Centrumok és perifériák mozgásban – Térszerkezeti változások a Partiumban Trianontól napjainkig
Shifting Centres and Peripheries. Changes in Spatial Structure in Partium Since 1920

Summary/Abstract: At the beginning of the 20th century, the area of the present counties of Bihar (Bihor), Szatmár (Satu Mare) and Szilágy (Sălaj) was considered to be spatially strongly connected. Parallel commercial belts emerged as contiguous zones in the three counties, bounded by wide peripheries, especially on the hilly sides. By the beginning of the 21st century, the former spatial structure had disintegrated. Nowadays, the three counties have independent, narrow, and isolated center areas that appear like islands in the wide periphery. These central areas are not interconnected with each other, and even the strongest external spatial connections of the three counties are not directed towards each other, but “outwards”. In the paper, the spatial structure characteristics are examined based on social, economic and income indicators, and the spatial profile is established. The results show the expansion of the peripheries, and even some sections of the previous commercial belt, running along the Trianon border, have begun to peripheralize.

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