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A total of 41 counties (Romanian: județe), along with the municipality of Bucharest, constitute the official administrative divisions of Romania.They represent the country's NUTS-3 (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics – Level 3) statistical subdivisions within the European Union and each of them serves as the local level of government within its borders.
Territorial evolution of Romania, 1859-present (animated map). Divisions of Wallachia, 1601-1718 Divisions of Moldavia, 1601-1718 Divisions of Transylvania, 1606-1660. The earliest organization into județe of the Principalities of Wallachia, [3] respectively ținuturi of Moldavia, dates back at least to the early 15th century.
This is a list of cities and towns in Romania, ordered by population (largest to smallest) according to the 2002, 2011 and 2021 censuses. [1] For the major cities, average elevation is also given. Cities in bold are county capitals.
Here is a list of all local administrative units (localități; sing. localitate), which are the municipalities (municipii; sing. municipiu), cities (orașe; sing. oraș) and communes (comune; sing.
Overview map of EU Countries - NUTS level 1. ROMÂNIA - NUTS level 2 [permanent dead link ] ROMÂNIA - NUTS level 3 [permanent dead link ] Correspondence between the NUTS levels and the national administrative units; List of current NUTS codes. Download current NUTS codes (ODS format) Counties of Romania, Statoids.com
In the Romanian Principalities, the județ was an office with administrative and judicial functions, corresponding to both judge and mayor.The word is etymologically rooted in the Latin "judicium", and is therefore cognate to other administrative institutions like the Sardinian giudicati, or terms like jurisdiction and judge.
Gorj County (Romanian pronunciation: ⓘ) is a county of Romania, in Oltenia, with its capital city at Târgu Jiu. Gorj comes from the Slavic Gor(no)- Jiu (“upper Jiu”), in contrast with Dolj (“lower Jiu”).
Topographic map of Romania. Romania is the largest country in Southeastern Europe and the twelfth-largest in Europe, having an area of 238,397 square kilometres (92,046 sq mi). [169]: 17 It lies between latitudes 43° and 49° N and longitudes 20° and 30° E. The terrain is distributed roughly equally between mountains, hills, and plains.