Torontál County

Torontal County
Comitatus Torontaliensis (Latin)
Torontál vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Torontal (German)
Торонталска жупанија (Serbian)
Comitatul Torontal (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(14th century-1526)
County of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom
(1526-1551)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1551-1552)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1779-1849, 1860-1923)
Coat of arms

Capital
Area
  Coordinates45°23′N 20°24′E / 45.383°N 20.400°E / 45.383; 20.400
 
 1910
10,016 km2 (3,867 sq mi)
Population 
 1910
615,151
History 
 Established
14th century
 Ottoman conquest
1552
 County recreated
23 April 1779
 Disestablished
18 November 1849
 County recreated
27 December 1860
 Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
 Merged into Csanád-Arad-Torontál County
1923
Today part of
Vranjevo, Zrenjanin and Sânnicolau Mare are the current names of the capitals.

Torontál (Hungarian: Torontál, German: Torontal, Serbian: Торонтал, Romanian: Torontal) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now divided between Serbia and Romania, except for a small area which is part of Hungary. The capital of the county was Nagybecskerek (Serbian: Велики Бечкерек, German: Großbetschkerek, Romanian: Becicherecu Mare), the current Zrenjanin.