Caraș-Severin County

Caraş-Severin
Caraş-Severin
County (Judeţ)
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 45°07′39″N 22°02′04″E / 45.1274°N 22.0345°E
Country	Romania
Development region1	Vest
Historic region	mostly Banat, few villages in Transylvania
Capital city (Resedinţă de judeţ)	Reşiţa
Government
• Type	County Board
• President of the County Board	Iosif Secăşan
• Prefect2	Ioan Anton Paulescu
Area
• Total	8,514 km2 (3,287 sq mi)
Population (2002)
• Total	333,219
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	32wxyz3
Area code	+40 x554
Car Plates	CS5
GDP	US$ 2.73 billion (2008)
GDP/capita	US$ 8,205 (2008)
Website	County Board; County Prefecture

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

Demographics[change | change source]

In 2002, about 332,000 people lived in Caraş-Severin County.

Year	County population^[1]
1948	302,254
1956	327,787
1966	358,726
1977	385,577
1992	376,347
2002	333,219

Geography[change | change source]

Caraş-Severin County has an area of 8,514 km². It is the third biggest county in Romania, after Timiş and Suceava counties. The Danube enters Romania in Caraş-Severin County.