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).

Kis-Küküllő County
Comitatus Cuculiensis Minor (Latin)
Kis-Küküllő vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Klein-Kokelburg (German)
Comitatul Târnava-Mică (Romanian)
County of Kingdom of Hungary
1876–1920
Coat of arms of Kis-Küküllő
Coat of arms

CapitalDicsőszentmárton
Area
 • Coordinates46°20′N 24°18′E / 46.333°N 24.300°E / 46.333; 24.300
 
• 1910
1,724 km2 (666 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
116,091
History 
• Established
1876
4 June 1920
Today part ofRomania
Târnăveni is the current name of the capital

Geography

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Map of Kis-Küküllő, 1891

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 1,724 km2 (666 sq mi) around 1910.

History

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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

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Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description)
Population by mother tongue[a]
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[b]
Census Total Greek Catholic Calvinist Lutheran Eastern Orthodox Roman Catholic Unitarian Jewish Other or unknown
1880 92,214 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%)
1890 101,045 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%)
1900 109,197 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%)
1910 116,091 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

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

Districts (járás)
District Capital
  Dicsőszentmárton Dicsőszentmárton (now Târnăveni)
  Erzsébetváros Erzsébetváros (now Dumbrăveni)
  Hosszúaszó Hosszúaszó (now Valea Lungă)
  Radnót Radnót (now Iernut)
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
  Dicsőszentmárton (now Târnăveni)
  Erzsébetváros (now Dumbrăveni)

Notes

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  1. ^ Only linguistic communities > 1% are displayed.
  2. ^ Only religious communities > 1% are displayed.

References

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  1. ^ "Az 1881. év elején végrehajtott népszámlálás főbb eredményei megyék és községek szerint rendezve, II. kötet (1882)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  2. ^ "A Magyar Korona országainak helységnévtára (1892)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  3. ^ "A MAGYAR KORONA ORSZÁGAINAK 1900". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  4. ^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 29 September 2021.