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| ADM101A - Administrative organisation of Romanian territory, by administrative units category, macroregions, development regions and counties |
| Definition |
Roumanian territory is divided from administrative viewpoint into: county, municipality, town, commune, village.The capital of Roumania is Bucharest Municipality, and it is organised into administrative sectors. County represents administrative-territorial unit including municipalities, towns and communes - base administrative-territorial units. The counties are organized depending on geographical, economic and socio-political conditions. The county assures socio-cultural and municipal administration developement of the municipalities, towns and communes. The municipality is that town having a larger number of inhabitants, a developed industry, a special importance in the economy, socio-political and cultural-scientific life of the country, an important dwelling stock and municipal administrative endowments, a complex system of education, health and culture. The municipalities, where the prefect office has the residence, are the county towns. The town represents a human settlement which is much more developed from the economic, socio-cultural and municipal administration viewpoint. The commune is the territorial-administrative unit which includes one or several villages comprising rural population, and it is organized according to economic, socio-cultural and geographical conditions. The villages, where the mayor office has the residences, are the commune villages. The village is the smallest administrative-territorial unit. |
| Periodicity |
Annual |
| Data sources |
Statistical surveys based on administrative sources
Turning into account the results of statistical surveys carried out within the system of official statistics |
| Methodology |
Legislative framework:
1.Law no.2/16/02/1968 concerning to adminstrative-territorial organisation which stipulated that counties have been reestablished.
2.Decree no. 15/13/01/1981: the Ilfov county have been reorganized as Agricultural County Ilfov which is subordonate to Bucharest Municipality with residence in Balotesti commnune.
3.The Order in Council no.38/1990 is legal framework of Romania administrative-territorial organisation which abrogate the provisions of law no.2/1989.
4.The Law no.24/1996 for modification and completion of Law no.66/1991 of local public administration : the Agricultural County Ilfov will named Ilfov County.
In 1992 data on the area of the country and the counties have been modified , according to the last measurements carried out by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture by its specialisty body: General Direction of Land Fund, Cadastre and Geodesy in collaboration with the Military Topographic direction. |
| Last update |
JAN 22, 2024 |
| Responsible person |
Closca Mihaela;mihaela.closca@insse.ro;tel. 3181824/1485 |
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