Krassó-Szörény (Hungarian: Krassó-Szörény, Romanian: Caraș-Severin, Serbian: Karaš-Severin or Караш-Северин) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the historic Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now mostly located in south-western Romania, with one very small part which is located in Serbia. The capital of the county was Lugos (present-day Lugoj).

Geography

Krassó-Szörény County was located in the Banat region. It shared borders with the Kingdom of Serbia and the Hungarian counties of Temes, Arad and Hunyad. The river Danube 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 11,032 km (4,259 sq mi) around 1910.

History

Krassó-Szörény county was formed in 1881 by uniting the counties of Krassó (its center was Lugos/Lugoj) and Szörény (its center was Karánsebes/Caransebeș). 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 Treaty of Trianon, most of the county was assigned to Romania, with one small part (villages of Banatska Subotica and Dobričevo) which was assigned to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The north of the county (including Lugoj) is now part of the Romanian county of Timiș, except for a 10 km (6.2 mi) wide strip along the Mureș River, which is in Arad County. The rest now forms Caraș-Severin County, except for the city Orșova, which is in Mehedinți County.

Demographics

Population by mother tongue

Census	Total	Romanian	German	Hungarian	Serbian	Slovak	Croatian	Other or unknown
1880	381,304	289,849 (78.35%)	37,833 (10.23%)	7,201 (1.95%)	18,686 (5.05%)	6,247 (1.69%)	–	10,117 (2.73%)
1890	407,635	311,335 (76.38%)	48,058 (11.79%)	10,879 (2.67%)	11,862 (2.91%)	5,723 (1.40%)	5,018 (1.23%)	14,760 (3.62%)
1900	443,001	328,371 (74.12%)	55,256 (12.47%)	21,439 (4.84%)	13,138 (2.97%)	3,831 (0.86%)	279 (0.06%)	20,687 (4.67%)
1910	466,147	336,082 (72.10%)	55,883 (11.99%)	33,787 (7.25%)	14,674 (3.15%)	2,908 (0.62%)	319 (0.07%)	22,494 (4.83%)

Population by religion

Census	Total	Eastern Orthodox	Roman Catholic	Greek Catholic	Calvinist	Jewish	Other or unknown
1880	381,304	295,820 (77.58%)	62,080 (16.28%)	16,590 (4.35%)	1,619 (0.42%)	3,243 (0.85%)	1,952 (0.51%)
1890	407,635	306,023 (75.07%)	73,817 (18.11%)	18,949 (4.65%)	3,053 (0.75%)	3,713 (0.91%)	2,080 (0.51%)
1900	443,001	325,613 (73.50%)	84,748 (19.13%)	18,262 (4.12%)	7,792 (1.76%)	4,375 (0.99%)	2,211 (0.50%)
1910	466,147	337,153 (72.33%)	90,479 (19.41%)	20,006 (4.29%)	10,400 (2.23%)	4,795 (1.03%)	3,314 (0.71%)

Subdivisions

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

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Béga	Bálinc (now Balinț)
Boksanbánya	Boksanbánya (now Bocșa Montană)
Bozovics	Bozovics (now Bozovici)
Facsád	Facsád (now Făget)
Jám	Jám (now Iam)
Karánsebes	Karánsebes (now Caransebeș)
Lugos	Lugos (now Lugoj)
Maros	Marosberkes (now Birchiș)
Oravicabánya	Oravicabánya (now Oravița)
Orsova	Orsova (now Orșova)
Resicabánya	Resicabánya (now Reșița)
Temes	Szákul (now Sacu)
Teregova	Teregova (now Teregova)
Újmoldova	Újmoldova (now Moldova Nouă)
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Karánsebes (now Caransebeș)
Lugos (now Lugoj)