# Baia County > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Baia_County > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Baia_County.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baia_County > Source revision: 1093791040 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Județul Baia | other_name = | settlement_type = County (''Județ'') | image_skyline =Muzeul Irimescu I.jpg | image_caption =The Baia County Prefecture building of the interwar period, now an art museum. | image_flag = | flag_link = | image_shield = Interbelic Baia County CoA.png | shield_link = | image_map = Romania 1930 county Baia.png | map_caption = | subdivision_type = [Country](/source/Countries_of_the_world) | subdivision_name = 25px [Romania](/source/Kingdom_of_Romania) | subdivision_type2 = Historic region | subdivision_name2 = [Moldavia](/source/Moldavia) | subdivision_type3 = Capital city (''Reședință de județ'') | subdivision_name3 = [Fălticeni](/source/F%C4%83lticeni) | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_party = | leader_title = [Prefect](/source/Prefect_(Romania)) | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | established_title = Established | established_date = 1925 | established_title2 = Ceased to exist | established_date2 = [Administrative reform](/source/Administrative_divisions_of_the_People's_Republic_of_Romania) of 1950 | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 =3353 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | latd = | latm = | lats = | latNS = | longd = | longm = | longs = | longEW = | population_as_of = 1930 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 157501 | population_density_km2 =auto | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_note = | timezone = [EET](/source/Eastern_European_Time) | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = [EEST](/source/Eastern_European_Summer_Time) | utc_offset_DST = +3 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | footnotes = | website = }} '''Baia County''' is one of the historic counties of [Moldavia](/source/Moldavia), [Romania](/source/Romania). The county seat was [Fălticeni](/source/F%C4%83lticeni).{{cite web|url=http://romaniainterbelica.memoria.ro/judete/baia/index.html|title=Portretul României interbelice - Județul Baia|publisher=memoria.ro|accessdate=17 August 2016|language=Romanian}} In 1938, the county was disestablished and incorporated into the newly formed [Ținutul Prut](/source/%C8%9Ainutul_Prut),{{cite web|url=http://www.bzf.ro/organizarea-administrativ-teritoriala-a-romaniei-1864-1989/|title=Organizarea administrativ-teritorială a României 1864-1989|publisher=bzf.ro|date=7 May 2013|accessdate=17 August 2016|language=Romanian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140929030847/http://www.bzf.ro/organizarea-administrativ-teritoriala-a-romaniei-1864-1989/|archive-date=2014-09-29|url-status=dead}} but it was re-established in 1940 after the fall of [Carol II](/source/Carol_II_of_Romania)'s regime - only to be [abolished 10 years](/source/Regions_of_the_People's_Republic_of_Romania) later by the [Communist regime](/source/Communist_Romania). ==Geography== Baia County covered 3,353 km2 and was located in [Moldavia](/source/Moldavia). Currently, the territory that comprised Baia County is now included in the [Suceava County](/source/Suceava_County), [Iași County](/source/Ia%C8%99i_County) and [Neamț County](/source/Neam%C8%9B_County). In the [interwar period](/source/interwar_period), the county neighbored [Câmpulung](/source/C%C3%A2mpulung_County) and [Suceava](/source/Suceava_County) counties to the north, [Botoșani](/source/Boto%C8%99ani_County) to the northeast, [Iași](/source/Ia%C8%99i_County) to the east, [Roman](/source/Roman_County) to the south, and [Neamț](/source/Neam%C8%9B_County) counties to the west. ==Administrative organization== Administratively, Baia County was originally divided into three districts (''[plăși](/source/plas%C4%83)''): # Plasa Moldova, headquartered at [Baia](/source/Baia) # Plasa Pașcani, headquartered at [Pașcani](/source/Pa%C8%99cani) # Plasa Siret, headquartered at [Lespezi](/source/Lespezi) Subsequently, Plasa Moldova district was divided into two new districts:
  1. Plasa Boroaia, headquartered at [Boroaia](/source/Boroaia)
  2. Plasa Mălini, headquartered at [Mălini](/source/M%C4%83lini)
=== Population === According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 157,501 inhabitants, consisting of 91.8% Romanians, 4.8% Jews, 1.2% Romanies, 0.6% Germans, as well as other minorities. As a mother tongue 93.5% spoke Romanian, 3.7% Yiddish, 0.7% Romany, 0.6% German, as well as other minorities. From a religious point of view, the population consisted of 92.9% Eastern Orthodox, 4.9% Jewish, 1.0% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities. ==== Urban population ==== In 1930, the county's urban population was ethnically 76.6% Romanian, 19.7% Jewish, 1.3% German, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the urban population had the following structure: 76.5% Eastern Orthodox, 20.3% Jewish, 2.4% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities. ==Gallery== File:1938_map_of_interwar_county_Baia.jpg|Map of Baia County (1938) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commonscat|Interwar Baia County}} * {{in lang|ro}} [http://romaniainterbelica.memoria.ro/judete/baia/index.html Baia County on memoria.ro] {{Historical counties of Romania}} {{coord missing|Suceava County}} {{coord missing|Iași County}} {{coord missing|Neamț County}} Category:Former counties of Romania Category:1925 establishments in Romania Category:1938 disestablishments in Romania Category:1940 establishments in Romania Category:1950 disestablishments in Romania Category:States and territories established in 1925 Category:States and territories disestablished in 1938 Category:States and territories established in 1940 Category:States and territories disestablished in 1950 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Baia County](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baia_County) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baia_County?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.