Arad is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in western Romania and south-eastern Hungary. The capital of the county was Arad.

Geography

Arad county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Csanád, Békés, Bihar, Torda-Aranyos, Hunyad, Krassó-Szörény, Temes and Torontál. The river Mureş/Maros formed its southern border. The river Crişul Alb flowed through the county. Its area was 6078 km² around 1910.

History

Arad county is one of the oldest counties of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), most of the county became part of Romania, except a small area south of Békéscsaba, which became part of the new Hungarian county Csanád-Arad-Torontál. Since World War II the Hungarian part of Arad county is part of the Hungarian county Békés.

The rest of the county is now part of the Arad County in Romania. This county also contains parts of the former counties Temes and Krassó-Szörény.

Districts

In the early 20th century, the districts and their capitals were:

• Arad
• Pécska, capital Pecica (Hungarian: Magyarpécska)
• Şiria (Hungarian: Világos)
• Elek
• Chişineu Criş (Hungarian: Kisjenő)
• Ineu (Hungarian: Borosjenő)
• Târnova (Hungarian: Ternova)
• Sebiş (Hungarian: Borossebes)
• Radna, capital Radna (Hungarian: Máriaradna)
• Hălmagiu (Hungarian: Nagyhalmágy)

Urban county:

• Arad

Elek is presently in Hungary, the other mentioned towns are in Romania.