The judeţe (translated in English as "counties") are administrative units of Romania. As of 2008, Romania is divided into 41 counties and one municipality. [edit] History  The 71 counties of Romania between 1927 and 1938 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 central 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". There were 71 judeţe between 1927 and 1938. In 1938, King Carol II modified the Constitution, and after that the law of administration of the Romanian territory. It resulted 10 "ţinuturi" (approx. translation: "lands"), ruled by "Rezidenţi Regali" (approx. translation "Royal Residents"), 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. 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"). NUTS in 1990's. [edit] Current list County
| County seat
| Development region
| Code
[note 1]
| Postal code
[note 2][1]
| Area code
[note 3][2]
| NUTS
code[3]
| Population
(2006)[4]
| Area
(km2)
| Map
| Alba
 | Alba Iulia
 | Center | AB | 51 | 58 | RO121 | 378,614 | 6,242 |  | Arad
 | Arad
 | West | AR | 31 | 57 | RO421 | 458,487 | 7,754 |  | Argeş
 | Piteşti
 | South-Muntenia | AG | 11 | 48 | RO311 | 644,590 | 6,862 |  | Bacău
 | Bacău
 | North-East | BC | 60 | 34 | RO211 | 721,411 | 6,621 |  | Bihor
 | Oradea
 | North-West | BH | 41 | 66 | RO111 | 594,982 | 7,544 |  | Bistriţa-Năsăud
 | Bistriţa
 | North-West | BN | 42 | 63 | RO112 | 317,685 | 5,355 |  | Botoşani
 | Botoşani
 | North-East | BT | 71 | 31 | RO212 | 456,765 | 4,986 |  | Braşov
 | Braşov
 | Center | BV | 50 | 68 | RO122 | 595,758 | 5,363 |  | Brăila
 | Brăila
 | South-East | BR | 81 | 39 | RO221 | 367,661 | 4,766 |  | Bucureşti
 | (Municipality of Bucharest) | Bucharest-Ilfov | B | 01–06 | 1x | RO321 | 1,931,236 | 228 |  | Buzău
 | Buzău
 | South-East | BZ | 12 | 38 | RO222 | 490,981 | 6,103 |  | Caraş-Severin
 | Reşiţa
 | West | CS | 32 | 55 | RO422 | 330,517 | 8,514 |  | Călăraşi
 | Călăraşi
 | South-Muntenia | CL | 91 | 42 | RO312 | 316,294 | 5,088 |  | Cluj
 | Cluj-Napoca
 | North-West | CJ | 40 | 64 | RO113 | 689,523 | 6,674 |  | Constanţa
 | Constanţa
 | South-East | CT | 90 | 41 | RO223 | 716,576 | 7,071 |  | Covasna
 | Sfântu Gheorghe
 | Center | CV | 52 | 67 | RO123 | 223,750 | 3,710 |  | Dâmboviţa
 | Târgovişte
 | South-Muntenia | DB | 13 | 45 | RO313 | 535,087 | 4,054 |  | Dolj
 | Craiova
 | South-West Oltenia | DJ | 20 | 51 | RO411 | 715,989 | 7,414 |  | Galaţi
 | Galaţi
 | South-East | GL | 80 | 36 | RO224 | 617,979 | 4,466 |  | Giurgiu
 | Giurgiu
 | South-Muntenia | GR | 08 | 46 | RO314 | 284,501 | 3,526 |  | Gorj
 | Târgu Jiu
 | South-West Oltenia | GJ | 21 | 53 | RO412 | 383,557 | 5,602 |  | Harghita
 | Miercurea Ciuc
 | Center | HR | 53 | 66 | RO124 | 326,347 | 6,639 |  | Hunedoara
 | Deva
 | West | HD | 33 | 54 | RO423 | 477,259 | 7,063 |  | Ialomiţa
 | Slobozia
 | South-Muntenia | IL | 92 | 43 | RO315 | 291,178 | 4,453 |  | Iaşi
 | Iaşi
 | North-East | IS | 70 | 32 | RO213 | 824,083 | 5,476 |  | Ilfov
 | Buftea
 | Bucharest-Ilfov | IF | 07 | 1x | RO322 | 288,296 | 1,583 |  | Maramureş
 | Baia Mare
 | North-West | MM | 43 | 62 | RO114 | 515,313 | 6,304 |  | Mehedinţi
 | Drobeta-Turnu Severin
 | South-West Oltenia | MH | 22 | 52 | RO413 | 301,515 | 4,933 |  | Mureş
 | Târgu Mureş
 | Center | MS | 54 | 65 | RO125 | 583,210 | 6,714 |  | Neamţ
 | Piatra Neamţ
 | North-East | NT | 61 | 33 | RO214 | 567,908 | 5,896 |  | Olt
 | Slatina
 | South-West Oltenia | OT | 23 | 49 | RO414 | 479,323 | 5,498 |  | Prahova
 | Ploieşti
 | South-Muntenia | PH | 10 | 44 | RO316 | 823,509 | 4,716 |  | Satu Mare
 | Satu Mare
 | North-West | SM | 44 | 61 | RO115 | 367,677 | 4,418 |  | Sălaj
 | Zalău
 | North-West | SJ | 45 | 60 | RO116 | 244,952 | 3,864 |  | Sibiu
 | Sibiu
 | Center | SB | 55 | 69 | RO126 | 423,119 | 5,432 |  | Suceava
 | Suceava
 | North-East | SV | 72 | 30 | RO215 | 705,730 | 8,553 |  | Teleorman
 | Alexandria
 | South-Muntenia | TR | 14 | 47 | RO317 | 417,183 | 5,790 |  | Timiş
 | Timişoara
 | West | TM | 30 | 56 | RO424 | 660,966 | 8,697 |  | Tulcea
 | Tulcea
 | South-East | TL | 82 | 40 | RO225 | 251,614 | 8,499 |  | Vaslui
 | Vaslui
 | North-East | VS | 73 | 35 | RO216 | 456,686 | 5,318 |  | Vâlcea
 | Râmnicu Vâlcea
 | South-West Oltenia | VL | 24 | 50 | RO415 | 413,511 | 5,765 |  | Vrancea
 | Focşani
 | South-East | VN | 62 | 37 | RO226 | 393,023 | 4,857 |  | - ^ These are the usual abbreviations in use and coincide with the license plate ones; they also correspond to the ISO 3166-2:RO codes.
- ^ The postal code format is of the type "xxyzw", where xx indicate the county, while y, z, and w indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address.
- ^ Phone numbers are of the type "+40-abb-ccc-cccc, where 40 is the country code, bb is the area code, and a is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks.
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