Kis-Küküllő County

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Kis-Küküllő County Comitatus Cuculiensis Minor  (Latin) Kis-Küküllő vármegye  (Hungarian) Komitat Klein-Kokelburg  (German) Comitatul Târnava-Mică  (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
1876–1920
Coat of arms
Capital	Dics��szentmárton
Area
• Coordinates	46°20′N 24°18′E / 46.333°N 24.300°E / 46.333; 24.300Coordinates: 46°20′N 24°18′E / 46.333°N 24.300°E / 46.333; 24.300
• 1910	1,724 km2 (666 sq mi)
Population
• 1910	116091
History
• Established	1876
• Treaty of Trianon	4 June 1920
Today part of	Romania
Târnăveni is the current name of the capital.

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).

Geography[]

Kis-Küküllő county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Alsó-Fehér, Torda-Aranyos, Maros-Torda, Udvarhely and Nagy-Küküllő. The Maros river formed part of its northern border, the river Nagy-Küküllő its southern border. The Kis-Küküllő flowed through the county. Its area was 1724 km² around 1910.

History[]

Kis-Küküllő county was formed when the county Küküllő was split in 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed. In 1920 by the Treaty of Trianon the county became part of Romania. After the Second Vienna Award, a little part of the former county became part of Hungary again which was assigned to the recreated Maros-Torda County. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties Mureș (a.o. Târnăveni), Alba (the south-west) and Sibiu (the south, a.o. Dumbrăveni).

Demographics[]

In 1900, the county had a population of 109,197 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:^[1]

Total:

• Romanian: 55,276 (50.6%)
• Hungarian: 32,491 (29.8%)
• German: 19,292 (17.7%)
• Slovak: 16 (0.0%)
• Croatian: 13 (0.0%)
• Serbian: 4 (0.0%)
• Ruthenian: 1 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 2,104 (1.9%)

According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:^[2]

Total:

• Greek Catholic: 39,047 (35.8%)
• Calvinist: 19,936 (18.3%)
• Lutheran: 19,089 (17.5%)
• Greek Orthodox: 18,925 (17.3%)
• Roman Catholic: 5,690 (5.2%)
• Unitarian: 4,874 (4.5%)
• Jewish: 1,621 (1.5%)
• Other or unknown: 15 (0.0%)

Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description)

In 1910, county had a population of 116,091 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:^[3]

Total:

• Romanian: 55,585 (47.9%)
• Hungarian: 34,902 (30.1%)
• German: 20,272 (17.5%)
• Slovak: 31 (0.0%)
• Croatian: 4 (0.0%)
• Serbian: 2 (0.0%)
• Ruthenian: 1 (0.0%)
• Other or unknown: 5,294 (4.5%)

According to the census of 1910, the county was composed of the following religious communities:^[4]

Total:

• Greek Catholic: 41,323 (35.6%)
• Calvinist: 21,995 (19.0%)
• Lutheran: 20,159 (17.4%)
• Eastern Orthodox: 19,438 (16.7%)
• Roman Catholic: 6,488 (5.6%)
• Unitarianist: 4,916 (4.2%)
• Jewish: 1,766 (1.5%)
• Other or unknown: 6 (0.0%)

Subdivisions[]

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

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