Arad County (former)
| Arad County Comitatus Aradiensis (Latin) Arad vármegye (Hungarian) Komitat Arad (German) Comitatul Arad (Romanian) |
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County of the Kingdom of Hungary (~1200-1529) County of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom (1529-1570) County of the (1570-1867) County of the Kingdom of Hungary (1867-1920) |
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Arad 46°11′N 21°19′E / 46.183°N 21.317°ECoordinates: 46°11′N 21°19′E / 46.183°N 21.317°E |
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| • | Established | 11th century | |||
| • | Treaty of Trianon | 4 June 1920 | |||
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| • | 1910 | 6,048 km2(2,335 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1910 | 414,388 | |||
| Density | 68.5 /km2 (177.5 /sq mi) | ||||
| Today part of | Romania, Hungary | ||||
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Arad County was an administrative unit in the Kingdom of Hungary, the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and the . The county was established along the Maros river in the 11th or the 12th century, but its first head, or ispán, was only mentioned in 1214. Its territory is now in western Romania and south-eastern Hungary. The capital of the county was Arad.
The medieval Arad County was situated in the lands along both banks of the Maros (Mureș) River. The existence of arable lands, pastures, vineyards and orchards in the western lowlands in the Middle Ages is well-documented. The hilly eastern regions were sparsely populated. The total territory of the medieval county was around 3,800 km2 (1,500 sq mi).
Arad county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Csanád, Békés, Bihar, Torda-Aranyos, Hunyad, Krassó-Szörény, Temes and Torontál. The river Maros formed its southern border. The Fehér-Körös (Crişul Alb) river flowed through the county. Its area was 6,078 km2 (2,347 sq mi) around 1910.
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