# Roman County > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roman_County > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roman_County.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_County > Source revision: 1000462217 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Județul Roman | other_name = | settlement_type = County (''Județ'') | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_link = | image_shield = Interbelic Roman County CoA.png | shield_link = | image_map = Romania 1930 county Roman.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 = [Roman](/source/Roman%2C_Romania) | 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 =1880 | 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 = 151550 | 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 = }} '''Roman County''' is one of the historic counties of [Moldavia](/source/Moldavia), [Romania](/source/Romania). The county seat was [Roman](/source/Roman%2C_Romania).{{cite web|url=http://romaniainterbelica.memoria.ro/judete/roman/index.html|title=Portretul României interbelice - Județul Roman|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}} 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== Roman County covered 1,880 km2 and was located in the central-north-eastern part of [Greater Romania](/source/Greater_Romania) in the center of [Moldavia](/source/Moldavia). Currently, the territory that comprised Roman County is now mostly included in the [Neamț County](/source/Neam%C8%9B_County), with some parts in the [Iași](/source/Ia%C8%99i_County). [Bacău](/source/Bac%C4%83u_County), and [Vaslui](/source/Vaslui_County) counties. In the [interwar period](/source/interwar_period), the county neighbored [Baia County](/source/Baia_County) to the north, [Iași](/source/Ia%C8%99i_County) and [Vaslui](/source/Vaslui_County) counties to the east, [Tutova County](/source/Tutova_County) to the southeast, [Bacău County](/source/Bac%C4%83u_County) to the south, and [Neamț County](/source/Neam%C8%9B_County) to the west. ==Administrative organization== thumb|right|285px|Map of Roman County as constituted in 1938. Administratively, in 1930, Roman County was divided into two districts (''[plăși](/source/plas%C4%83)''): #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== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commonscat|Interwar Roman County}} * {{in lang|ro}} [http://romaniainterbelica.memoria.ro/judete/roman/index.html Roman County on memoria.ro] {{Historical counties of Romania}} {{coord missing|Romania}} Category:Former counties of Romania Category:1950 disestablishments in Romania Category:1925 establishments in Romania Category:States and territories disestablished in 1950 Category:States and territories established in 1925 Category:1938 disestablishments in Romania Category:1940 establishments in Romania Category:States and territories disestablished in 1938 Category:States and territories established in 1940 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Roman County](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_County) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_County?action=history)). 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