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(), the current
Zrenjanin .
Torontál county was located in the
Banat region. It shared borders with the
Kingdom Of Serbia and the Hungarian counties
Szerém ,
Bács-Bodrog ,
Csongrád ,
Csanád ,
Arad and
Temes (the first county was part of
Croatia-Slavonia ). The river
Danube formed its southern border, the river
Tisza its western border, and the river
Maros its northern border. Its area was 10,042
Km&2 around
1910 .
Torontál county was formed before the
15th Century . The county was taken by the
Ottoman Empire in the
16th Century , and was included into the Ottoman
Province Of Temeşvar . After the
Banat was captured by the
Habsburg Monarchy in 1718, the area of the county was included into the
Banat Of Temeswar , a separate Habsburg province. This province was abolished in 1778, and the area of the county was incorporated into the Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary.
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In 1848/1849 the area of the county was part of
Serbian Voivodship , while between
1849 and
1860 it was part of
Voivodship Of Serbia And Tamiš Banat , a separate
Habsburg province. The Torontál county was re-established in the
1860s , when the area was incorporated into the
Kingdom Of Hungary .
In
1918 , the county first became part of the newly formed
Banat Republic , and then part of the also newly formed
Kingdom Of Serbs, Croats And Slovenes . By the
Treaty Of Trianon of
1920 , the area of the county was divided between the
Kingdom Of Serbs, Croats And Slovenes ,
Romania , and
Hungary . Most of the county was assigned to the
Kingdom Of Serbs, Croats And Slovenes (which later became
Yugoslavia ). The north-eastern part of the county was assigned to
Romania , and the northernmost part of the county (a small area south of
Szeged ) was assigned to
Hungary and became part of the new county
Csanád-Arad-Torontál .
The Yugoslav part of the pre-1918 Torontál county (the western
Banat region) is presently part of
Serbia (mostly in the autonomous region of
Vojvodina , except the small part near Belgrade, which is part of
Central Serbia ). The Romanian part is now part of
Timiş county. The Hungarian part is now part of
Csongrád county.
According to the census of 1910, the county had 615,151 inhabitants.
Population by language (1910 census):
- Serbian = 199,750 (32.47%)
- German = 165,779 (26.95%)
- Hungarian = 128,405 (20.87%)
- Romanian = 86,937 (14.13%)
- Slovak = 16,143
- Croatian = 4,203
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Torontál county were:
