Temes County Comitatus Temesiensis (Latin) Temes vármegye (Hungarian) Komitat Temes (German) Comitatul Timiș (Romanian) Тамишка жупанија (Serbian) |
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County of the Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary | |||||
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Capital |
Temesvár 45°45′N 21°14′E / 45.750°N 21.233°ECoordinates: 45°45′N 21°14′E / 45.750°N 21.233°E |
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History | |||||
• | Established | 11th century | |||
• | Treaty of Trianon | 4 June 1920 16th century 18th century-1920 |
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Area | |||||
• | 1910 | 7,433 km2(2,870 sq mi) | |||
Population | |||||
• | 1910 | 500,835 | |||
Density | 67.4 /km2 (174.5 /sq mi) | ||||
Today part of |
Romania Serbia |
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Timișoara is the current name of the capital. |
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County of Temes (Hungarian: Temes, Romanian: Timiș, Serbian: Тамиш or Tamiš, German: Temes or Temesch) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary. Its territory is now in southwestern Romania and northeastern Serbia. The capital of the county was Temesvár (Romanian: Timișoara, Serbian: Темишвар or Temišvar, German: Temeswar or Temeschwar).
Temes county was located in the Banat region. It shared borders with the Kingdom of Serbia and the Hungarian counties of Torontál, Arad and Krassó-Szörény. The river Danube formed its southern border, and the river Maros its northern border. The river Temes flowed through the county. Its area in 1910 was 7,433 km².