Severin County
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Județul Severin | |
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County (Județ) | |
 The Prefecture building of Severin County building of the interwar period. | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Country |  Romania |
| Historic region | Banat |
| Capital city (Reședință de județ) | Lugoj |
| Established | 1926 |
| Ceased to exist | Administrative and Constitutional Reform in 1950 |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,422 km2 (2,480 sq mi) |
| Population (1930) | |
• Total | 239,586 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (97/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Severin County was a county (Romanian: județ) in the Kingdom of Romania, in the historical region of the Banat. Its capital was Lugoj. Severin County was established in 1926, disbanded with the administrative reform of 1938, re-created in 1940, and finally disbanded with the administrative reform of 1950.
Severin County covered 6,422 km2 (2,480 sq mi) and was located in the south-western part of Greater Romania, in the eastern part of the Banat. Currently, the territory that comprised Severin County is divided between Timiș, Caraș-Severin, Arad, and Mehedinți counties. In the interwar period, the county neighbored Caraș and Timiș-Torontal counties to the west, Arad County to the north, Hunedoara County to the east, Mehedinți County to the southeast, and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia to the south.
Administrative organization
Administratively, Severin County was originally divided into six districts (plăși): [1]
- Plasa Birchiș, headquartered at Birchiș
- Plasa Caransebeș, headquartered at Caransebeș
- Plasa Făget, headquartered at Făget
- Plasa Lugoj, headquartered at Lugoj
- Plasa Orșova, headquartered at Orșova
- Plasa Teregova, headquartered at Teregova
Subsequently, two more districts were established.
The county had three urban communes (cities): Lugoj (the county's headquarters), Caransebeș, and Orșova.
