Fogaras

Fogaras is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in central Romania (south-eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Făgăraş (Romanian, Fogaras in Hungarian).

Geography

Fogaras county shared borders with Romania and the Hungarian counties Szeben, Nagy-Küküllő and Brassó. The river Olt forms most of its northern border. The ridge of the southern Carpathian Mountains forms its southern border. Its area was 2433 km² around 1910.

History

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 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of Romania. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties Braşov and Sibiu (the westernmost part).

Districts

In the early 20th century, the districts and their capitals were:

• Făgăraş (Hungarian: Fogaras)
• Arpaşu de Jos (Hungarian: Alsóárpás)
• Şercaia (Hungarian: Sárkány)
• Bran, capital Zărneşti (Hungarian: Törcsvár and Zernest)

Urban district:

• Făgăraş (Hungarian: Fogaras)