Kis-Küküllő County Explained

Conventional Long Name:Kis-Küküllő County
Common Name:Kis-Küküllő
Subdivision:County
Nation:Kingdom of Hungary
Year Start:1876
Event End:Treaty of Trianon
Year End:1920
Date End:4 June
Capital:Dicsőszentmárton
Stat Area1:1724
Stat Pop1:116091
Stat Year1:1910
Today:Romania
Footnotes:Târnăveni is the current name of the capital

Kis-Küküllő was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (central Transylvania). Kis-Küküllő is the Hungarian name for the river Târnava Mică. The capital of the county was Dicsőszentmárton (now Târnăveni).

Geography

Kis-Küküllő county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Alsó-Fehér, Torda-Aranyos, Maros-Torda, Udvarhely, and Nagy-Küküllő. The river Mureș formed part of its northern border, the river Târnava Mare its southern border. The Târnava Mică River flowed through the county. Its area was around 1910.

History

Kis-Küküllő County came into existence in 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed and Küküllő County was split. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon, the county became part of the Kingdom of Romania. After the Second Vienna Award, a little part of the former county became part of Hungary again and was assigned to the recreated Maros-Torda County. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties Mureș (around Târnăveni), Alba (the south-west), and Sibiu (the south, around Dumbrăveni).

Demographics

Population by mother tongue! Census !! Total !! Romanian !! Hungarian !! German !! Other or unknown
1880[1] 92,214 44,372 (49.92%) 21,604 (24.31%) 16,976 (19.10%) 5,933 (6.67%)
1890[2] 101,045 49,573 (49.06%) 27,652 (27.37%) 18,273 (18.08%) 5,547 (5.49%)
1900[3] 109,197 55,276 (50.62%) 32,491 (29.75%) 19,292 (17.67%) 2,138 (1.96%)
1910[4] 116,091 55,585 (47.88%) 34,902 (30.06%) 20,272 (17.46%) 5,332 (4.59%)
Population by religion! Census !! Total !! Greek Catholic !! Calvinist !! Lutheran !! Eastern Orthodox !! Roman Catholic !! Unitarian !! Jewish !! Other or unknown
188092,214 33,520 (36.35%) 15,701 (17.03%) 16,794 (18.21%) 16,627 (18.03%) 3,999 (4.34%) 3,968 (4.30%) 1,246 (1.35%) 359 (0.39%)
1890101,045 35,781 (35.41%) 17,979 (17.79%) 18,174 (17.99%) 18,073 (17.89%) 4,806 (4.76%) 4,483 (4.44%) 1,418 (1.40%) 331 (0.33%)
1900109,197 39,047 (35.76%) 19,936 (18.26%) 19,089 (17.48%) 18,925 (17.33%) 5,690 (5.21%) 4,874 (4.46%) 1,621 (1.48%) 15 (0.01%)
1910116,091 41,323 (35.60%) 21,995 (18.95%) 20,159 (17.36%) 19,438 (16.74%) 6,488 (5.59%) 4,916 (4.23%) 1,766 (1.52%) 6 (0.01%)

Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Kis-Küküllő County were:

Districts (járás)
DistrictCapital
DicsőszentmártonDicsőszentmárton (now Târnăveni)
ErzsébetvárosErzsébetváros (now Dumbrăveni)
HosszúaszóHosszúaszó (now Valea Lungă)
RadnótRadnót (now Iernut)
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Dicsőszentmárton (now Târnăveni)
Erzsébetváros (now Dumbrăveni)

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 . 28 September 2021.
  2. Web site: A Magyar Korona országainak helységnévtára (1892) . library.hungaricana.hu . 29 September 2021.
  3. Web site: A MAGYAR KORONA ORSZÁGAINAK 1900 . library.hungaricana.hu . 29 September 2021.
  4. Web site: KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár . Kt.lib.pte.hu . 29 September 2021.