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See also: List of Romanian Counties by Population
| Administrative Divisions of Romania |
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| Regional level (NUTS) |
| Macro-regions (4 NUTS I) |
| Development regions (8 NUTS II) |
| Counties (42 NUTS III) |
| Local level |
| Metropolitan areas (11) |
| Municipalities (103) |
| Cities (211) |
| Communes (2827) |
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The judeţe (translated in English as "counties") are administrative units of Romania.
As of 2008, Romania is divided into 41 counties and one municipality, as follows:
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. Until 1948 each "judeţ" was divided into a number of "plăşi" (singular "plasă"), with each administered by a "pretor" (from the Latin "praetor"), named by the "prefect".
In 1938, King Carol II modified the Constitution, and after that the law of administration of the Romanian territory. It resulted ten "ţinuturi" (approx. translation: "lands"), ruled by "Rezidenţi Regali", appointed directly by the King. Due to World War II, the Second Vienna Award, the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact and the loss of territory that Romania suffered, this style of administration did not last long, the "judeţe" being reintroduced, until the rise of communism, in 1948.
| Name | Alternative Name | Capital |
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| Ţinutul Jiu | Ţinutul Olt | Craiova |
| Ţinutul Argeş | Ţinutul Bucegi | Bucharest |
| Ţinutul Mării | - | Constanţa |
| Ţinutul Dunării | Ţinutul Dunărea de Jos | Galaţi |
| Ţinutul Nistru | - | Chişinău |
| Ţinutul Prut | - | Iaşi |
| Ţinutul Suceava | - | Cernăuţi |
| Ţinutul Mureş | Ţinutul Alba-Iulia | Alba-Iulia |
| Ţinutul Crişuri | Ţinutul Someş | Cluj |
| Ţinutul Timiş | - | Timişoara |
The Communist party changed it to the Russian model (in raions), but it 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 ("Sectorul Agricol Ilfov").
Originally (1927-1938) there were 71 judeţe
Nowadays, they are dividied between the Republic of Moldova (in Transnistria) and Ukraine.
| Counties of Romania | |
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| Alba • Arad • Argeş • Bacău • Bihor • Bistriţa-Năsăud • Botoşani • Braşov • Brăila • Buzău • Caraş-Severin • Călăraşi • Cluj • Constanţa • Covasna • Dâmboviţa • Dolj • Galaţi • Giurgiu • Gorj • Harghita • Hunedoara • Ialomiţa • Iaşi • Ilfov • Maramureş • Mehedinţi • Mureş • Neamţ • Olt • Prahova • Satu Mare • Sălaj • Sibiu • Suceava • Teleorman • Timiş • Tulcea • Vaslui • Vâlcea • Vrancea |
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