Szeben

Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Szeben County
common_name = Szeben
subdivision = County
nation = the Kingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 =
year_start = 1876
event_end = Treaty of Trianon
year_end = 1920
date_end = June 4

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capital = Nagyszeben
stat_area1 = 3619
stat_pop1 = 176900
stat_year1 = 1910
today = Romania
footnotes = Sibiu is the current name of the capital.

Szeben is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in central Romania (southern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Sibiu (Romanian, "Nagyszeben" in Hungarian).

Geography

Szeben county shared borders with Romania and the Hungarian counties Hunyad, Alsó-Fehér, Nagy-Küküllő and Fogaras. The river Olt flows through the county. Its area was 3619 km² around 1910.

History

Szeben county was formed in 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of Romania. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties Sibiu and Alba (the area around Sebeş).

Demographics

In 1910, county had a population of 176,921 people. Population by language:
*Romanian = 113,672
*German = 49,757
*Hungarian = 10,159

ubdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Szeben county were: