- Fogaras
Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Fogaras County
common_name = Fogaras
subdivision = County
nation = theKingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 =
year_start = 1876
event_end = Treaty of Trianon
year_end = 1920
date_end = June 4
capital = Fogaras
stat_area1 = 2444
stat_pop1 = 95200
stat_year1 = 1910
today =Romania
footnotes =Făgăraş is the current name of the capital.Fogaras is the name of a historic administrative county (
comitatus ) of theKingdom of Hungary . Its territory is presently in centralRomania (south-easternTransylvania ). The capital of the county wasFăgăraş (Romanian, "Fogaras" in Hungarian).Geography
Fogaras county shared borders with
Romania and the Hungarian countiesSzeben ,Nagy-Küküllő andBrassó . The river Olt forms most of its northern border. The ridge of the southernCarpathian Mountains forms its southern border. Its area was 2433 km² around 1910.History
The Fogaras region was an administrative unit of the
Kingdom of Hungary since the 15th century. Fogaras county was formed in 1876, when the administrative structure ofTransylvania was changed. In 1918 (confirmed by theTreaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part ofRomania . Its territory lies in the presentRomania n counties Braşov and Sibiu (the westernmost part).Demographics
In 1910, county had a population of 95,174 people. Population by language:
*Romanian = 84,436
*Hungarian = 6,466
*German = 3,236ubdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Fogaras county were:
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