Hunyad County Comitatus Hunyadensis (Latin) Hunyad vármegye (Hungarian) Komitat Hunyad (German) Comitatul Hunedoara (Romanian) |
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County of the Kingdom of Hungary (1265–1529) 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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Capital |
Déva 45°53′N 22°54′E / 45.883°N 22.900°ECoordinates: 45°53′N 22°54′E / 45.883°N 22.900°E |
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History | |||||
• | Established | Enter start date | |||
• | Treaty of Trianon | 4 June 1920 | |||
Area | |||||
• | 1910 | 7,809 km2(3,015 sq mi) | |||
Population | |||||
• | 1910 | 340,100 | |||
Density | 43.6 /km2 (112.8 /sq mi) | ||||
Today part of | Romania | ||||
Deva is the current name of the capital. |
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Hunyad (today mainly Hunedoara) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary, of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and of the . Its territory is now in Romania in Transylvania. The capital of the county was Déva (present-day Deva).
After 1876, Hunyad county shared borders with Romania and the Hungarian counties Krassó-Szörény, Arad, Torda-Aranyos, Alsó-Fehér and Szeben. Its area was 7809 km² around 1910.
Hunyad county was formed in the Middle Ages. It was first attested in 1265 as Hungnod by the Papal Quitrent Register. In 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed, its territory was modified. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon the county became part of Romania. Most of its territory lies in the present Romanian county Hunedoara; a strip in the east is now part of Alba; a strip in the west is now part of Caraș-Severin County (the commune Băuţar).