Háromszék County

Háromszék (Three Seats; Romanian: Trei Scaune) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Situated in south-eastern Transylvania, its territory is now in central Romania (in the counties of Covasna, Brașov and Bacău). The capital of the county was Sepsiszentgyörgy (now Sfântu Gheorghe).

Háromszék County
Comitatus Trisediensis (Latin)
Háromszék vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Háromszék (German)
Comitatul Trei Scaune (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1876-1920, 1940-1945)
Coat of arms

CapitalSepsiszentgyörgy
Area
  Coordinates45°52′N 25°47′E
 
 1910
3,889 km2 (1,502 sq mi)
Population 
 1910
148,100
History 
 Established
1876
 Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
 County recreated (Second Vienna Award)
30 August 1940
 Disestablished
20 January 1945
Today part ofRomania
Sfântu Gheorghe is the current name of the capital.
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