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href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>At the county level: 41 <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Romania" title="Counties of Romania">counties</a>, and one city with special status (<a href="/wiki/Bucharest" title="Bucharest">Bucharest</a>, the national capital)</li> <li>At the <a href="/wiki/Town" title="Town">town</a> / <a href="/wiki/Communes_of_Romania" title="Communes of Romania">commune</a> level: 103 <a href="/wiki/Municipiu" title="Municipiu">municipalities</a> and 217 other <a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="List of towns in Romania">cities</a> (for urban areas), and 2,861 <a href="/wiki/Commune_in_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Commune in Romania">communes</a> (for rural areas).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Municipality <i>(municipiu)</i> status is accorded to larger towns, but it does not give their administrations any greater powers.</li></ul> <p>Below communal or town level, there are no further formal administrative subdivisions. However, <a href="/wiki/Communes_of_Romania" title="Communes of Romania">communes</a> are divided into <a href="/wiki/Villages" class="mw-redirect" title="Villages">villages</a> (which have no administration of their own). There are 12,957 <a href="/wiki/Villages" class="mw-redirect" title="Villages">villages</a> in Romania. The only exception is <a href="/wiki/Bucharest" title="Bucharest">Bucharest</a>, which has six <a href="/wiki/Sectors_of_Bucharest" title="Sectors of Bucharest">sectors</a>, each with an administration of its own. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historic">Historic</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Administrative_divisions_of_Romania&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Historic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Historical_administrative_divisions_of_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Historical administrative divisions of Romania">Historical administrative divisions of Romania</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RomaniaBorderHistoryAnnimation_1859-2010.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/RomaniaBorderHistoryAnnimation_1859-2010.gif/300px-RomaniaBorderHistoryAnnimation_1859-2010.gif" decoding="async" width="300" height="258" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/RomaniaBorderHistoryAnnimation_1859-2010.gif/450px-RomaniaBorderHistoryAnnimation_1859-2010.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/RomaniaBorderHistoryAnnimation_1859-2010.gif/600px-RomaniaBorderHistoryAnnimation_1859-2010.gif 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="861" /></a><figcaption>Territorial evolution of Romania, 1859-present (animated map).</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tara_Romaneasca_judete_1601-1718.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Tara_Romaneasca_judete_1601-1718.svg/300px-Tara_Romaneasca_judete_1601-1718.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Tara_Romaneasca_judete_1601-1718.svg/450px-Tara_Romaneasca_judete_1601-1718.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Tara_Romaneasca_judete_1601-1718.svg/600px-Tara_Romaneasca_judete_1601-1718.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2110" data-file-height="1100" /></a><figcaption>Divisions of Wallachia, 1601-1718</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Moldova_judete_1601-1718.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Moldova_judete_1601-1718.jpg/300px-Moldova_judete_1601-1718.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Moldova_judete_1601-1718.jpg/450px-Moldova_judete_1601-1718.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Moldova_judete_1601-1718.jpg/600px-Moldova_judete_1601-1718.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1570" data-file-height="1154" /></a><figcaption>Divisions of Moldavia, 1601-1718</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Transylvanian_Principality.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Transylvanian_Principality.svg/300px-Transylvanian_Principality.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Transylvanian_Principality.svg/450px-Transylvanian_Principality.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Transylvanian_Principality.svg/600px-Transylvanian_Principality.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1900" /></a><figcaption>Divisions of Transylvania, 1606-1660</figcaption></figure> <p>The earliest organization into <i><a href="/wiki/Jude%C8%9B" title="Județ">județe</a></i> of the Principalities of <a href="/wiki/Wallachia" title="Wallachia">Wallachia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> respectively <i>ținuturi</i> of <a href="/wiki/Moldavia" title="Moldavia">Moldavia</a>, dates back at least to the early 15th century. Each <i>județ</i>, respectively <i>ținut</i>, was ruled by a <i>jude</i>, respectively <i>pârcălab</i>, an officially appointed person who had administrative and judicial functions in a manner inspired from the organization of the late <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a>. <a href="/wiki/Transylvania" title="Transylvania">Transylvania</a>, when it was part of the historic <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hungary" title="Kingdom of Hungary">Kingdom of Hungary</a> (in the Middle Ages), an <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Transylvania_(1571%E2%80%931711)" class="mw-redirect" title="Principality of Transylvania (1571–1711)">independent Principality</a> or a <a href="/wiki/Habsburg_monarchy" title="Habsburg monarchy">Habsburg</a> domain (in the modern era until World War I) was divided into <a href="/wiki/Comitatus_(Kingdom_of_Hungary)" class="mw-redirect" title="Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)">royal counties</a> (<a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>: <i>comitatus</i>), headed by <i>comes</i> (royal counts) with administrative and judicial functions. The term <i>județ</i> became used in <a href="/wiki/Romanian_language" title="Romanian language">Romanian universally</a> for all principalities since mid-19th century. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Romania_administrative_divisions,_1864.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Romania_administrative_divisions%2C_1864.svg/300px-Romania_administrative_divisions%2C_1864.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="231" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Romania_administrative_divisions%2C_1864.svg/450px-Romania_administrative_divisions%2C_1864.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Romania_administrative_divisions%2C_1864.svg/600px-Romania_administrative_divisions%2C_1864.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1042" data-file-height="801" /></a><figcaption>Counties of Romania, 1864-1878</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Romania_Judete_Antebelice_(RO).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Romania_Judete_Antebelice_%28RO%29.svg/300px-Romania_Judete_Antebelice_%28RO%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Romania_Judete_Antebelice_%28RO%29.svg/450px-Romania_Judete_Antebelice_%28RO%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Romania_Judete_Antebelice_%28RO%29.svg/600px-Romania_Judete_Antebelice_%28RO%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="2200" /></a><figcaption>Counties of Romania, 1878-1913</figcaption></figure> <p>After modern Romania was formed in 1859 <a href="/wiki/Unification_of_Moldavia_and_Wallachia" title="Unification of Moldavia and Wallachia">through the union of Wallachia and rump Moldavia</a>, and then extended in 1918 through the <a href="/wiki/Union_of_Transylvania_with_Romania" title="Union of Transylvania with Romania">union of Transylvania</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Bukovina" title="Bukovina">Bukovina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bessarabia" title="Bessarabia">Bessarabia</a> (parts of Moldavia temporarily acquired by the Habsburgs, 1775–1918, respectively the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Tsars</a>, 1812–1917), the administrative division was modernized using the French departments system as an example. With the exception of the half of the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Romania">Communist period</a>, this system remained in place. Since 1864, for each <i>județ</i> there exists a <i><a href="/wiki/Prefect_(Romania)" title="Prefect (Romania)">prefect</a></i> (from the Latin <i><a href="/wiki/Praefectus" title="Praefectus">praefectus</a></i>), a subordinate of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Administration_and_Interior_(Romania)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Administration and Interior (Romania)">Ministry of Internal Affairs</a>, who is the representative of the government in the county, and the head of the local administration in the areas not delegated to local authorities.<sup id="cite_ref-Ag_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ag-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until 1948, each <i>județ</i> was further divided into a number of <i>plăși</i> (singular <i>plasă</i>), with each administered by a <i>pretor</i> (from the Latin <i><a href="/wiki/Praetor" title="Praetor">praetor</a></i>), appointed by the <i>prefect</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bz_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bz-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1913, as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Balkan_War" title="Second Balkan War">Second Balkan War</a>, Romania acquired Southern <a href="/wiki/Dobruja" title="Dobruja">Dobruja</a> from <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a>, integrating this historical region within Romania's borders until 1940. In 1923 Romania adopted a new Constitution, and in 1927 it uniformized the traditional administrative systems of Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia with that of the <a href="/wiki/Romanian_Old_Kingdom" title="Romanian Old Kingdom">Romanian Old Kingdom</a>. County borders were kept largely intact, with only a couple minor adjustments, as a total of 71 județe existed between 1927 and 1938. </p><p>In 1938, <a href="/wiki/Carol_II_of_Romania" title="Carol II of Romania">King Carol II</a> modified the <a href="/wiki/Constitution" title="Constitution">Constitution</a>, and after that the law of administration of the Romanian territory. Ten "ținuturi" (approx. translation: "lands") were created, ruled by "Rezidenți Regali" (approx. translation "Royal Residents"), appointed directly by the <a href="/wiki/Monarch" title="Monarch">Monarch</a>. The ținuturi represented another layer of administration between counties and the country; county borders were not erased.<sup id="cite_ref-Ag_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ag-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But, due to World War II, the <a href="/wiki/Second_Vienna_Award" title="Second Vienna Award">Second Vienna Award</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ribbentrop-Molotov_pact" class="mw-redirect" title="Ribbentrop-Molotov pact">Ribbentrop-Molotov pact</a> and the loss of territory that <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a> suffered, this style of administration did not last, the administration at the "județ" level being reintroduced back until the establishment of communism in 1945–1947. </p><p>During World War II, the territory of Romania suffered very significant modifications. In 1940, Soviet Union <a href="/wiki/Soviet_occupation_of_Bessarabia_and_Northern_Bukovina" title="Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina">occupied</a> <a href="/wiki/Bessarabia" title="Bessarabia">Bessarabia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Bukovina" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Bukovina">Northern Bukovina</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hertsa_region" title="Hertsa region">Hertsa region</a> which after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, would become part of <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Moldova" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Moldova">Republic of Moldova</a> and of <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>. Between 1941 and 1944, these territories together with <a href="/wiki/Transnistria" title="Transnistria">Transnistria</a>, were administered by Romania briefly, as the country was governed by a military dictatorship allied with Nazi Germany. <a href="/wiki/Transnistria" title="Transnistria">Transnistria</a> consisted of formerly proper Soviet territory between <a href="/wiki/Dniester" title="Dniester">Dniester</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southern_Bug" title="Southern Bug">Southern Bug</a> rivers. Nowadays, most of it is in <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, with small parts in the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Moldova" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Moldova">Republic of Moldova</a> (current <a href="/wiki/Transnistria" title="Transnistria">Transnistria</a>). This territory was kept under Romanian military occupation, and was not annexed to Romania consisted of a further 13 counties. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Romania_Counties_1930-2008.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Romania_Counties_1930-2008.svg/300px-Romania_Counties_1930-2008.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Romania_Counties_1930-2008.svg/450px-Romania_Counties_1930-2008.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Romania_Counties_1930-2008.svg/600px-Romania_Counties_1930-2008.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1056" data-file-height="784" /></a><figcaption>Current counties imposed over the inter-war counties</figcaption></figure> <p>After the war, the <a href="/wiki/Romanian_Communist_Party" title="Romanian Communist Party">Communist Party</a> took over the administration of the country. In 1950, the party changed the administration model to the Russian model (regions and <a href="/wiki/Raion" title="Raion">raions</a>), but it reverted to the current system in 1968, although county borders were quite different from the interbelic period.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1981 the former counties of Ilfov and Ialomița were re-organised into the present-day counties of Giurgiu, Călărași, Ialomița and Ilfov. The county borders introduced in 1968 are largely in place, but administrative reform during the 1990s has devolved the functions of different authorities in line with transition from a totalitarian communist system to a modern democracy. The only territorial adjustment after 1989 occurred in 1995, when <a href="/wiki/Ilfov_County" title="Ilfov County">Ilfov County</a> was formed. Before that it was a dependency of the Municipality of Bucharest (<i>Sectorul Agricol Ilfov</i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_status">Current status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Administrative_divisions_of_Romania&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Current status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Romania_NUTS_1.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Romania_NUTS_1.svg/300px-Romania_NUTS_1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Romania_NUTS_1.svg/450px-Romania_NUTS_1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Romania_NUTS_1.svg/600px-Romania_NUTS_1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1300" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption>NUTS 1 regions of Romania</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Regiuni_de_dezvoltare.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Regiuni_de_dezvoltare.svg/300px-Regiuni_de_dezvoltare.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Regiuni_de_dezvoltare.svg/450px-Regiuni_de_dezvoltare.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Regiuni_de_dezvoltare.svg/600px-Regiuni_de_dezvoltare.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption>NUTS 2 regions of Romania</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Romanian_license_plate_codes.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Romanian_license_plate_codes.png/300px-Romanian_license_plate_codes.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Romanian_license_plate_codes.png/450px-Romanian_license_plate_codes.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Romanian_license_plate_codes.png/600px-Romanian_license_plate_codes.png 2x" data-file-width="1611" data-file-height="1149" /></a><figcaption>NUTS 3 regions of Romania</figcaption></figure> <p>Eight <a href="/wiki/Development_regions_of_Romania" title="Development regions of Romania">regional divisions</a> (called <i>development regions</i>) were created in 1998 in order to better co-ordinate regional development as Romania progressed towards accession to the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>, and consist of several counties each. These correspond to <a href="/wiki/Nomenclature_of_Territorial_Units_for_Statistics" title="Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics">NUTS II</a>-level divisions in European Union member states, but do not actually have an administrative status and do not have a legislative or executive council or government. As of 2009, <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a> is divided into 41 counties and one municipality which are assigned as <a href="/wiki/NUTS_statistical_regions_of_Romania" title="NUTS statistical regions of Romania">NUTS III-level</a> divisions. Currently, Romania has no NUTS-4 units, the counties being composed directly of <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">cities</a> (some of which with <a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">municipality</a> status) and <a href="/wiki/Communes_of_Romania" title="Communes of Romania">communes</a>. </p><p>As in all modern democracies, the political power in Romania is divided into three independent branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The <i>prefect</i> and his administration have only executive prerogatives. However, the territorial districts of the Romanian judicial system overlap with county borders, thus avoiding further complication.<sup id="cite_ref-Ag_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ag-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time with local elections (of mayors and councilors for the cities and communes), a <i>Consiliu județean</i> (County Council) is elected for each county. From 2008 to 2016 a President of the County Council was also elected by direct vote. Beginning in 2016, the president is (as prior to 2008) elected by a Council. As of now, the legislative powers of county councils are quite reduced, but there are plans for more decentralization. (These plans, however, call for introduction of Regional Councils for the 8 <a href="/wiki/Development_regions_of_Romania" title="Development regions of Romania">development regions</a> of the NUTS-2 level.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Future_developments">Future developments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Administrative_divisions_of_Romania&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Future developments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2010 there have been several proposals for the administrative reorganization of <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a> made by the presidential commission tasked with the analysis of the political and constitutional regime.<sup id="cite_ref-Microsoft_Word_-_RAPORTUL_STANOMIR.doc_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Microsoft_Word_-_RAPORTUL_STANOMIR.doc-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of these recommendations aim for the partial reestablishment of the counties in their pre-1950 form. The counties will be grouped into several regions (9 to 15) based on common historical and economic characteristics (<a href="/wiki/Nomenclature_of_Territorial_Units_for_Statistics" title="Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics">NUTS II level</a>). The regions will be in their turn clustered into 4-6 macroregions (<a href="/wiki/Nomenclature_of_Territorial_Units_for_Statistics" title="Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics">NUTS I level</a>). Furthermore, a <a href="/wiki/Nomenclature_of_Territorial_Units_for_Statistics" title="Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics">NUTS IV</a> level division, called <a href="/wiki/Plas%C4%83" title="Plasă">plasă</a> or canton will probably be added in order to meet the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">EU</a> statistical and administrative requirements.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another proposal, based on 15 autonomous euro-regions (amongst them one ethnic based region with a consistent Hungarian majority made of the existing <a href="/wiki/Mure%C8%99_County" title="Mureș County">Mureș</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harghita_County" title="Harghita County">Harghita</a> and <a href="/wiki/Covasna_County" title="Covasna County">Covasna</a> counties) grouped into 5 statistical macroregions (<a href="/wiki/Nomenclature_of_Territorial_Units_for_Statistics" title="Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics">NUTS I</a>), was made by the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Union_of_Hungarians_in_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania">Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania</a> (UDMR).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nomenclature_of_Territorial_Units_for_Statistics_(NUTS)"><span id="Nomenclature_of_Territorial_Units_for_Statistics_.28NUTS.29"></span>Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Administrative_divisions_of_Romania&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/NUTS_statistical_regions_of_Romania" title="NUTS statistical regions of Romania">NUTS statistical regions of Romania</a></div> <p>For statistical and development purposes, Romania, in the NUTS scheme, is divided into: </p> <ul><li>NUTS I level: 4 macroregions (<i>macroregiune</i> in <a href="/wiki/Romanian_language" title="Romanian language">Romanian</a>), used for appropriation of European development funds</li> <li>NUTS II level: 8 <a href="/wiki/Development_regions_of_Romania" title="Development regions of Romania">development regions</a>, with an average population of 2.8 million inhabitants per region, although not administrative divisions <i>per se</i>, have been used for decades for statistical purposes by the Romanian National Commission of Statistics (NCS). Recently they also exist to co-ordinate regional development and appropriation of European development funds</li> <li>NUTS III level: 41 <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Romania" title="Counties of Romania">counties</a> and one municipality (<a href="/wiki/Bucharest" title="Bucharest">Bucharest</a>, the national capital) reflecting Romania's official administrative-territorial structure</li> <li>LAU I level: not used, as territorial units associations have not been identified yet;</li> <li>LAU II level: 217 <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Cities of Romania">cities</a> and 103 <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipalities of Romania">municipalities</a> (for urban areas), and 2,856 <a href="/wiki/Commune_in_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Commune in Romania">communes</a> (for rural areas)</li></ul> <p>An exception to this structure is the <a href="/wiki/Bucharest" title="Bucharest">Municipality of Bucharest</a>, which is a secondary division (rather than a tertiary division like other municipalities) and is officially divided into six <a href="/wiki/Sectors_of_Bucharest" title="Sectors of Bucharest">sectors</a>, each sector having a local government and council. </p><p>The eight development regions (specific territorial entities without administrative status or legal personality) represent the framework for collecting specific statistical data, according to the European regulations issued by Eurostat for the <a href="/wiki/Nomenclature_of_Territorial_Units_for_Statistics" title="Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics">Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics</a> (NUTS) II territorial level. According to the Emergency Government Ordinance No 75/2001 on the functioning of the National Institute for Statistics, eight Directorates General for regional statistics have been created, and together with the 34 county directorates for statistics, aim at developing regional statistics. Officially, the eight regions are <a href="/wiki/Nord-Est_(development_region)" title="Nord-Est (development region)">Nord-Est</a> (North-East), <a href="/wiki/Sud-Est_(development_region)" title="Sud-Est (development region)">Sud-Est</a> (South-East), <a href="/wiki/Sud_-_Muntenia_(development_region)" title="Sud - Muntenia (development region)">Sud - Muntenia</a> (South - Muntenia), <a href="/wiki/Sud-Vest_(development_region)" title="Sud-Vest (development region)">Sud-Vest Oltenia</a> (South-West Oltenia), <a href="/wiki/Vest_(development_region)" title="Vest (development region)">Vest</a> (West), <a href="/wiki/Nord-Vest_(development_region)" title="Nord-Vest (development region)">Nord-Vest</a> (North-West), <a href="/wiki/Centru_(development_region)" title="Centru (development region)">Centru</a> (Centre), and <a href="/wiki/Bucure%C8%99ti_-_Ilfov_(development_region)" class="mw-redirect" title="București - Ilfov (development region)">București - Ilfov</a> (Bucharest - Ilfov). The criteria used by NCS for delimiting the regions is a combination of geographical location and homogeneity based on population density. Alternative historical names are also used, but remain unofficial. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>no </th> <th>type </th> <th>name </th> <th>area, km<sup>2</sup> </th> <th>population (2021 census)<sup id="cite_ref-INSSER2021_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INSSER2021-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>municipalities </th> <th>other cities </th> <th>communes </th> <th>villages </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>1</b></td> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Nord-Est_(development_region)" title="Nord-Est (development region)">Nord-Est (development region)</a></b></td> <td><b>36,850</b></td> <td>3,226,436</td> <td><b>17</b></td> <td><b>29</b></td> <td><b>506</b></td> <td><b>2,414</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bac%C4%83u_County" title="Bacău County">Bacău County</a></td> <td>6,621</td> <td>601,387</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>85</td> <td>491 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boto%C8%99ani_County" title="Botoșani County">Botoșani County</a></td> <td>4,986</td> <td>392,821</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>71</td> <td>333 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ia%C8%99i_County" title="Iași County">Iași County</a></td> <td>5,476</td> <td>760,774</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>93</td> <td>418 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neam%C8%9B_County" title="Neamț County">Neamț County</a></td> <td>5,896</td> <td>454,203</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>78</td> <td>344 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suceava_County" title="Suceava County">Suceava County</a></td> <td>8,553</td> <td>642,551</td> <td>5</td> <td>11</td> <td>98</td> <td>379 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vaslui_County" title="Vaslui County">Vaslui County</a></td> <td>5,318</td> <td>374,700</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>81</td> <td>449 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>2</b></td> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Sud-Est_(development_region)" title="Sud-Est (development region)">Sud-Est (development region)</a></b></td> <td><b>35,762</b></td> <td>2,367,987</td> <td><b>11</b></td> <td><b>24</b></td> <td><b>355</b></td> <td><b>1,448</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Br%C4%83ila_County" title="Brăila County">Brăila County</a></td> <td>4,766</td> <td>281,452</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>40</td> <td>140 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buz%C4%83u_County" title="Buzău County">Buzău County</a></td> <td>6,103</td> <td>404,979</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>82</td> <td>475 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Constan%C8%9Ba_County" title="Constanța County">Constanța County</a></td> <td>7,071</td> <td>655,997</td> <td>3</td> <td>9</td> <td>58</td> <td>189 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gala%C8%9Bi_County" title="Galați County">Galați County</a></td> <td>4,466</td> <td>496,892</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>61</td> <td>180 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tulcea_County" title="Tulcea County">Tulcea County</a></td> <td>8,499</td> <td>193,355</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>46</td> <td>133 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vrancea_County" title="Vrancea County">Vrancea County</a></td> <td>4,857</td> <td>335,312</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>68</td> <td>331 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>3</b></td> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Sud_(development_region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sud (development region)">Sud - Muntenia</a></b></td> <td><b>34,453</b></td> <td>2,864,339</td> <td><b>16</b></td> <td><b>32</b></td> <td><b>519</b></td> <td><b>2,019</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arge%C8%99_County" title="Argeș County">Argeș County</a></td> <td>6,826</td> <td>569,932</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>95</td> <td>576 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/C%C4%83l%C4%83ra%C8%99i_County" title="Călărași County">Călărași County</a></td> <td>5,088</td> <td>283,458</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>50</td> <td>160 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A2mbovi%C8%9Ba_County" title="Dâmbovița County">Dâmbovița County</a></td> <td>4,054</td> <td>479,404</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>82</td> <td>353 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Giurgiu_County" title="Giurgiu County">Giurgiu County</a></td> <td>3,526</td> <td>262,066</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>51</td> <td>167 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ialomi%C8%9Ba_County" title="Ialomița County">Ialomița County</a></td> <td>4,453</td> <td>250,816</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>59</td> <td>127 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Prahova_County" title="Prahova County">Prahova County</a></td> <td>4,716</td> <td>695,119</td> <td>2</td> <td>12</td> <td>90</td> <td>405 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teleorman_County" title="Teleorman County">Teleorman County</a></td> <td>5,790</td> <td>323,544</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>92</td> <td>231 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>4</b></td> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Sud-Vest_(development_region)" title="Sud-Vest (development region)">Sud-Vest Oltenia</a></b></td> <td><b>29,212</b></td> <td>1,873,607</td> <td><b>11</b></td> <td><b>29</b></td> <td><b>408</b></td> <td><b>2,070</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dolj_County" title="Dolj County">Dolj County</a></td> <td>7,414</td> <td>599,442</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>104</td> <td>378 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gorj_County" title="Gorj County">Gorj County</a></td> <td>5,602</td> <td>314,685</td> <td>2</td> <td>7</td> <td>61</td> <td>411 </td></tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mehedin%C8%9Bi_County" title="Mehedinți County">Mehedinți County</a></td> <td>4,933</td> <td>234,339</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>61</td> <td>344 </td></tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Olt_County" title="Olt County">Olt County</a></td> <td>5,498</td> <td>383,280</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>104</td> <td>377 </td></tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/V%C3%A2lcea_County" title="Vâlcea County">Vâlcea County</a></td> <td>5,765</td> <td>341,861</td> <td>2</td> <td>9</td> <td>78</td> <td>560 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>5</b></td> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Vest_(development_region)" title="Vest (development region)">Vest (development region)</a></b></td> <td><b>32,034</b></td> <td>1,668,921</td> <td><b>12</b></td> <td><b>30</b></td> <td><b>281</b></td> <td><b>1,327</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arad_County" title="Arad County">Arad County</a></td> <td>7,754</td> <td>410,143</td> <td>1</td> <td>9</td> <td>68</td> <td>270 </td></tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cara%C8%99-Severin_County" title="Caraș-Severin County">Caraș-Severin County</a></td> <td>8,520</td> <td>246,588</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>69</td> <td>287 </td></tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hunedoara_County" title="Hunedoara County">Hunedoara County</a></td> <td>7,063</td> <td>361,657</td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>55</td> <td>457 </td></tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Timi%C8%99_County" title="Timiș County">Timiș County</a></td> <td>8,697</td> <td>650,533</td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>89</td> <td>313 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>6</b></td> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Nord-Vest_(development_region)" title="Nord-Vest (development region)">Nord-Vest (development region)</a></b></td> <td><b>34,159</b></td> <td>2,521,793</td> <td><b>15</b></td> <td><b>28</b></td> <td><b>403</b></td> <td><b>1,800</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bihor_County" title="Bihor County">Bihor County</a></td> <td>7,544</td> <td>551,297</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>91</td> <td>430 </td></tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bistri%C8%9Ba-N%C4%83s%C4%83ud_County" title="Bistrița-Năsăud County">Bistrița-Năsăud County</a></td> <td>5,355</td> <td>295,988</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>58</td> <td>235 </td></tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cluj_County" title="Cluj County">Cluj County</a></td> <td>6,674</td> <td>679,141</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>75</td> <td>420 </td></tr> <tr> <td>32</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maramure%C8%99_County" title="Maramureș County">Maramureș County</a></td> <td>6,304</td> <td>452,475</td> <td>2</td> <td>11</td> <td>63</td> <td>214 </td></tr> <tr> <td>33</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Satu_Mare_County" title="Satu Mare County">Satu Mare County</a></td> <td>4,418</td> <td>330,668</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>59</td> <td>220 </td></tr> <tr> <td>34</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/S%C4%83laj_County" title="Sălaj County">Sălaj County</a></td> <td>3,864</td> <td>212,224</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>57</td> <td>281 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>7</b></td> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Centru_(development_region)" title="Centru (development region)">Centru (development region)</a></b></td> <td><b>34,100</b></td> <td>2,271,067</td> <td><b>20</b></td> <td><b>37</b></td> <td><b>357</b></td> <td><b>1,788</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>35</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alba_County" title="Alba County">Alba County</a></td> <td>6,242</td> <td>325,941</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>67</td> <td>656 </td></tr> <tr> <td>36</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bra%C8%99ov_County" title="Brașov County">Brașov County</a></td> <td>5,363</td> <td>546,615</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>48</td> <td>149 </td></tr> <tr> <td>37</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Covasna_County" title="Covasna 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<td><b>32</b></td> <td><b>91</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>41</td> <td>county</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ilfov_County" title="Ilfov County">Ilfov County</a></td> <td>1,583</td> <td>542,704</td> <td>-</td> <td>8</td> <td>32</td> <td>91 </td></tr> <tr> <td>42</td> <td>municipality</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bucharest" title="Bucharest">Bucharest</a></td> <td>238</td> <td>1,716,961</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><b>Total</b></td> <td><b>238,391</b></td> <td><b>19,053,815</b></td> <td><b>103</b></td> <td><b>217</b></td> <td><b>2,861</b></td> <td><b>12,957</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Administrative_divisions_of_Romania&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_Romania" title="Territorial evolution of Romania">Territorial evolution of Romania</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Administrative_divisions_of_Romania&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Law 151/1998 regarding the regional development in Romania was published in "<span title="Romanian-language text"><i lang="ro">Monitorul Oficial</i></span>" on July 16, 1998, being approved by the Romanian Parliament. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030926075121/http://www.mie.ro/Negocieri/English/position_doc/CAP21-DP%20eng.doc">MIE Chapter 21</a></li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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Patru">Macroregiunea 4</a> </th> <td rowspan="3" style="width:130px;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Regiuni_de_dezvoltare.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of the administrative divisions of Romania"><img alt="Map of the administrative divisions of Romania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Regiuni_de_dezvoltare.svg/200px-Regiuni_de_dezvoltare.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Regiuni_de_dezvoltare.svg/300px-Regiuni_de_dezvoltare.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Regiuni_de_dezvoltare.svg/400px-Regiuni_de_dezvoltare.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption>Map of the administrative divisions of Romania</figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <th>NUTS–II<br />(<a href="/wiki/Development_regions_of_Romania" title="Development regions of 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style="text-align:center; background:#75B2DD"><b><a href="/wiki/Sud-Vest_(development_region)" title="Sud-Vest (development region)">Sud-Vest Oltenia</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#FB607F"><b><a href="/wiki/Vest_(development_region)" title="Vest (development region)">Vest</a></b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <th>NUTS–III<br />(<a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Romania" title="Counties of Romania">counties</a>) </th> <td style="background:#ACE1AF;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bihor_County" title="Bihor County">Bihor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bistri%C8%9Ba-N%C4%83s%C4%83ud_County" title="Bistrița-Năsăud County">Bistrița-Năsăud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cluj_County" title="Cluj County">Cluj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maramure%C8%99_County" title="Maramureș County">Maramureș</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satu_Mare_County" title="Satu Mare County">Satu Mare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C4%83laj_County" title="Sălaj County">Sălaj</a></li></ul> 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