Alsó-Fehér County
{{short description|County of the Kingdom of Hungary}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2012}}
{{Infobox Former Subdivision
|native_name = {{line-height|1.1em|{{native name|la|Comitatus Albensis Inferior}}
{{native name|hu|Alsó-Fehér vármegye}}
{{native name|de|Komitat Unterweißenburger}}
{{native name|ro|Comitatul Alba de Jos}} }}
|conventional_long_name = Alsó-Fehér County
|common_name = Alsó-Fehér
|subdivision = County
|nation = the Principality of Transylvania
(1744-1867)
County the Kingdom of Hungary
(1867-1920)
|p1 =
|s1 =
|year_start = 1744
|event1 = Treaty of Trianon
|date_event1 = 4 June 1920
|event_end =
|year_end =
|date_end =
|image_coat = Alsó-Fehér vármegye címere.jpg
|image_map = Alsó-Fehér vármegye in Hungary.svg
|capital = Gyulafehérvár;
Nagyenyed (1876-1920)
|coordinates = {{Coord|46|19|N|23|44|E|display=inline,title}}
|stat_area1 = 3,576.5
|stat_pop1 = 221618
|stat_year1 = 1910
|today = Romania
|footnotes = Alba Iulia; Aiud are the current name of the capital.
}}
Alsó-Fehér was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in western Romania (central Transylvania). The latest capital of the county was Nagyenyed (present-day Aiud).
Geography
Image:Alsó-Fehér_county_map.jpg
Alsó-Fehér county shared borders with Hunyad, Torda-Aranyos, Kis-Küküllő, Nagy-Küküllő and Szeben counties. The rivers Mureș and Târnava flowed through the county. Its area was 3,576.5 km2 around 1910.
History
Alsó-Fehér (Lower Fehér) county was formed when Fehér county was split in 1744 (the other half, Felső-Fehér county, consisted entirely of enclaves between Székely and Saxon seats). In 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed, the territory of Alsó-Fehér was modified and parts of it were annexed to the counties of Torda-Aranyos and Seben (during the same administrative reform, Felső-Fehér county was entirely abolished and merged with other counties). In 1920, the Treaty of Trianon assigned the territory of the county to Romania. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties of Alba, Sibiu (the south-east) and Mureș (a small northeastern part).
Demographics
File:Alsó-Fehér ethnographic map.png
| class="wikitable"
|+ Population by religion{{efn|Only religious communities > 1% are displayed.}} ! Census !! Total !! Eastern Orthodox !! Greek Catholic !! Calvinist !! Roman Catholic !! Lutheran !! Jewish !! Other or unknown |
| 1880
| 178,021 || 76,165 (42.78%) || 66,714 (37.48%) || 16,834 (9.46%) || 8,551 (4.80%) || 5,961 (3.35%) || 2,806 (1.58%) || 990 (0.56%) |
|---|
| 1890
| 193,072 || 80,353 (41.62%) || 74,132 (38.40%) || 19,472 (10.09%) || 8,943 (4.63%) || 5,813 (3.01%) || 3,280 (1.70%) || 1,079 (0.56%) |
| 1900
| 212,352 || 87,210 (41.07%) || 80,211 (37.77%) || 21,296 (10.03%) || 11,226 (5.29%) || 7,170 (3.38%) || 3,903 (1.84%) || 1,336 (0.63%) |
| 1910
| 221,618 || 89,724 (40.49%) || 85,276 (38.48%) || 23,009 (10.38%) || 11,194 (5.05%) || 7,283 (3.29%) || 3,845 (1.73%) || 1,287 (0.58%) |
Subdivisions
File:Alsó-Fehér county administrative map.jpg
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Alsó-Fehér county were:
| class="wikitable" | |
| colspan=2|Districts (járás) | |
|---|---|
| District | Capital |
| {{color box|#A4DDED}} Alvinc | Alvinc (now Vințu de Jos) |
| {{color box|#C0C0C0}} Balázsfalva | Balázsfalva (now Blaj) |
| {{color box|#90EE90}} Kisenyed | Kisenyed (now Ocna Sibiului) |
| {{color box|#FFFACD}} Magyarigen | Magyarigen (now Ighiu) |
| {{color box|#F8DE7E}} Marosújvár | Marosújvár (now Ocna Mureș) |
| {{color box|#A4DDED}} Nagyenyed | Nagyenyed (now Aiud) |
| Tövis {{small|(from 1908)}} | Tövis (now Teiuș) |
| {{color box|#FFC0CB}} Verespatak | Verespatak (now Roșia Montană) |
| colspan=2|Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú városok) | |
| colspan=2|Abrudbánya (now Abrud) | |
| colspan=2|Gyulafehérvár (now Alba Iulia) | |
| colspan=2|Nagyenyed (now Aiud) | |
| colspan=2|Vízakna (now Ocna Sibiului) |
Notes
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References
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