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{{short description|County of the Kingdom of Hungary}}
{{redirect|Fogaras|the [[Romania]]n city with this name in Hungarian|Făgăraș}}
{{Refimprove|date=June 2012}}
{{Infobox Former Subdivision
|native_name            = {{line-height|1.1em|{{native name|la|Comitatus Fogarasensis}}<br/>{{native name|hu|Fogaras vármegye}}<br/>{{native name|de|Komitat Fogarasch}}<br/>{{native name|ro|Comitatul Făgăraș}} }}
|conventional_long_name = Fogaras County
|common_name            = Fogaras
|subdivision            = [[Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)|County]]
|nation                 = the [[Kingdom of Hungary]]
|p1                     =
|s1                     = 
|year_start             = 1876
|event_end              = [[Treaty of Trianon]]
|year_end               = 1920
|date_end               = June 4
|image_coat             = Coa_Hungary_County_Fogaras_(history).svg
|image_map              = Fogaras vármegye Magyarországon.svg
|capital                = [[Făgăraș|Fogaras]]
|coordinates            = {{Coord|45|51|N|24|58|E|display=inline,title}}
|stat_area1             = 2433
|stat_pop1              = 95174
|stat_year1             = 1910
|today                  = [[Romania]]
|footnotes              = [[Făgăraș]] is the current name of the capital.
}}
'''Fogaras''' was an administrative county ([[Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)|comitatus]]) of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]]. Its territory is now in central [[Romania]] (south-eastern [[Transylvania]]). The county's capital was [[Făgăraș|Fogaras]] (present-day [[Făgăraș]]).

==Geography==
[[Image:Fogaras_county_map.jpg|thumb|left|alt=''Map of Fogaras county in the Kingdom of Hungary|Map of Fogaras, 1891.]]
Fogaras county shared borders with Romania and the Hungarian counties [[Szeben County|Szeben]], [[Nagy-Küküllő County|Nagy-Küküllő]] and [[Brassó County|Brassó]]. The river [[Olt (river)|Olt]] formed most of its northern border. The ridge of the southern [[Carpathian Mountains]] forms its southern border. Its area was {{cvt|2433|km2}} around 1910.

==History==
The Fogaras region was an administrative territorial entity 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;  [[Făgăraș County]] was created, with an identical territory. The territory lies in the present Romanian counties [[Brașov County|Brașov]] and [[Sibiu County|Sibiu]] (the westernmost part).

==Demographics==

[[File:Fogaras ethnic map.png|thumb|right|200 px|Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description)]]

{| class="wikitable" 
|+ Population by [[First language|mother tongue]]{{efn|Only linguistic communities > 1% are displayed.}}
! Census !! Total !! [[Romanian language|Romanian]] !! [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] !! [[German language|German]] !! Other or unknown
|-
! 1880<ref>{{cite web|url=https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/NEDA_1881_02/?pg=103&layout=s |title=Az 1881. év elején végrehajtott népszámlálás főbb eredményei megyék és községek szerint rendezve, II. kötet (1882) |publisher=library.hungaricana.hu |access-date=2021-09-28}}</ref>
| 84,571 || 75,050 ''(90.92%)'' || 2,694 ''(3.26%)'' || 3,850 ''(4.66%)'' || 948 ''(1.15%)''
|-
! 1890<ref>{{cite web|url=https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/NEDA_1892_helysegnevtar/?pg=199&layout=s |title=A Magyar Korona országainak helységnévtára (1892) |publisher=library.hungaricana.hu |access-date=2021-09-29}}</ref>
| 88,217 || 78,725 ''(89.24%)'' || 4,082 ''(4.63%)'' || 4,009 ''(4.54%)'' || 1,401 ''(1.59%)''
|-
! 1900<ref>{{cite web|url=https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/NEDA_1900_01/?pg=445&layout=s |title=A MAGYAR KORONA ORSZÁGAINAK 1900 |publisher=library.hungaricana.hu |access-date=2021-09-29}}</ref>
| 92,801 || 83,445 ''(89.92%)'' || 5,159 ''(5.56%)'' || 3,627 ''(3.91%)'' || 570 ''(0.61%)''
|-
! 1910<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kt.lib.pte.hu/cgi-bin/kt.cgi?konyvtar/kt06042201/0_0_4_pg_390.html |title=KlimoTheca :: Könyvtár |publisher=Kt.lib.pte.hu |access-date=2021-09-29}}</ref>
| 95,174 || 84,436 ''(88.72%)'' || 6,466 ''(6.79%)'' || 3,236 ''(3.40%)'' || 1,036 ''(1.09%)''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" 
|+ Population by [[religion]]{{efn|Only religious communities > 1% are displayed.}}
! Census !! Total !! [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] !! [[Eastern_Catholic_Churches|Greek Catholic]] !! [[Latin_Church|Roman Catholic]] !! [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] !! [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] !! [[Judaism|Jewish]] !! Other or unknown
|-
! 1880
| 84,571 || 54,900 ''(64.92%)'' || 22,787 ''(26.94%)'' || 2,194 ''(2.59%)'' || 2,449 ''(2.90%)'' || 1,335 ''(1.58%)'' || 675 ''(0.80%)'' || 231 ''(0.27%)''
|-
! 1890
| 88,217 || 56,943 ''(64.55%)'' || 23,142 ''(26.23%)'' || 2,466 ''(2.80%)'' || 2,625 ''(2.98%)'' || 1,801 ''(2.04%)'' || 866 ''(0.98%)'' || 374 ''(0.42%)''
|-
! 1900
| 92,801 || 60,220 ''(64.89%)'' || 23,850 ''(25.70%)'' || 2,454 ''(2.64%)'' || 2,737 ''(2.95%)'' || 2,225 ''(2.40%)'' || 873 ''(0.94%)'' || 442 ''(0.48%)''
|-
! 1910
| 95,174 || 61,881 ''(65.02%)'' || 23,651 ''(24.85%)'' || 3,024 ''(3.18%)'' || 2,768 ''(2.91%)'' || 2,441 ''(2.56%)'' || 905 ''(0.95%)'' || 504 ''(0.53%)''
|-
|}

==Subdivisions==
[[File:Fogaras county administrative map.jpg|right|345px]]
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Fogaras county were:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=2|Districts (''járás'')
|-
! District!! Capital
|-
|{{color box|#FFFACD}} Alsóárpás||Alsóárpás (now [[Arpașu de Jos]])
|-
|{{color box|#FFC0CB}} Fogaras||Fogaras (now [[Făgăraș]])
|-
|{{color box|#A4DDED}} Sárkány||Sárkány (now [[Șercaia]])
|-
|{{color box|#E1A95F}} Törcsvár||Zernest (now [[Zărnești]])
|-
!colspan=2|Urban districts (''rendezett tanácsú város'')
|-
|colspan=2|Fogaras (now [[Făgăraș]])
|}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
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{{HUCountiesto1918}}

[[Category:Counties of the Kingdom of Hungary in Transylvania]]