Krassó-Szörény

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Comitatus
Krassó-Szörény County

County of the Kingdom of Hungary

1881 – 1920

Capital

Lugos

History

- Established

1881

- Treaty of Trianon

June 4, 1920

Area

- 1910

11,074 km² (4,276 sq mi)

Population

- 1910 est.

466,100

Density

42.1 /km² (109 /sq mi)

Today part of

Romania, Serbia

Lugoj is the current name of the capital.

Krassó-Szörény (Hungarian: Krassó-Szörény, Romanian: Caraş-Severin, Serbian: Karaš-Severin or Караш-Северин) is the name of administrative county (comitatus) of the historic Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently mostly located in south-western Romania, with one small part which is located in Serbia. The capital of the county was Lugoj (Hungarian: Lugos). Its name originates from one of the Slavic tribes which settled the area in the 600s AD - the Severyans.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Demographics
4 Subdivisions

[edit] Geography

Krassó-Szörény county was located in the Banat region. It shared borders with the Kingdom of Serbia and the Hungarian counties Temes, Arad and Hunyad. The river Danube formed its southern border, and the river Mureş (Maros) its northern border. The river Timiş flowed through the county. Its area was 11,032 km² around 1910.

[edit] History

Krassó-Szörény county was formed in 1881 by uniting the counties Krassó and Szörény.

In 1920 by the Treaty of Trianon most of the county was assigned to Romania, with one small part which was assigned to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The north of the county (including Lugoj) is now part of the Romanian county Timiş, except a 10 km wide strip along the river Mureş, which is in the county Arad. The rest now forms the county Caraş-Severin, except the city Orşova, which is in Mehedinţi county.

[edit] Demographics

According to the census of 1910, the county had 466,147 inhabitants.

Population by language (1910 census):

Romanian = 336,082 (72.10%)
German = 55,883 (11.99%)
Hungarian = 33,787
Serbian = 14,674
Slovak = 2,908
Russniak = 2,351

[edit] Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Krassó-Szörény county were:

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Béga	Bálinc (Romanian: Balinţ)
Boksanbánya	Boksanbánya (Romanian: Bocşa Montană)
Bozovics	Bozovics (Romanian: Bozovici)
Facsád	Facsád (Romanian: Făget)
Jám	Jám (Romanian: Iam)
Karánsebes	Karánsebes (Romanian: Caransebeş)
Lugos	Lugos (Romanian: Lugoj)
Maros	Marosberkes (Romanian: Birchiş)
Oravicabánya	Oravicabánya (Romanian: Oraviţa)
Resicabánya	Resicabánya (Romanian: Reşiţa)
Temes	Szákul (Romanian: Sacu)
Teregova	Teregova (Romanian: Teregova)
Újmoldova	Újmoldova (Romanian: Moldova Nouă)
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Karánsebes (Romanian: Caransebeş)
Lugos (Romanian: Lugoj)

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