A județ ( pronounced [ʒuˈdets] , plural județe [ʒuˈdetse] ) is an administrative division in Romania , and was also used from 1940 to 1947 in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic and from 1998 to 2003 in Moldova .
12-591: Bacău County ( Romanian pronunciation: [baˈkəw] ) is a county ( județ ) of Romania , in Western Moldavia , with its capital city at Bacău . It has one commune, Ghimeș-Făget , in Transylvania . This county has a total area of 6,621 km (2,556 sq mi). In the western part of the county there are mountains from the Eastern Carpathian group. Here, along
24-487: A religious point of view, the urban population consisted of 64.9% Eastern Orthodox, 24.4% Jewish, 9.3% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities. Jude%C8%9B There are 41 județe in Romania, divided into municipii (municipalities), orașe (cities) and comune (communes). Each județ has a county seat ( reședință de județ ) which serves as its administrative capital; this designation usually belongs to
36-612: A way that gives them more power. Some urban or semi-urban areas of fewer than 10,000 inhabitants have also been given city status. Each commune is administered by a mayor ( primar in Romanian). A commune is made up of one or more villages which do not themselves have an administrative function. Communes, like cities, correspond to the European Union's level 2 local administrative unit (LAU). Florești , in Cluj County ,
48-707: 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 . In Romanian, the term județ does not take an initial capital unless it is the first word of a sentence. Communes of Romania A commune ( comună in Romanian ) is the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania . There are 2,686 communes in Romania. The commune
60-457: Is the rural subdivision of a county . Urban areas , such as towns and cities within a county, are given the status of city or municipality . In principle, a commune can contain any size population, but in practice, when a commune becomes relatively urbanised and exceeds approximately 10,000 residents, it is usually granted city status. Although cities are on the same administrative level as communes, their local governments are structured in
72-535: The 2020 local elections , consists of 36 councillors, with the following party composition: Bacău County has 3 municipalities, 5 towns, and 85 communes Bacău became famous after electing Ilie Ilașcu of the Greater Romania Party as their Senator, while he was held in prison in Transnistria . Between the world wars, Bacău County had a different territorial extent. The county was located in
84-426: The 1930 census data, the county population was 260,781, comprising 88.6% Romanians, 5.3% Jews, 3.3% Hungarians, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, 75.8% were Eastern Orthodox, 18.1% Roman Catholics, 5.5% Jewish, as well as other minorities. In 1930, the county's urban population was 50,342, of which 70.1% were Romanians, 23.9% were Jews, 2.2% were Hungarians, as well as other minorities. From
96-420: The county became more famous for the controversial figures involved in the local economy than for its performance. The predominant industries in the county are: In Bacău County there are important reserves of oil and salt. Also coal is exploited. The main tourist destinations in the county are: Some estimates put the total number of Csángós at around 70,000 in 1987. The Bacău County Council, renewed at
108-491: The east central part of Greater Romania , in the center of Moldavia . Its territory included the central part of the current Bacău County. It bordered on the west with the counties of Trei Scaune and Ciuc , in the north with Neamț and Roman counties, in the east with the counties of Tutova and Tecuci , and in the south with Putna County . The county was originally divided into five districts ( plăși ): Subsequently, two more districts were established: According to
120-524: The largest and most developed city in the respective county. The central government is represented by one prefect in every județ . The capital, Bucharest , is not a județ , but a special municipality with identical functions, which also acts as the county seat of Ilfov . In the Romanian Principalities , the județ was an office with administrative and judicial functions, corresponding to both judge and mayor . The word
132-473: The remnants of the local deer are preserved in Mănăstirea Cașin . The county of Bacău was one of the most industrialized regions in the communist period and it remained Moldavia's most important industrial center ever since. There are two large oil refineries at Onești and Dărmănești . Following the collapse of the communist regime , Bacău continued to be the region's most important GDP supplier, but
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#1732772255653144-735: The valleys of the Oituz River and Trotuș River , there are two important links between Moldavia and Transylvania . On the East side, the heights decrease and the lowest point can be found on the Siret River valley which crosses the county from North to South down the middle. On the East side there is the Moldavian Plateau crossed by many small rivers. Bears, wolves, foxes, wild boars, and squirrels inhabit Bacău County's mountains, particularly in its rural Slănic-Moldova region;
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