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Torda-Aranyos

Torda-Aranyos County
Comitatus Tordensis-Aranyosiensis  (Latin)
Torda-Aranyos vármegye  (Hungarian)
Komitat Torda-Aranyos  (German)
Comitatul Turda-Arieş  (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
1876–1920

Coat of arms of Torda-Aranyos

Coat of arms

Location of Torda-Aranyos
Capital Torda
46°34′N 23°47′E / 46.567°N 23.783°E / 46.567; 23.783Coordinates: 46°34′N 23°47′E / 46.567°N 23.783°E / 46.567; 23.783
History
 •  Established 1876
 •  Treaty of Trianon June 4, 1920
Area
 •  1910 3,514 km2(1,357 sq mi)
Population
 •  1910 174,400 
Density 49.6 /km2  (128.5 /sq mi)
Today part of Romania
Turda is the current name of the capital.

Coat of arms of Torda-Aranyos

Coat of arms

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).

Torda-Aranyos county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Arad, Bihar, Kolozs, Maros-Torda, Kis-Küküllő, Alsó-Fehér and Hunyad. The rivers Maros and Aranyos flow through the county. Its area was 3497 km² around 1910.

Torda-Aranyos county was formed in 1876 on the territory of the Székely settlement Aranyosszék and part of the Torda region. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon the county became part of Romania. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties Cluj (the north, including Turda), Alba (the south and west) and Mureş (the east).


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