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Roman County is one of the historic counties of Moldavia,
Administratively, in 1930, Roman County was divided into two districts ('' plăși''):
#Plasa Miron Costin
#Plasa Roman Vodă
Later, Plasa Miron Costin was divided into two districts:
#Plasa I.G. Duca
#Plasa Moldova
Roman County on memoria.ro
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Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
. The county seat was Roman.
In 1938, the county was disestablished and incorporated into the newly formed Èšinutul Prut, but it was re-established in 1940 after the fall of Carol II's regime - only to be abolished 10 years later by the Communist regime.
Geography
Roman County covered 1,880 km2 and was located in the central-north-eastern part of Greater Romania in the center of Moldavia. Currently, the territory that comprised Roman County is now mostly included in the Neamț County, with some parts in the Iași. Bacău, and Vaslui counties. In the interwar period, the county neighbored Baia County to the north, Iași and Vaslui counties to the east,Tutova County
Tutova County is one of the historic counties of Moldavia, Romania with the city of Bârlad as Capital (political), capital.
Geography
Tutova County covered 2,498 km2 and was located in the central-eastern part of Greater Romania, in the sout ...
to the southeast, Bacău County to the south, and Neamț County to the west.
Administrative organization
Administratively, in 1930, Roman County was divided into two districts ('' plăși''):
#Plasa Miron Costin
#Plasa Roman Vodă
Later, Plasa Miron Costin was divided into two districts:
#Plasa I.G. Duca
#Plasa Moldova
Population
According to the census data of 1930, the county numbered 151,550 inhabitants, ethnically 90.7% Romanians, 4.7% Jews, 2.3% Romanies, 1.4% Hungarians, as well as other minorities. From a religious point of view, the population consisted of 73.2% Eastern Orthodox, 21.4% Roman Catholic, 4.9% Jewish, as well as other minorities.Urban population
The urban population consisted of 71.9% Romanians, 20.6% Jews, 2.1% Romanies, 1.4% Germans, 1.3% Hungarians, as well as other minorities. From a religious point of view, the urban population consisted of 73.8% Eastern Orthodox, 20.9% Jewish, 3.7% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities.References
External links
*Roman County on memoria.ro
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