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
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 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
+ Population by mother tongue Census Total Romanian Hungarian German Other or unknown 1880 84,571 75,050 (90.92%) 2,694 (3.26%) 3,850 (4.66%) 948 (1.15%) 1890 88,217 78,725 (89.24%) 4,082 (4.63%) 4,009 (4.54%) 1,401 (1.59%) 1900 92,801 83,445 (89.92%) 5,159 (5.56%) 3,627 (3.91%) 570 (0.61%) 1910 95,174 84,436 (88.72%) 6,466 (6.79%) 3,236 (3.40%) 1,036 (1.09%)
+ Population by religion 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 AlsóárpásAlsóárpás (now Arpașu de Jos) FogarasFogaras (now Făgăraș) SárkánySárkány (now Șercaia) TörcsvárZernest (now Zărnești)Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)Fogaras (now Făgăraș)
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