Temes County
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Temes County Comitatus Temesiensis ( County of the Kingdom of Hungary (1779-1849, 1860-1920) | |
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Capital | Temesvár |
Area | |
• Coordinates | 45°45′N 21°14′E / 45.750°N 21.233°E |
• 1910 | 7,433 km2 (2,870 sq mi) |
Population | |
• 1910 | 500,835 |
History | |
• Established | 12th century |
• Ottoman conquest | 26 July 1552 |
• County recreated | 23 April 1779 |
• Disestablished | 18 November 1849 |
• County recreated | 27 December 1860 |
• Treaty of Trianon | 4 June 1920 |
Today part of | Romania (5,552 km2) Serbia (1,881 km2) |
Timișoara is the current name of the capital. |
County of Temes (
Geography
Temes county was located in the
flowed through the county. Its area in 1910 was 7,433 km2 (2,870 sq mi).History
Temes County was formed in the 12th century, after the establishment of Hungarian rule in the region. It was named after the local
After the region was captured by the Habsburgs in 1716, the area was included into the so-called Banat of Temeswar, a Habsburg province with the administrative center in Temeswar. This province was abolished in 1778 and the county of Temes was restored (with significantly different borders than in medieval times) and incorporated into Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary in 1779.
Between 1849 and 1860, the area of the county was part of the
In 1918, the county first became part of the newly proclaimed
The Yugoslav part of the pre-1920 Temes County (the southern region) is part of the Serbian autonomous region of Vojvodina. The Romanian part is now part of Timiș County, except for a ~10 km (6.2 mi) wide strip along the Mureș River, which is in Arad County.
Demographics
Census | Total | Romanian | German | Hungarian | Serbian | Other or unknown |
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1880[3] | 396,045 | 148,928 (39.03%) | 137,239 (35.96%) | 25,955 (6.80%) | 55,520 (14.55%)[b] | 13,976 (3.66%) |
1890[4] | 437,039 | 161,449 (36.94%) | 160,456 (36.71%) | 37,976 (8.69%) | 62,813 (14.37%) | 14,345 (3.28%) |
1900[5] | 476,242 | 167,523 (35.18%) | 171,087 (35.92%) | 58,153 (12.21%) | 64,902 (13.63%) | 14,577 (3.06%) |
1910[6] | 500,835 | 169,030 (33.75%) | 165,883 (33.12%) | 79,960 (15.97%) | 69,905 (13.96%) | 16,057 (3.21%) |
Census | Total | Eastern Orthodox | Roman Catholic | Lutheran | Greek Catholic | Calvinist |
Jewish | Other or unknown |
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1880 | 396,045 | 200,946 (50.74%) | 161,536 (40.79%) | 9,305 (2.35%) | 11,236 (2.84%) | 5,138 (1.30%) | 7,630 (1.93%) | 254 (0.06%) |
1890 | 437,039 | 213,531 (48.86%) | 186,011 (42.56%) | 9,888 (2.26%) | 12,339 (2.82%) | 6,269 (1.43%) | 8,649 (1.98%) | 352 (0.08%) |
1900 | 476,242 | 223,247 (46.88%) | 209,690 (44.03%) | 11,993 (2.52%) | 12,360 (2.60%) | 8,712 (1.83%) | 9,745 (2.05%) | 495 (0.10%) |
1910 | 500,835 | 232,057 (46.33%) | 221,175 (44.16%) | 13,611 (2.72%) | 12,381 (2.47%) | 11,135 (2.22%) | 9,734 (1.94%) | 742 (0.15%) |
Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Temes county were:
Districts (járás) | |
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District | Capital |
Buziasfürdő | Buziasfürdő (now Buziaș) |
Csák | Csák (now Ciacova) |
Detta | Detta (now Deta) |
Fehértemplom | Fehértemplom (now Bela Crkva )
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Kevevára | Kevevára (now Kovin) |
Központ | Temesvár (now Timișoara) |
Lippa | Lippa (now Lipova) |
Temesrékas | Temesrékas (now Recaș) |
Újarad | Újarad (now Aradu Nou) |
Versec | Versec (now Vršac) |
Vinga | Vinga (now Vinga) |
Urban counties (törvényhatósági jogú város) | |
Temesvár (now Timișoara) | |
Versec (now Vršac) | |
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) | |
Fehértemplom (now Bela Crkva )
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The towns of
Notes
References
- ^ Gyémánt, Richárd. A történelmi Temes vármegye népesedéstörténete [The population statistics of the historical Temes county].
- ISBN 9789633794425.
- ^ "Az 1881. év elején végrehajtott népszámlálás főbb eredményei megyék és községek szerint rendezve, II. kötet (1882)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "A Magyar Korona országainak helységnévtára (1892)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "A MAGYAR KORONA ORSZÁGAINAK 1900". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 29 September 2021.