Kolozs County

Kolozs County was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary, of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and of the Principality of Transylvania. Its territory is now in north-western Romania. The capital of the county was Kolozsvár.

Geography

After 1876, Kolozs County shared borders with the Hungarian counties Bihar, Szilágy, Szolnok-Doboka, Beszterce-Naszód, Maros-Torda, and Torda-Aranyos. The rivers Crișul Repede and Someșul Mic flowed through the county. Its area was in 1910.

History

Kolozs County was formed in the 11th century. In 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed, the territory of Kolozs was modified and some villages of Doboka County were annexed to it. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon, the county became part of Romania. Following the Second Vienna Award, large part of it was retaken by Hungary in 1940 and the county was recreated; however, after World War II it became part of Romania again. 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, Bistrița-Năsăud, and Mureș.

Demographics

Census	Total	Romanian	Hungarian	German	Other or unknown
1880	196,307	112,627 '	63,005 '	7,667 '	6,587 '
1890	225,199	133,277 '	77,271 '	8,081 '	6,570 '
1900	253,656	146,268 '	95,626 '	9,058 '	2,704 '
1910	286,687	161,279 '	111,439 '	8,386 '	5,583 '

Census	Total	Greek Catholic	Calvinist	Eastern Orthodox	Roman Catholic	Jewish	Lutheran	Unitarian	Other or unknown
1880	196,307	90,265 '	44,525 '	29,110 '	18,016 '	4,782 '	7,380 '	2,083 '	146 '
1890	225,199	103,681 '	51,213 '	33,281 '	19,972 '	6,727 '	7,700 '	2,515 '	110 '
1900	253,656	113,136 '	58,297 '	36,578 '	24,821 '	9,858 '	7,864 '	3,020 '	82 '
1910	286,687	126,217 '	65,910 '	41,715 '	28,427 '	12,581 '	8,167 '	3,331 '	339 '

Subdivisions

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