Alsó-Fehér was an administrative county (

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) of the

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. Its territory is now in western

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(central

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). The latest capital of the county was Nagyenyed (present-day

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Geography

Alsó-Fehér county shared borders with Hunyad,

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, Kis-Küküllő, Nagy-Küküllő and Szeben counties. The rivers Mureș and

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flowed through the county. Its area was 3,576.5 km² around 1910.

History

Alsó-Fehér (Lower Fehér) county was formed when Fehér county was split in 1744 (the other half, Felső-Fehér county, consisted entirely of enclaves between Székely and Saxon ''seats''). In 1876, when the administrative structure of

was changed, the territory of Alsó-Fehér was modified and parts of it were annexed to the counties of

and

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(during the same administrative reform, Felső-Fehér county was entirely abolished and merged with other counties). In 1920, the

Treaty of Trianon The Treaty of Trianon (; ; ; ), often referred to in Hungary as the Peace Dictate of Trianon or Dictate of Trianon, was prepared at the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920), Paris Peace Conference. It was signed on the one side by Hungary ...

assigned the territory of the county to

. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties of

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(the south-east) and Mureș (a small northeastern part).

Demographics

Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Alsó-Fehér county were:

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Also-Feher States and territories disestablished in 1920 Counties of the Kingdom of Hungary in Transylvania