Nagy-Küküllő

Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Nagy-Küküllő County
common_name = Nagy-Küküllő
subdivision = County
nation = the Kingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 =
year_start = 1876
event_end = Treaty of Trianon
year_end = 1920
date_end = June 4

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capital = Segesvár
stat_area1 = 3337
stat_pop1 = 148800
stat_year1 = 1910
today = Romania
footnotes = Sighişoara is the current name of the capital.

Nagy-Küküllő is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in central Romania (central Transylvania). Nagy-Küküllő is the Hungarian name for the Târnava Mare River. The capital of the county was Sighişoara (Romanian, "Segesvár" in Hungarian).

Geography

Nagy-Küküllő county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Alsó-Fehér, Kis-Küküllő, Udvarhely, Háromszék, Brassó, Fogaras and Szeben. The Târnava Mare River/Nagy-Küküllő formed part of its northern border, the river Olt part of its southern border. Its area was 3337 km² around 1910.

History

Nagy-Küküllő county was formed when the county Küküllő was split in 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of Romania. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties Sibiu (the west), Braşov (the south-east) and Mureş (around Sighişoara).

Demographics

In 1910, county had a population of 148,826 people. Population by language:
*German = 62,224
*Romanian = 60,381
*Hungarian = 18,474

ubdivisions

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