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{{Infobox Former Subdivision
|native_name =
|conventional_long_name = Temes County
|common_name = Temes
|subdivision = [[Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)|County]]
|nation = the [[Kingdom of Hungary]]
|p1 =
|s1 =
|year_start = 12th century
|event_end = Treaty of Trianon
|year_end = 1920
|date_end = June 4
|image_coat = Temes coatofarms.jpg
|image_map = Temes.png
|capital = Temesvár
|stat_area1 = 7433
|stat_pop1 = 500800
|stat_year1 = 1910
|today = [[Romania]], [[Serbia]]
|footnotes = [[Timişoara]] is the current name of the capital.
}}
'''Temes''' ([[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]: ''Temes'', [[Romanian language|Romanian]]: ''Timiş'', [[Serbian language|Serbian]]: ''Tamiš'' or ''Тамиш'') is the name of an administrative county ([[Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)|comitatus]]) of the historic [[Kingdom of Hungary]]. Its territory is currently in south-western [[Romania]] and northern [[Serbia]] (eastern [[Vojvodina]]). The capital of the county was [[Timişoara]] ([[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]: Temesvár, [[Serbian language|Serbian]]: Temišvar).
==Geography==
Temes county was located in the [[Banat]] region. It shared borders with the [[Kingdom of Serbia]] and the Hungarian counties of [[Torontál]], [[Arad (Hungarian county)|Arad]] and [[Krassó-Szörény]]. The river [[Danube]] formed its southern border, and the river [[Mureş River|Mureş]] (Hungarian: Maros, Serbian: Moriš) its northern border. The river [[Timiş River|Timiş]] flowed through the county. Its area in 1910 was 7,433 [[square kilometer|km²]].
==History==
Temes County was formed in the 11th century. The county was taken by the [[Ottoman Empire]] in the 16th century, and was included into the Ottoman [[Temeşvar Province, Ottoman Empire|Province of Temeşvar]]. After the [[Banat]] was captured by the [[Habsburg Monarchy|Habsburgs]] in 1718, the area of the county was included into the [[Banat of Temeswar]], a separate Habsburg province. This province was abolished in 1778, and the area of the county was incorporated into Habsburg [[Kingdom of Hungary]].
Between 1849 and 1860 the area of the county was part of [[Voivodship of Serbia and Tamiš Banat]], a separate [[Austrian Empire|Austrian]] crown land. Temes County was re-established in the 1860s, when the area was incorporated into the [[Kingdom of Hungary]].
In 1918, the county first became part of the newly formed [[Banat Republic]], and then was divided between [[Romania]] and the also newly formed [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]], which was confirmed by the [[Treaty of Trianon]] of 1920. A majority of the county was assigned to Romania, while the south-western third was assigned to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed to [[Yugoslavia]] in 1929).
The Yugoslav part of the pre-1918 Temes County (the southern [[Banat]] region) is currently part of the [[Serbia]]n autonomous region of [[Vojvodina]]. The Romanian part is now part of [[Timiş County]], except a 10 km wide strip along the [[Mureş River]], which is in the [[Romania]]n [[Arad County, Romania|Arad County]].
==Demographics==
According to the census of 1910, the county had 500,835 inhabitants.
Population by language (1910 census):
*Romanian = 169,030 (33.75%)
*German = 165,883 (33.12%)
*Hungarian = 79,960 (15.97%)
*Serbian = 69,905 (13.96%)
*Slovak = 3,080
==Subdivisions==
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Temes county were:
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|Districts (''járás'')
|-
! District!! Capital
|-
|Buziasfürdő||Buziasfürdő ([[Romanian language|Romanian]]: [[Buziaş]])
|-
|Csák||Csák ([[Romanian language|Romanian]]: [[Ciacova]])
|-
|Detta||Detta ([[Romanian language|Romanian]]: [[Deta]])
|-
|Fehértemplom||Fehértemplom ([[Serbian language|Serbian]]: [[Bela Crkva (Vojvodina)|Bela Crkva]])
|-
|Kevevára||Kevevára ([[Serbian language|Serbian]]: [[Kovin]])
|-
|Központ||Temesvár ([[Romanian language|Romanian]]: [[Timişoara]])
|-
|Lippa||Lippa ([[Romanian language|Romanian]]: [[Lipova]])
|-
|Temesrékas||Temesrékas ([[Romanian language|Romanian]]: [[Recaş]])
|-
|Újarad||Újarad ([[Romanian language|Romanian]]: [[Arad, Romania|Aradu Nou]])
|-
|Versec||Versec ([[Serbian language|Serbian]]: [[Vršac]])
|-
|Vinga||Vinga ([[Romanian language|Romanian]]: [[Vinga]])
|-
!colspan=2|Urban counties (''törvényhatósági jogú város'')
|-
|colspan=2|Temesvár ([[Romanian language|Romanian]]: [[Timişoara]])
|-
|colspan=2|Versec ([[Serbian language|Serbian]]: [[Vršac]])
|-
!colspan=2|Urban districts (''rendezett tanácsú város'')
|-
|colspan=2|Fehértemplom ([[Serbian language|Serbian]]: [[Bela Crkva (Vojvodina)|Bela Crkva]])
|-
|}
The towns of [[Vršac]], [[Bela Crkva (Vojvodina)|Bela Crkva]], and [[Kovin]] are currently in [[Serbia]]; the other towns mentioned are currently in [[Romania]].
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[[Category:Counties in the Kingdom of Hungary]]
[[Category:History of Serbia]]
[[Category:History of Vojvodina]]
[[Category:Banat]]
[[Category:History of Romania]]
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[[hu:Temes vármegye]]
[[ro:Comitatul Timiş]]