Maros-Torda
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Template:Infobox KoH Image:Maros-Torda.jpg Maros-Torda is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in central Romania (eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Târgu Mureş (Romanian, Marosvásárhely in Hungarian).
Geography
Maros-Torda county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Kolozs, Beszterce-Naszód, Csík, Udvarhely, Kis-Küküllő and Torda-Aranyos. The river Mureş/Maros flows through the county. Its area was 4188 km² around 1910.
History
Maros-Torda county was formed in 1876 on the territory of the Székely settlement Marosszék and part of Torda region. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of Romania. Its territory lies in the present (larger) Romanian county Mureş.
Subdivisions
Around 1910, the subdivisions of the county Maros-Torda were:
| Districts (járás) | |
|---|---|
| District | Capital |
| Maros alsó | Marosvásárhely, RO Târgu Mureş |
| Maros felső | Marosvásárhely, RO Târgu Mureş |
| Nyáradszereda | Nyáradszereda, RO Miercurea Nirajului |
| Régen alsó | Szászrégen, RO Reghin |
| Régen felső | Magyarrégen, RO Reghin-Sat |
| Urban counties (törvényhatósági jogú város) | |
| Marosvásárhely, RO Târgu Mureş | |
| Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) | |
| Szászrégen, RO Reghin | |