Fogaras County

Fogaras County Comitatus Fogarasensis  (Latin) Fogaras vármegye  (Hungarian) Komitat Fogarasch  (German) Comitatul Făgăraş  (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
1876–1920
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Capital		Fogaras 45°51′N 24°58′E / 45.850°N 24.967°E / 45.850; 24.967Coordinates: 45°51′N 24°58′E / 45.850°N 24.967°E / 45.850; 24.967
History
•	Established	1876
•	Treaty of Trianon	June 4, 1920
Area
•	1910	2,444 km2(944 sq mi)
Population
•	1910	95,174
	Density	38.9 /km2  (100.9 /sq mi)
Today part of		Romania
Făgăraş is the current name of the capital.

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Fogaras was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (south-eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Fogaras (present-day Făgăraș).

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 2433 km² around 1910.

The Fogaras region was an administrative unit 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. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties Braşov and Sibiu (the westernmost part).

In 1900, the county had a population of 92,801 people and was composed of the following linguistic communities:

Total:

According to the census of 1900, the county was composed of the following religious communities:

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