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Caraş-Severin County

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Facts

Development region: Sud-Vest

Historic region: Transylvania

Capital city: Reşiţa

Population:
• As of 2002:
• Population density: 333,219
39/km²

Area: 8,514 km²

Codes:
• Car numbers
• ISO 3166-2:RO CS
RO-CS

Telephone code: (+40) x55 ⁽¹⁾

Web: County Council
Prefecture

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Caraş-Severin (IPA: ['ka.raʃ se.ve.'rin]; Serbian and Croatian: Karaš-Severin/Караш Северин, Hungarian: Krassó-Szörény, Bulgarian: Караш-Северин) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in historical region Banat, with the capital city at Reşiţa.

1 Neighbours
2 Demographics
3 Geography
4 Economy
5 Tourism
6 Administration
7 Administrative divisions
8 References

[edit] Neighbours

Hunedoara County and Gorj County to the east.
Timiş County to the north.
Mehedinţi County to the southeast.
Serbia to the southwest:
- Vojvodina Autonomous Province to the west - South Banat okrug.
- Bor District and Braničevo District to the south.

[edit] Demographics

The county has a population of 333,219 people. The county is also part of the Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa euroregion.

In 2002, it had a population of 333,219 and the population density was 39/km².

The majority of the population are Romanians. There are also Hungarians, Germans, Serbs, Krashovans, Bulgarians and Rromas.<ref>National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia după etnie"</ref>

Year	County population<ref>National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992 şi 2002"</ref>
1948	302,254
1956	327,787
1966	358,726
1977	385,577
1992	376,347
2002	333,219

[edit] Geography

It is the third-largest Romanian county, at 8,514 km², after Suceava and Timiş. The Danube River enters Romania in Caraş-Severin.

The mountains make up to 67% of the county's surface. They are part of the Southern Carpathians and there are three groups: the Banat Mountains, the Ţarcu-Godeanu Mountains and the Cernei Mountains, with heights between 600 and 2100 m. The western side of the county consists of the transition hills between the mountains and the Banat Plain.

The Danube enters Romania close to Baziaş and forms the border with Serbia. Also the rivers Timiş, Cerna, Caraş and Nera cross the county, some of them through spectacular valleys and gorges.

[edit] Economy

In 1718 it was included by the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria in the province also named Banat. The area received considerable attention for the vast and rich mines that pocked the countryside, turning this undeveloped area into a major mining center. In 1855, the entire Banat area, and therefore the supply of mineral deposits and timber, were transferred from the Austrian Treasury to an Austrian and French mining and railroad company named STEG. STEG introduced the Oraviţa-Baziaş line to the area, the first railroad in Romania.

After World War I, STEG, Banat and most other Austro-Hungarian properties were disbanded and the area was taken over by a company named UDR. When the Soviets arrived in 1949, it brought enormous upheaval to the area, leading the newly communist state to declare the nationalization of the industries and specifically the Sovietization of UDR. Currently, the industries are slowly coming to terms with the independence granted them in 1989 with the resignation of Nicolae Ceauşescu.

[edit] Tourism

Recent archaeological discoveries show that the area has been populated since at least the Paleolithic era. The county capital Reşiţa was founded in 1771 and became a modern industrial center during the Austrian occupation. The county is populated with many museums including The County Museum of History, host to important archaeological exhibits of mining and metallurgy, and the Constantin Gruiescu Mineralogical Collection in the town of Ocna de Fier. The county is also the host to regional daffodil and lilac festivals in the Spring. Other sites worth visiting are:

The Cheile Nerei - Beuşinta National Park
The Semenic - Cheile Caraşului National Park
The Domogled - Valea Cernei National Parck
The Danube Iron Gate National Park
The Semenic resort
The Băile Herculane resort.

[edit] Administration

[edit] Administrative divisions

The county has 2 municipalities, 6 towns and 69 communes.

[edit] Municipalities

[edit] Towns

[edit] Communes

[edit] Villages

Agadici

[edit] References

	Counties of Romania
Alba \| Arad \| Argeş \| Bacău \| Bihor \| Bistriţa-Năsăud \| Botoşani \| Braşov \| Brăila \| Buzău \| Caraş-Severin \| Călăraşi \| Cluj \| Constanţa \| Covasna \| Dâmboviţa \| Dolj \| Galaţi \| Giurgiu \| Gorj \| Harghita \| Hunedoara \| Ialomiţa \| Iaşi \| Ilfov \| Maramureş \| Mehedinţi \| Mureş \| Neamţ \| Olt \| Prahova \| Satu Mare \| Sălaj \| Sibiu \| Suceava \| Teleorman \| Timiş \| Tulcea \| Vaslui \| Vâlcea \| Vrancea