%) 1,483 (1.16%)
1910[4] 145,720 125,888 (86.39%) 18,032 (12.37%) 1,800 (1.24%)
Population by religion! Census !! Total !! Roman Catholic !! Greek Catholic !! Jewish !! Calvinist !! Other or unknown
1880110,940 91,627 (82.59%) 17,485 (15.76%) 528 (0.48%) 321 (0.29%) 979 (0.88%)
1890114,110 93,415 (81.86%) 18,532 (16.24%) 706 (0.62%) 465 (0.41%) 992 (0.87%)
1900128,382 104,287 (81.23%) 21,100 (16.44%) 1,518 (1.18%) 956 (0.74%) 521 (0.41%)
1910145,720 117,351 (80.53%) 23,724 (16.28%) 2,357 (1.62%) 1,689 (1.16%) 599 (0.41%)

Subdivisions

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

Districts (járás)
DistrictCapital
FelcsíkCsíkszereda (now Miercurea Ciuc)
GyergyószentmiklósGyergyószentmiklós (now Gheorgheni)
GyergyótölgyesGyergyótölgyes (now Tulgheș)
KászonalcsíkCsíkszentmárton (now Sânmartin)
Szépvíz Szépvíz (now Frumoasa)
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Csíkszereda (now Miercurea Ciuc)
Gyergyószentmiklós (now Gheorgheni)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Az 1881. év elején végrehajtott népszámlálás főbb eredményei megyék és községek szerint rendezve, II. kötet (1882) . library.hungaricana.hu . 2021-09-28.
  2. Web site: A Magyar Korona országainak helységnévtára (1892) . library.hungaricana.hu . 2021-09-29.
  3. Web site: A MAGYAR KORONA ORSZÁGAINAK 1900 . library.hungaricana.hu . 2021-09-29.
  4. Web site: KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár . Kt.lib.pte.hu . 2021-09-29.