Contemporary map of the county
Csík (Hungarian, in Romanian: Ciuc) was the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in central Romania (eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Csíkszereda (Miercurea Ciuc).
Geography
Csík county shared borders with Kingdom of Romania and the Hungarian counties Beszterce-Naszód, Maros-Torda, Udvarhely and Háromszék. The county was situated in the Carpathian Mountains, around the sources and upper courses of the rivers Olt and Mureş. Its area was 4859 km² around 1910.
History
The Csík region was a combination of three settlements (seats) of the Székely: Csíkszék, Gyergyószék and Kászonszék. Csík county was formed in 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed. In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon assigned the territory of Csík county to the Kingdom of Romania. It was occupied by Hungary between 1940-1944 during World War II. Its territory lies in the present-day Romanian counties Harghita and Neamţ (a small part in the north-east).
Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Csík county were:
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Comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary (1886) |
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