- Krassó-Szörény
Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name = Comitatus
conventional_long_name = Krassó-Szörény County
common_name = Krassó-Szörény
subdivision = County
nation = theKingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 =
year_start = 1881
event_end = Treaty of Trianon
year_end = 1920
date_end = June 4
capital = Lugos
stat_area1 = 11074
stat_pop1 = 466100
stat_year1 = 1910
today =Romania ,Serbia
footnotes =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 historicKingdom of Hungary . Its territory is presently mostly located in south-westernRomania , with one small part which is located inSerbia . The capital of the county wasLugoj ( _hu. Lugos). Its name originates from one of the Slavic tribes which settled the area in the 600s AD - theSeveryans .Geography
Krassó-Szörény county was located in the
Banat region. It shared borders with theKingdom of Serbia and the Hungarian countiesTemes , Arad andHunyad . The riverDanube 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.History
Krassó-Szörény county was formed in 1881 by uniting the counties
Krassó andSzörény .In 1920 by the
Treaty of Trianon most of the county was assigned toRomania , with one small part which was assigned to theKingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes . The north of the county (includingLugoj ) is now part of theRomania n county Timiş, except a 10 km wide strip along the river Mureş, which is in the county Arad. The rest now forms the countyCaraş-Severin , except the cityOrşova , which is inMehedinţi county.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 = 2,351ubdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Krassó-Szörény county were:
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