Marosszék
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Marosszék () was one of the seats in the historical Székely Land. It was named after the Maros, a river with the biggest discharge in the seat. The composer Zoltán Kodály wrote the Dances of Marosszék (1927, for piano, later orchestrated) based on the folk music of this region.
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It sits within the topics 1876 disestablishments in Hungary, Seats of Hungary and States and territories disestablished in 1876.
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Marosszék () was one of the seats in the historical Székely Land. It was named after the Maros, a river with the biggest discharge in the seat. The composer Zoltán Kodály wrote the Dances of Marosszék (1927, for piano, later orchestrated) based on the folk music of this region.
==Population== The total population of the area was 91,008. The religious make-up of Marosszék in 1867 was the following: Calvinist: 48,034 Roman Catholic: 15,697 Greek Catholic: 12,641 Unitarian: 7,116 Greek Orthodox: 5,520 Jewish: 944 Lutheran: 285 Foreigner: 771
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