Hunyad County

Hunyad (today mainly Hunedoara) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary, of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and of the Principality of Transylvania. Its territory is now in Romania in Transylvania. The capital of the county was Déva (present-day Deva).

Hunyad County
Comitatus Hunyadensis (Latin)
Hunyad vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Hunyad (German)
Comitatul Hunedoara (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1265–1526)
County of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom
(1526–1570)
County of the Principality of Transylvania
(1570–1867)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1867–1920)
Coat of arms

CapitalDéva
Area
  Coordinates45°53′N 22°54′E
 
 1910
7,809 km2 (3,015 sq mi)
Population 
 1910
340,100
History 
 Established
1265
 Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
Today part ofRomania
Deva is the current name of the capital.
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