Háromszék (English translation:Three Chairs; Romanian: Trei Scaune) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in central Romania (south-eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Sepsiszentgyörgy (now Sfântu Gheorghe).
Háromszék means "three seats". The Háromszék region was a combination of three settlements (seats) of the Székely: Kézdiszék, Orbaiszék and Sepsiszék. Háromszék county was formed in 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of Romania except Hungarian occupation between 1940-1944 during World War II. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties Covasna and Braşov (a small part in the south).
Demographics
In 1891, county had a population of 130,008 people. Population by language:
Hungarian: 110,799 people (86%)
Romanian: 17,360 people (13,4%)
German: 511 people (0,4%)
Slovak: 251 people (0,2%)
Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Háromszék county were:
