Alsó-Fehér County


Alsó-Fehér was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in western Romania. The latest capital of the county was Nagyenyed.

Geography

Alsó-Fehér county shared borders with Hunyad, Torda-Aranyos, Kis-Küküllő, Nagy-Küküllő and Szeben counties. The rivers Mureș and Târnava flowed through the county. Its area was 3,576.5 km2 around 1910.

History

Alsó-Fehér county was formed when Fehér county was split in 1744. In 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed, the territory of Alsó-Fehér was modified and parts of it were annexed to the counties of Torda-Aranyos and Seben. In 1920, the Treaty of Trianon assigned the territory of the county to Romania. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties of Alba, Sibiu and Mureș.

Demographics

CensusTotalRomanianHungarianGermanOther or unknown
1880178,021135,439 '25,818 '6,972 '3,667 '
1890193,072151,397 '30,181 '7,539 '3,955 '
1900212,352166,099 '36,360 '7,953 '1,940 '
1910221,618171,483 '39,107 '7,269 '3,759 '

CensusTotalEastern OrthodoxGreek CatholicCalvinistRoman CatholicLutheranJewishOther or unknown
1880178,02176,165 '66,714 '16,834 '8,551 '5,961 '2,806 '990 '
1890193,07280,353 '74,132 '19,472 '8,943 '5,813 '3,280 '1,079 '
1900212,35287,210 '80,211 '21,296 '11,226 '7,170 '3,903 '1,336 '
1910221,61889,724 '85,276 '23,009 '11,194 '7,283 '3,845 '1,287 '

Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Alsó-Fehér county were: