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 | |
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County of the Kingdom of Hungary (1876-1920, 1940-1945) | |
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Capital | Sepsiszentgyörgy |
Area | |
• Coordinates | 45°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 of | Romania |
Sfântu Gheorghe is the current name of the capital. |
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