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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
Coat of arms of Szeben
Coat of arms

CapitalNagyszeben
Area
 • Coordinates45°48′N 24°9′E / 45.800°N 24.150°E / 45.800; 24.150
 
• 1910
3,619 km2 (1,397 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
176900
History 
• Established
1876
4 June 1920
Today part ofRomania
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).

Geography

Map of Szeben County in the Kingdom of Hungary
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)
Population by mother tongue[a]
Census Total Romanian German Hungarian Other or unknown
1880[1] 141,627 90,802 (66.27%) 40,723 (29.72%) 2,991 (2.18%) 2,497 (1.82%)
1890[2] 148,738 98,719 (66.37%) 42,497 (28.57%) 4,342 (2.92%) 3,180 (2.14%)
1900[3] 166,188 108,413 (65.24%) 47,678 (28.69%) 8,084 (4.86%) 2,013 (1.21%)
1910[4] 176,921 113,672 (64.25%) 49,757 (28.12%) 10,159 (5.74%) 3,333 (1.88%)
Population by religion[b]
Census Total Eastern Orthodox Lutheran Greek Catholic Roman Catholic Calvinist Other or unknown
1880 141,627 90,553 (63.94%) 33,781 (23.85%) 10,853 (7.66%) 4,680 (3.30%) 1,110 (0.78%) 650 (0.47%)
1890 148,738 88,365 (59.41%) 39,065 (26.26%) 12,550 (8.44%) 6,414 (4.31%) 1,586 (1.07%) 758 (0.51%)
1900 166,188 95,380 (57.39%) 43,439 (26.14%) 14,050 (8.45%) 8,747 (5.26%) 3,147 (1.89%) 1,425 (0.86%)
1910 176,921 99,952 (56.50%) 45,912 (25.95%) 16,064 (9.08%) 9,503 (5.37%) 3,528 (1.99%) 1,962 (1.11%)

Subdivisions

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

Districts (járás)
District Capital
  Nagydisznód Nagydisznód (now Cisnădie)
  Nagyszeben Nagyszeben (now Sibiu)
  Szászsebes Szászsebes (now Sebeș)
  Szelistye Szelistye (now Săliște)
  Szerdahely Szerdahely (now Miercurea Sibiului)
  Újegyház Újegyház (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.
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