Krassó-Szörény ( Hungarian: ''Krassó-Szörény'', Romanian: ''Caraș-Severin'', Serbian: ''Karaš-Severin'' or Караш-Северин) was an administrative county (

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) of the historic

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.Zoltán Gál, The banking functions of the Hungarian urban network in the early 20th century, Centre for Regional Studies, 2006, table

/ref> Its territory is now mostly located in south-western

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, with one very small part which is located in

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. The capital of the county was Lugos (present-day

Lugoj Lugoj (; ; ; ; ; ) is a list of cities and towns in Romania, city in Timiș County, Romania. The Timiș, Timiș River divides the city into two halves: the "Romanian Lugoj" that spreads on the right bank, and the "German Lugoj" on the left bank. Th ...

Geography

Krassó-Szörény County was located in the

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region. It shared borders with the

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and the Hungarian counties of Temes, Arad and Hunyad. The river

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formed its southern border, and the river Mureș its northern border. The rivers Bega, Timiș, Bârzava, Caraș, Nera and Cerna flowed through the county. Its area was around 1910.

History

Krassó-Szörény county was formed in 1881 by uniting the counties of Krassó (its center was Lugos/

) and Szörény (its center was Karánsebes/

Caransebeș Caransebeș (; ; , Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a city in Caraș-Severin County, part of the Banat region in southwestern Romania. One village, Jupa (), is administered by the city. The city is located at the confluence of the Timiș River with ...

). Previously, Krassó County had been re-established in 1779, with significantly different borders than in medieval times, while Szörény County had only been established in 1873 (it was the shortest-lived county in the modern Kingdom of Hungary), mostly on the territory of the former Vlach Regiment of the Banat Military Frontier. In 1920, by the

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, most of the county was assigned to Romania, with one small part (villages of Banatska Subotica and Dobričevo) which was assigned to the

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. The north of the county (including

) is now part of the Romanian county of Timiș, except for a wide strip along the

Mureș River Mureș may refer to: * Mureș County, Romania * Mureș (river) in Romania and Hungary (''Maros'') * Mureș culture, a Bronze Age culture from Romania See also * Târgu Mureș, the capital of Mureș County * Ocna Mureș, a town in Alba Cou ...

, which is in

Arad County Arad County () is an administrative division ( județ) of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crișana and few villages in Banat. The administrative cente ...

. The rest now forms

Caraș-Severin County Caraș-Severin () is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Serbia. The majority of its territory lies within the historical region of Banat, with a few northeastern villages considered part of Transylvania. The county seat is Reșița ...

, except for the city Orșova, which is in

Mehedinți County Mehedinți County () is a county () of Romania on the border with Serbia and Bulgaria. It is mostly located in the historical province of Oltenia, with one municipality (Orșova) and three communes (Dubova, Mehedinți, Dubova, Eșelnița, and Svi ...

Demographics

Subdivisions

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

Notes

References

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