Szeben County

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Szeben County
Comitatus Cibinensis (Latin)
Szeben vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Hermannstadt (German)
Comitatul Sibiu (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
1876–1920
Szeben coatofarms.jpg
Coat of arms
Szeben varmegye in Hungary.svg
Capital Nagyszeben
Area
  Coordinates 45°48′N24°9′E / 45.800°N 24.150°E / 45.800; 24.150
 
 1910
3,619 km2 (1,397 sq mi)
Population 
 1910
176,900
History 
 Established
1876
4 June 1920
Today part of Romania
Sibiu is the current name of the capital.

Szeben was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (southern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Nagyszeben (present-day Sibiu).

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Geography

Map of Szeben County, 1891. Szeben county map.jpg
Map of Szeben County, 1891.

Szeben County shared borders with Romania and the Hungarian counties Hunyad, Alsó-Fehér, Nagy-Küküllő, and Fogaras. The river Olt flowed through the county. Its area was 3,619 km2 (1,397 sq mi) around 1910.

History

Szeben County was formed in 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed. It included the former Saxon seats of Hermannstadt/Sibiu, Mühlbach/Sebeș, Reussmarkt/Miercurea, and (most of) Nocrich, as well as parts of Alsó-Fehér and Felső-Fehér counties. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon, the county became part of Romania. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties Sibiu and Alba (the area around Sebeș).

Demographics

Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description) Szeben ethnic maps.png
Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description)
Population by mother tongue [a]
CensusTotal Romanian German Hungarian Other or unknown
1880 [1] 141,62790,802 (66.27%)40,723 (29.72%)2,991 (2.18%)2,497 (1.82%)
1890 [2] 148,73898,719 (66.37%)42,497 (28.57%)4,342 (2.92%)3,180 (2.14%)
1900 [3] 166,188108,413 (65.24%)47,678 (28.69%)8,084 (4.86%)2,013 (1.21%)
1910 [4] 176,921113,672 (64.25%)49,757 (28.12%)10,159 (5.74%)3,333 (1.88%)
Population by religion [b]
CensusTotal Eastern Orthodox Lutheran Greek Catholic Roman Catholic Calvinist Other or unknown
1880141,62790,553 (63.94%)33,781 (23.85%)10,853 (7.66%)4,680 (3.30%)1,110 (0.78%)650 (0.47%)
1890148,73888,365 (59.41%)39,065 (26.26%)12,550 (8.44%)6,414 (4.31%)1,586 (1.07%)758 (0.51%)
1900166,18895,380 (57.39%)43,439 (26.14%)14,050 (8.45%)8,747 (5.26%)3,147 (1.89%)1,425 (0.86%)
1910176,92199,952 (56.50%)45,912 (25.95%)16,064 (9.08%)9,503 (5.37%)3,528 (1.99%)1,962 (1.11%)

Subdivisions

Szeben county administrative map.jpg

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Szeben county were:

Districts (járás)
DistrictCapital
  NagydisznódNagydisznód (now Cisnădie)
  NagyszebenNagyszeben (now Sibiu)
  SzászsebesSzászsebes (now Sebeș)
  SzelistyeSzelistye (now Săliște)
  SzerdahelySzerdahely (now Miercurea Sibiului)
  ÚjegyházÚjegyház (now Nocrich)
  Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Nagyszeben (now Sibiu)
Szászsebes (now Sebeș)

Notes

  1. Only linguistic communities > 1% are displayed.
  2. Only religious communities > 1% are displayed.

References

  1. "Az 1881. év elején végrehajtott népszámlálás főbb eredményei megyék és községek szerint rendezve, II. kötet (1882)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  2. "A Magyar Korona országainak helységnévtára (1892)". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  3. "A MAGYAR KORONA ORSZÁGAINAK 1900". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  4. "KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár". Kt.lib.pte.hu. Retrieved 29 September 2021.