Arad County (former)

For other uses, see Arad (disambiguation).

Arad County Comitatul Arad Comitatus Aradiensis Arad vármegye Komitat Arad County of the Kingdom of Hungary 11th century–1920 Coat of arms Capital Arad History  - Established 11th century  - Treaty of Trianon June 4 1920 Area  - 1910 6,048 km2 (2,335 sq mi) Population  - 1910 414,400       Density 68.5 /km2  (177.5 /sq mi) Today part of Romania, Hungary

Arad (Romanian pronunciation: [aˈrad] ( listen)) is a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in western Romania and south-eastern Hungary. The capital of the county was Arad.

Geography

Arad county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Csanád, Békés, Bihar, Torda-Aranyos, Hunyad, Krassó-Szörény, Temes and Torontál. The river Mureş/Maros formed its southern border. The Crişul Alb River flowed through the county. Its area was 6078 km² around 1910.

History

Arad county is one of the oldest counties of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon assigned most of the territory of Arad county to Romania, except a small area south of Békéscsaba, which became part of the new Hungarian county Csanád-Arad-Torontál. Since World War II the Hungarian part of Arad county is part of the Hungarian county Békés.

The rest of the county is now part of the Arad County in Romania. This county also contains parts of the former counties Temes and Krassó-Szörény.

Demographics

In 1910, county had a population of 414,388 people. Population by language:

• Romanian = 239,755
• Hungarian = 124,215
• German = 38,695
• Slovak = 5,451
• Serbian = 2,138

Subdivisions

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

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Arad	Arad
Borosjenő	Borosjenő, RO Ineu
Borossebes	Borossebes, RO Sebiş
Elek	Elek
Kisjenő	Kisjenő, RO Chişineu Criş
Magyarpécska	Magyarpécska, RO Pecica
Máriaradna	Máriaradna, RO Radna
Nagyhalmágy	Nagyhalmágy, RO Hălmagiu
Tornova	Tornova, RO Târnova
Világos	Világos, RO Şiria
Urban counties (törvényhatósági jogú város)
Arad

Elek is presently in Hungary; the other towns mentioned are in Romania.

Clickable map of the Arad County, 1782-85

Josephinische Landesaufnahme. Senzitive map of the Arad county, 1782-1785. (Click on the desired quadrant)