Aranyos seat was the seat

Seat (territorial-administrative unit)

Seats were territorial-administrative units in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. The seats were autonomous regions within the Kingdom, and were independent from the feudal county system...

 (territorial administrative unit) of the Transylvania

Transylvania

Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...

n Székely

Székely

The Székelys or Székely , sometimes also referred to as Szeklers , are a subgroup of the Hungarian people living mostly in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, Romania...

s living in the Valley of the Arieş River

Arieș River (Mureș)

The Arieș is a tributary of Mureș River in Transylvania, Romania.Most probably "Arieș" means "Gold River" in Dalmatian which is thought to be very similar to the Dacian language. It is concluded that the Romanian name most probably derives from the Dacian name of the river...

 (Hungarian: Aranyos).

The free Székely Guards were granted a part of the lands belonging to the king around the old Turda Castle (in ruins, today in the Moldoveneşti

Moldovenesti

Moldoveneşti is a commune in Cluj County, Romania, 12 km South-West of Turda, in the valley of the Arieş.-History:...

 area), as a reward for the courage they showed in battles against Tatars

Tatars

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. Here they settled in 21 villages, in around 1270. This was the newest Székely Seat, because the other Székely territories (today: Székely Land

Székely Land

The Székely Land or Szekler Land refers to the territories inhabited mainly by the Székely, a Hungarian-speaking ethnic group from eastern Transylvania...

) were populated earlier.

The centre of the seat was a small market town (oppidum), Felvinc, now Unirea

Unirea

Unirea may refer to:Communes, districts or other places in Romania:* Unirea, a commune in Alba County* Unirea, a commune in Brăila County* Unirea, a commune in Călăraşi County* Unirea, a commune in Dolj County...

 village.

In the late 19th century, when the administrative system of the Kingdom of Hungary

Kingdom of Hungary

The Kingdom of Hungary comprised present-day Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia , Transylvania , Carpatho Ruthenia , Vojvodina , Burgenland , and other smaller territories surrounding present-day Hungary's borders...

 was reorganised, the Seat was united with Torda

Turda

Turda is a city and Municipality in Cluj County, Romania, situated on the Arieş River.- Ancient times :The city was founded by Dacians under the name Patavissa or Potaissa...

 County and Torda-Aranyos

Torda-Aranyos

Torda-Aranyos is the name of a historic administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in central Romania . The capital of the county was Turda .-Geography:...

 County was created.

The region is today part of the Alba

Alba County

Alba is a county of Romania, in Transylvania, its capital city being Alba-Iulia with a population of 66,406.- Demographics :In 2002, it had a population of 382,747 and the population density was 61/km².* Romanians - 90.4%* Hungarians - 5.4%...

 and Cluj

Cluj County

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 Counties in Romania

Romania

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.