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| Northern Transylvania | |||||||||
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| Territory of the Kingdom of Hungary (1940–1945) Territory under the Allied Control Commission administration (1944–1945) | |||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||
• 1940[1] | 43,104 km2 (16,643 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1940[2] | 2,577,260 | ||||||||
| • Type | Military, later civil administration (1940–1944) Military (1944–1945) | ||||||||
| Historical era | World War II | ||||||||
| 30 August 1940 | |||||||||
| 5–13 September | |||||||||
• Military administration | 11 September 1940[3] | ||||||||
• Incorporation | 8 October 1940[4] | ||||||||
• Civil administration | 26 November 1940[3] | ||||||||
• Battle for Transylvania | 26 August – 25 October 1944 | ||||||||
| 12 September 1944 | |||||||||
• Romanian administration restored | 9 March 1945[5] | ||||||||
| 10 February 1947 | |||||||||
| Political subdivisions | Counties[6] | ||||||||
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| Today part of |  Romania | ||||||||
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Northern Transylvania (Romanian: Transilvania de Nord, Hungarian: Észak-Erdély) was the region of the Kingdom of Romania that during World War II, as a consequence of the August 1940 territorial agreement known as the Second Vienna Award, became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. With an area of 43,104 km2 (16,643 sq mi),[1] the population was largely composed of both ethnic Romanians and Hungarians.
In October 1944, Soviet and Romanian forces gained control of the territory, and by March 1945 Northern Transylvania returned to Romanian administration. After the war, this was confirmed by the Paris Peace Treaties of 1947.
- ^ a b Thirring, Lajos (1940). "A visszacsatolt keleti terület. Terület és népesség" [The re-annexed eastern territory. Territory and population.]. Magyar Statisztikai Szemle (in Hungarian). 18 (8–9). Budapest: Magyar Királyi Központi Statisztikai Hivatal: 663.
- ^ Fogarasi, Zoltán (1944). "A népesség anyanyelvi, nemzetiségi és vallási megoszlása törvényhatóságonkint 1941-ben" [Distribution of the population by mother tongue, ethnicity and religion in the municipalities of Hungary in 1941.]. Magyar Statisztikai Szemle (in Hungarian). 22 (1–3). Budapest: Magyar Királyi Központi Statisztikai Hivatal: 4.
- ^ a b Csilléry, Edit (2012). "Észak–Erdély polgári közigazgatása (1940–1944)" [The civil administration of Northern Transylvania (1940–1944)]. Limes: Tudományos Szemle (in Hungarian). 25 (2). Tatabánya: Komárom-Esztergom Megyei Önkormányzat Levéltára: 87.
- ^ "1940. évi XXVI. törvénycikk a román uralom alól felszabadult keleti és erdélyi országrésznek a Magyar Szent Koronához visszacsatolásáról és az országgal egyesítéséről" [Law XXVI of 1940 on the reunification of the eastern and Transylvanian parts liberated from Romanian rule with the country under the Hungarian Holy Crown]. Ezer év törvényei (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
- ^ "Restoration of the Romanian administration in Northeastern Transylvania". Agerpres. 9 March 2020.
- ^ "A visszacsatolt keleti terület. Közigazgatás" [The re-annexed eastern territory. Administration.]. Magyar Statisztikai Szemle (in Hungarian). 18 (8–9). Budapest: Magyar Királyi Központi Statisztikai Hivatal: 660. 1940.