Counties of Romania
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The judeţe (translated to English as "counties") are administrative units of Romania.
List of counties
As of 2003, Romania is divided into 41 counties and one municipality, as follows:
| Name | Common Abbrev | Capital |
|---|---|---|
| Alba | AB | Alba Iulia |
| Arad | AR | Arad |
| Argeş | AG | Piteşti |
| Bacău | BC | Bacău |
| Bihor | BH | Oradea |
| Bistriţa-Năsăud | BN | Bistriţa |
| Botoşani | BT | Botoşani |
| Braşov | BV | Braşov |
| Brăila | BR | Brăila |
| Buzău | BZ | Buzău |
| Caraş-Severin | CS | Reşiţa |
| Călăraşi | CL | Călăraşi |
| Cluj | CJ | Cluj-Napoca |
| Constanţa | CT | Constanţa |
| Covasna | CV | Sfântu Gheorghe |
| Dâmboviţa | DB | Târgovişte |
| Dolj | DJ | Craiova |
| Galaţi | GL | Galaţi |
| Gorj | GJ | Târgu Jiu |
| Giurgiu | GR | Giurgiu |
| Harghita | HR | Miercurea Ciuc |
| Hunedoara | HD | Deva |
| Ialomiţa | IL | Slobozia |
| Iaşi | IS | Iaşi |
| Ilfov | IF | Bucureşti |
| Maramureş | MM | Baia Mare |
| Mehedinţi | MH | Drobeta-Turnu Severin |
| Mureş | MS | Târgu Mureş |
| Neamţ | NT | Piatra Neamţ |
| Olt | OT | Slatina |
| Prahova | PH | Ploieşti |
| Satu Mare | SM | Satu Mare |
| Sălaj | SJ | Zalău |
| Sibiu | SB | Sibiu |
| Suceava | SV | Suceava |
| Teleorman | TR | Alexandria |
| Timiş | TM | Timişoara |
| Tulcea | TL | Tulcea |
| Vaslui | VS | Vaslui |
| Vâlcea | VL | Râmnicu Vâlcea |
| Vrancea | VN | Focşani |
| Bucureşti | B | (Bucharest municipality) |
History
The earliest organization into "judeţe" was in the 15th century and each judeţ was ruled by a "jude", a person who had administrative and judicial functions. The modern administrative division into "judeţe" was done during the 19th century using the French departments system as an example: for each judeţ there exists a "prefect", who is the representative of the government to the county and the head of the local administration.
The Communist party changed it to the Russian model (in raions), but it soon reverted to the current system (in 1968). In 1981 the former counties of Ilfov and Ialomiţa were re-organised into the present-day counties of Giurgiu, Călăraşi, Ialomiţa and Ilfov. Until 1995 Ilfov was not a proper county, but instead a dependency of Bucharest.
Historical counties
Merged or renamed
Originally (1927-1938) there were 71 judeţe
- Baia - merged with Neamţ
- Câmpulung - merged with Suceava
- Caraş - merged with Severin to form Caraş-Severin
- Covurlui - renamed to Galaţi
- Ciuc-Trei Scaune - renamed to Covasna
- Dorohoi - merged with Botoşani
- Făgăraş - merged with Braşov
- Fălciu - merged with Vaslui
- Ialomiţa - divided between Ialomiţa and Călăraşi
- Muscel - merged with Argeş
- Odorhei - renamed to Harghita
- Putna - renamed to Vrancea
- Rădăuţi - merged with Suceava
- Râmnicu Sărat - divided between Vrancea, Buzău and Brăila
- Roman - merged with Neamţ
- Romanaţi - merged with Olt
- Severin - merged with Caraş to form Caraş-Severin
- Someş - divided between Maramureş, Cluj, Sălaj and Bistriţa-Năsăud
- Târnava Mică - divided between Braşov, Sibiu and Mureş
- Târnava Mare - divided between Braşov, Sibiu and Mureş
- Tecuci - divided between Galaţi, Bacău and Galaţi
- Timiş-Torontal - renamed to Timiş
- Turda - merged with Alba
- Tutova - merged with Vaslui
Lost during WWII
To Bulgaria
- Caliacra (now Dobrich Province)
- Durostor (now Silistra Province)
To Ukraine
- Cernăuţi
- Cetatea Albă
- part of Hotin
- Ismail
- Strojineţ
To Moldova
- Bălţi
- Cahul
- Orhei
- part of Hotin
- Lăpuşna
- Soroca
- Tighina
In Transnistria occupied during WWII
Nowadays, they are dividied between the Republic of Moldova (in Transnistria) and Ukraine.
- Ananiev
- Balta
- Berezovca
- Dubăsari
- Golta
- Jugastru
- Movilău
- Oceacov
- Odessa
- Ovidiopol
- Râbniţa
- Tiraspol
- Tulcin
See also
- List of Romanian Cities
- Etymological list of counties of Romania
- Commune in Romania
- Municipality in Romania
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