Udvarhely County

Udvarhely County
Comitatus Udvarhelyensis (Latin)
Udvarhely vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Udvarhely (German)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1876-1920, 1940-1945)
Coat of arms

CapitalSzékelyudvarhely
Area
 • Coordinates46°18′N 25°18′E / 46.300°N 25.300°E / 46.300; 25.300
 
• 1910
2,938 km2 (1,134 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
124,173
History 
• Established
1876
• Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
• County recreated (Second Vienna Award)
30 August 1940
• Disestablished
1945
Today part ofRomania
Odorheiu Secuiesc is the current name of the capital.

Udvarhely (German: Oderhellen) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Székelyudvarhely (now Odorheiu Secuiesc).

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