Caraș County

Județul Caraș
County (Județ)

Coat of arms
Country Romania
Historic region Banat
Capital city (Reședință de județ) Oravița
Established 1925
Ceased to exist Administrative reform of 1950
Area
 • Land 4,693 km2 (1,812 sq mi)
Population (1930)
 • Total 200,390
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Caraș County is one of the historic counties of the Banat, Romania. The county seat was Oravița.

In 1938, the county was disestablished and incorporated into the newly formed Ținutul Timiș, but it was re-established in 1940 after the fall of Carol II's regime - only to be abolished 10 years later by the Communist regime.

Geography

Caraș County covered 4,693 km2 and was located in the Banat. Currently, the territory that comprised Baia County is now included at present in the Caraș-Severin County. In the interwar period, the county neighbored Timiș-Torontal County to the north and northwest, Severin County to the east, and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia counties to the south and southwest.

Administrative organization

Administratively, Caraș County was divided into six districts (plăși):

  1. Plasa Bocşa-Montană
  2. Plasa Bozovici
  3. Plasa Moldova-Nouă
  4. Plasa Oravița
  5. Plasa Reșița
  6. Plasa Sasca-Montană

References

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