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fogaras+county Latitude and Longitude:
45°51′N 24°58′E / 45.850°N 24.967°E / 45.850; 24.967
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"Fogaras" redirects here. For the Romanian city with this name in Hungarian, see Făgăraș.
Fogaras County
Comitatus Fogarasensis ( Latin)
Fogaras vármegye ( Hungarian)
Komitat Fogarasch ( German)
Comitatul Făgăraș ( Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
1876–1920
Coat of arms of Fogaras
Coat of arms

Capital Fogaras
Area
 • Coordinates 45°51′N 24°58′E / 45.850°N 24.967°E / 45.850; 24.967
 
• 1910
2,433 km2 (939 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
95,174
History 
• Established
1876
June 4 1920
Today part of Romania
Făgăraș is the current name of the capital.

Fogaras was an administrative county ( comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (south-eastern Transylvania). The county's capital was Fogaras (present-day Făgăraș).

Geography

Map of Fogaras county in the Kingdom of Hungary
Map of Fogaras, 1891.

Fogaras county shared borders with Romania and the Hungarian counties Szeben, Nagy-Küküllő and Brassó. The river Olt formed most of its northern border. The ridge of the southern Carpathian Mountains forms its southern border. Its area was 2,433 km2 (939 sq mi) around 1910.

History

The Fogaras region was an administrative territorial entity of the Kingdom of Hungary since the 15th century. Fogaras county was formed in 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon the county became part of Romania; Făgăraș County was created, with an identical territory. The territory lies in the present Romanian counties Brașov and Sibiu (the westernmost part).

Demographics

Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description)
Population by mother tongue [a]
Census Total Romanian Hungarian German Other or unknown
1880 [1] 84,571 75,050 (90.92%) 2,694 (3.26%) 3,850 (4.66%) 948 (1.15%)
1890 [2] 88,217 78,725 (89.24%) 4,082 (4.63%) 4,009 (4.54%) 1,401 (1.59%)
1900 [3] 92,801 83,445 (89.92%) 5,159 (5.56%) 3,627 (3.91%) 570 (0.61%)
1910 [4] 95,174 84,436 (88.72%) 6,466 (6.79%) 3,236 (3.40%) 1,036 (1.09%)
Population by religion [b]
Census Total Eastern Orthodox Greek Catholic Roman Catholic Lutheran Calvinist Jewish Other or unknown
1880 84,571 54,900 (64.92%) 22,787 (26.94%) 2,194 (2.59%) 2,449 (2.90%) 1,335 (1.58%) 675 (0.80%) 231 (0.27%)
1890 88,217 56,943 (64.55%) 23,142 (26.23%) 2,466 (2.80%) 2,625 (2.98%) 1,801 (2.04%) 866 (0.98%) 374 (0.42%)
1900 92,801 60,220 (64.89%) 23,850 (25.70%) 2,454 (2.64%) 2,737 (2.95%) 2,225 (2.40%) 873 (0.94%) 442 (0.48%)
1910 95,174 61,881 (65.02%) 23,651 (24.85%) 3,024 (3.18%) 2,768 (2.91%) 2,441 (2.56%) 905 (0.95%) 504 (0.53%)

Subdivisions

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

Districts (járás)
District Capital
  Alsóárpás Alsóárpás (now Arpașu de Jos)
  Fogaras Fogaras (now Făgăraș)
  Sárkány Sárkány (now Șercaia)
  Törcsvár Zernest (now Zărnești)
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Fogaras (now Făgăraș)

Notes

  1. ^ Only linguistic communities > 1% are displayed.
  2. ^ Only religious communities > 1% are displayed.

References

  1. ^ "Az 1881. év elején végrehajtott népszámlálás főbb eredményei megyék és községek szerint rendezve, II. kötet (1882)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  2. ^ "A Magyar Korona országainak helységnévtára (1892)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  3. ^ "A MAGYAR KORONA ORSZÁGAINAK 1900". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  4. ^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Fogaras_County&oldid=1110817651"

fogaras+county Latitude and Longitude:
45°51′N 24°58′E / 45.850°N 24.967°E / 45.850; 24.967
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Fogaras" redirects here. For the Romanian city with this name in Hungarian, see Făgăraș.
Fogaras County
Comitatus Fogarasensis ( Latin)
Fogaras vármegye ( Hungarian)
Komitat Fogarasch ( German)
Comitatul Făgăraș ( Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
1876–1920
Coat of arms of Fogaras
Coat of arms

Capital Fogaras
Area
 • Coordinates 45°51′N 24°58′E / 45.850°N 24.967°E / 45.850; 24.967
 
• 1910
2,433 km2 (939 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
95,174
History 
• Established
1876
June 4 1920
Today part of Romania
Făgăraș is the current name of the capital.

Fogaras was an administrative county ( comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (south-eastern Transylvania). The county's capital was Fogaras (present-day Făgăraș).

Geography

Map of Fogaras county in the Kingdom of Hungary
Map of Fogaras, 1891.

Fogaras county shared borders with Romania and the Hungarian counties Szeben, Nagy-Küküllő and Brassó. The river Olt formed most of its northern border. The ridge of the southern Carpathian Mountains forms its southern border. Its area was 2,433 km2 (939 sq mi) around 1910.

History

The Fogaras region was an administrative territorial entity of the Kingdom of Hungary since the 15th century. Fogaras county was formed in 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon the county became part of Romania; Făgăraș County was created, with an identical territory. The territory lies in the present Romanian counties Brașov and Sibiu (the westernmost part).

Demographics

Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description)
Population by mother tongue [a]
Census Total Romanian Hungarian German Other or unknown
1880 [1] 84,571 75,050 (90.92%) 2,694 (3.26%) 3,850 (4.66%) 948 (1.15%)
1890 [2] 88,217 78,725 (89.24%) 4,082 (4.63%) 4,009 (4.54%) 1,401 (1.59%)
1900 [3] 92,801 83,445 (89.92%) 5,159 (5.56%) 3,627 (3.91%) 570 (0.61%)
1910 [4] 95,174 84,436 (88.72%) 6,466 (6.79%) 3,236 (3.40%) 1,036 (1.09%)
Population by religion [b]
Census Total Eastern Orthodox Greek Catholic Roman Catholic Lutheran Calvinist Jewish Other or unknown
1880 84,571 54,900 (64.92%) 22,787 (26.94%) 2,194 (2.59%) 2,449 (2.90%) 1,335 (1.58%) 675 (0.80%) 231 (0.27%)
1890 88,217 56,943 (64.55%) 23,142 (26.23%) 2,466 (2.80%) 2,625 (2.98%) 1,801 (2.04%) 866 (0.98%) 374 (0.42%)
1900 92,801 60,220 (64.89%) 23,850 (25.70%) 2,454 (2.64%) 2,737 (2.95%) 2,225 (2.40%) 873 (0.94%) 442 (0.48%)
1910 95,174 61,881 (65.02%) 23,651 (24.85%) 3,024 (3.18%) 2,768 (2.91%) 2,441 (2.56%) 905 (0.95%) 504 (0.53%)

Subdivisions

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

Districts (járás)
District Capital
  Alsóárpás Alsóárpás (now Arpașu de Jos)
  Fogaras Fogaras (now Făgăraș)
  Sárkány Sárkány (now Șercaia)
  Törcsvár Zernest (now Zărnești)
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Fogaras (now Făgăraș)

Notes

  1. ^ Only linguistic communities > 1% are displayed.
  2. ^ Only religious communities > 1% are displayed.

References

  1. ^ "Az 1881. év elején végrehajtott népszámlálás főbb eredményei megyék és községek szerint rendezve, II. kötet (1882)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  2. ^ "A Magyar Korona országainak helységnévtára (1892)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  3. ^ "A MAGYAR KORONA ORSZÁGAINAK 1900". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  4. ^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Fogaras_County&oldid=1110817651"

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