Caraș-Severin County
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Caraș-Severin County Județul Caraș-Severin |
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 Caraș-Severin county, territorial location |
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| Coordinates: 45°09′N 22°04′E / 45.15°N 22.07°ECoordinates: 45°09′N 22°04′E / 45.15°N 22.07°E | ||
| Country |
 Romania
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| Development region1 | Vest | |
| Historic region | Banat | |
| Capital city (Reședință de județ) | Reșița | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | County Board | |
| • President of the County Board | Sorin Frunzăverde ((Democratic-Liberal Party)) | |
| • Prefect2 | Ioan Anton Paulescu | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 8,514 km2 (3,287 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 3rd in Romania | |
| Population (2002) | ||
| • Total | 274,277 | |
| • Rank | 32nd in Romania | |
| • Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Postal Code | 32wxyz3 | |
| Area code(s) | +40 x554 | |
| Car Plates | CS5 | |
| GDP | US$ 2.73 billion (2008) | |
| GDP/capita | US$ 9,953 (2008) | |
| Website |
County Council County Prefecture |
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1The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed just to attract funds from the European Union 2 as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a public functionary. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned from any political activity in the first six months after resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionary corps 3w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address 4x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks 5used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county |
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Caraș-Severin (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈkaraʃ seveˈrin]) 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. The Caraș-Severin county is part of the Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisza Euroregion.
In Serbian and Croatian, it is known as Karaš Severin/Караш Северин or Karaš-Severinska županija, in Hungarian as Krassó-Szörény megye, in German as Kreis Karasch-Severin, and in Bulgarian as Караш-Северин (translit. Karash-Severin).
The county is part of the Danube-Kris-Mureș-Tisza euroregion.
In 2011, it had a population of 274,277 and a population density of 33.63/km2.
The majority of the population (89.23%) are Romanians. There are also Roma (2.74%), Croats (1.88%), Germans (1.11%), Serbs (1.82%), Hungarians (1.19%) and Ukrainians (0.94%).
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