Historical Administrative Divisions of Romania - Interwar Romania

Interwar Romania

Between 1918 and 1925 the specifics of the administrative organization in the new territories were kept. It consisted of about 76 counties or parts of counties. In 1923 Romania adopted a new Constitution, and it unified the traditional administrative systems of Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia with that of the Romanian Old Kingdom. County borders were kept largely intact, with only a couple minor adjustments. As a result of the 1925 administrative unification law, the territory was divided into 71 counties, 489 districts (plăşi) and 8,879 communes.

Some of the 71 judeţe still exist today, a number were lost during World War II, and some became defunct. The latter ones are:

  • Baia County – divided between Neamţ, Suceava and Iaşi
  • Caraş County – merged with Severin to form Caraş-Severin
  • Câmpulung County – merged with Suceava
  • Ciuc County – merged with Odorhei and renamed to Harghita
  • Covurlui County – merged into Galaţi
  • Dorohoi County – merged with Botoşani
  • Făgăraş County – divided between Braşov and Sibiu
  • Fălciu County – merged with Vaslui
  • Ialomiţa County – divided between Ialomiţa and Călăraşi
  • Muscel County – merged with Argeş
  • Odorhei County – merged with Ciuc and renamed to Harghita
  • Putna County – renamed to Vrancea
  • Rădăuţi County – merged with Suceava
  • Râmnicu Sărat County – divided between Vrancea, Buzău and Brăila
  • Roman County – merged with Neamţ
  • Romanaţi County – divided between Dolj and Olt
  • Severin County – merged with Caraş to form Caraş-Severin
  • Someş County – divided between Maramureş, Cluj, Sălaj and Bistriţa-Năsăud
  • Târnava Mică County – divided between Alba, Sibiu and Mureş
  • Târnava Mare County – divided between Braşov, Sibiu and Mureş
  • Tecuci County – divided between Galaţi, Bacău and Vaslui
  • Timiş-Torontal County – renamed to Timiş
  • Trei Scaune County – renamed to Covasna
  • Turda County – divided between Cluj and Alba
  • Tutova County – merged with Vaslui
  • Vlaşca County – renamed to Giurgiu

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