Csík County

"Csík" redirects here. For other uses, see Csík (disambiguation).
Csík County
Comitatus Csikiensis (Latin)
Csík vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Tschick (German)
Comitatul Ciuc (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1876-1920, 1940-1945)
Coat of arms of Csík
Coat of arms

CapitalCsíkszereda
Area
 • Coordinates46°22′N 25°48′E / 46.367°N 25.800°E / 46.367; 25.800
 
• 1910
4,859 km2 (1,876 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
145,720
History 
• Established
1876
4 June 1920
• County recreated (Second Vienna Award)
30 August 1940
• Disestablished
1945
Today part ofRomania
Miercurea Ciuc is the current name of the capital.

Csík (Hungarian, in Romanian: Ciuc) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Csíkszereda (now Miercurea Ciuc).

Geography

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Map of Csík county in the Kingdom of Hungary
Map of Csík, 1891.

Csík county shared borders with Kingdom of Romania and the Hungarian counties of Beszterce-Naszód, Maros-Torda, Udvarhely and Háromszék. The county was situated in the Carpathian Mountains, around the sources and upper courses of the rivers Olt and Mureș. Its area was 4,859 km2 around 1910.

History

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Csík county consisted of three former seats of the Székelys: Csíkszék, Gyergyószék and Kászonszék (the latter two as filial seats of the former). It was formed in 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon, the county became part of Romania. It was returned to Hungary by the Second Vienna Award of 1940. After World War II, it became again part of Romania. Most of its territory lies in the present-day Romanian county of Harghita, with small parts in Suceava, Neamț and Bacău.

Demographics

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Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description)
Population by mother tongue[a]
Census Total Hungarian Romanian Other or unknown
1880[1] 110,940 92,802 (86.92%) 12,836 (12,02%) 1,135 (1.06%)
1890[2] 114,110 98,861 (86.64%) 14,470 (12.68%) 779 (0.68%)
1900[3] 128,382 110,963 (86.43%) 15,936 (12.41%) 1,483 (1.16%)
1910[4] 145,720 125,888 (86.39%) 18,032 (12.37%) 1,800 (1.24%)
Population by religion[b]
Census Total Roman Catholic Greek Catholic Jewish Calvinist Other or unknown
1880 110,940 91,627 (82.59%) 17,485 (15.76%) 528 (0.48%) 321 (0.29%) 979 (0.88%)
1890 114,110 93,415 (81.86%) 18,532 (16.24%) 706 (0.62%) 465 (0.41%) 992 (0.87%)
1900 128,382 104,287 (81.23%) 21,100 (16.44%) 1,518 (1.18%) 956 (0.74%) 521 (0.41%)
1910 145,720 117,351 (80.53%) 23,724 (16.28%) 2,357 (1.62%) 1,689 (1.16%) 599 (0.41%)

Subdivisions

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Contemporary map of the county

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

Districts (járás)
District Capital
  Felcsík Csíkszereda (now Miercurea Ciuc)
  Gyergyószentmiklós Gyergyószentmiklós (now Gheorgheni)
  Gyergyótölgyes Gyergyótölgyes (now Tulgheș)
  Kászonalcsík Csíkszentmárton (now Sânmartin)
Szépvíz (from 1913) Szépvíz (now Frumoasa)
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Csíkszereda (now Miercurea Ciuc)
Gyergyószentmiklós (now Gheorgheni)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Only linguistic communities > 1% are displayed.
  2. ^ Only religious communities > 1% are displayed.

References

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  1. ^ "Az 1881. év elején végrehajtott népszámlálás főbb eredményei megyék és községek szerint rendezve, II. kötet (1882)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  2. ^ "A Magyar Korona országainak helységnévtára (1892)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  3. ^ "A MAGYAR KORONA ORSZÁGAINAK 1900". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  4. ^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
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