Kolozs

Kolozs

Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Kolozs County
common_name = Kolozs
subdivision = County
nation = the Kingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 =
year_start = 15th century
event_end = Treaty of Trianon
year_end = 1920
date_end = June 4






capital = Kolozsvár
stat_area1 = 5006
stat_pop1 = 286700
stat_year1 = 1910
today = Romania
footnotes = Cluj-Napoca is the current name of the capital.

Kolozs is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in north-western Romania (north-western Transylvania). The capital of the county was the city of Cluj ("Kolozsvár" in Hungarian), today Cluj-Napoca in Romania.

Geography

Kolozs county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Bihar, Szilágy, Szolnok-Doboka, Beszterce-Naszód, Maros-Torda and Torda-Aranyos. The rivers Crişul Repede and Someşul Mic flow through the county. Its area was 5006 km² around 1910.

History

Kolozs county was formed in the 11th century. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of Romania. It was occupied by Hungary between 1940-1944 during World War II. Most of the territory of the county lies in the present Romanian county Cluj, some parts of the county are in the present Romanian counties Sălaj (north-west), Bistriţa-Năsăud (north-east) and Mureş (south-east).

Demographics

In 1910, county had a population of 286,687 people. Population by language:
*Romanian = 161,279
*Hungarian = 111,439
*German = 8,386

ubdivisions

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


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