Fogaras County

Fogaras was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (south-eastern Transylvania). The county's capital was Fogaras (present-day Făgăraș).

"Fogaras" redirects here. For the Romanian city with this name in Hungarian, see Făgăraș.
Fogaras County
Comitatus Fogarasensis (Latin)
Fogaras vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Fogarasch (German)
Comitatul Făgăraș (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
1876–1920
Coat of arms

CapitalFogaras
Area
 • Coordinates45°51′N 24°58′E
 
• 1910
2,433 km2 (939 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
95,174
History 
• Established
1876
• Treaty of Trianon
June 4 1920
Today part ofRomania
Făgăraș is the current name of the capital.
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