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Botoșani County

Județul Botoșani
County
Former Botoșani County Prefecture
Former Botoșani County Prefecture
Coat of arms of Botoșani County
Coat of arms
Location of Botoșani County in Romania
Location of Botoșani County in Romania
Country  Romania
Development region1 Nord-Est
Historic region Moldavia
Capital city (Reședință de județ) Botoșani
Government
 • Type County Council
Area
 • Total 4,986 km2 (1,925 sq mi)
Area rank 29th in Romania
Population
 (2021-12-01)
 • Total 392,821
 • Rank 22nd in Romania
 • Density 78.785/km2 (204.052/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
71wxyz3
Area code(s) +40 x314
Car Plates BT5
GDP US$1.726 billion (2015)
GDP per capita US$4,18 (2015)
Website County Council
County Prefecture
1 as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a public functionary. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned to have any political activity in the first six months after the resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionary corps
2w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address
3x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks
4used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county

Botoșani County (Romanian pronunciation: [botoˈʃanʲ]) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia (encompassing a few villages in neighbouring Suceava County from Bukovina to the west as well), with the county seat at Botoșani.

Demographics

As of 31 October 2011, it had a population of 412,626 and the population density was 83/km2.

Year County population
1948 385,236 Steady
1956 428,050 Increase
1966 452,406 Increase
1977 451,217 Decrease
1992 458,904 Increase
2002 452,834 Decrease
2011 412,626 Decrease
2021 392,821 Decrease

Geography

  • Botoșani County is situated between the rivers Siret and Prut, in the northeastern part of Romania, bordering Ukraine to the north and Moldova to the east. To the west and south it has borders with Suceava and Iași counties.
  • It has a total area of 4,986 km2 (1,925 sq mi), comprising 2.1% of the Romanian territory.
  • The relief is a high plain, between the valleys of the Siret and the Prut, and the latter's affluent, the Jijia River.
  • It has a temperate climate, influenced by the eastern air masses of the continent.

Neighbours

Romanian Counties
BT
GL
GR
IL
IF
MH
SM
SJ
TR
TM
TL
VS

Economy

Barajul Stânca Costesti
The Stânca-Costești Dam

This is a predominantly agricultural county; the main industries are the textile industry, the food industry, the electrical components industry, and the glass and porcelain industry.

The Stânca–Costești Hydroelectric Power Station [ro] is one of the largest hydroelectric power plants in Romania. Work on it started in 1973, and it was completed in 1978, at the same time as the Stânca-Costești Dam. They are both situated on the Prut River, between Stânca in Botoșani County and Costești, Rîșcani.

Administrative divisions

Ayuntamiento de Bt
Botoșani
Biserica "Sfantul Nicolae" Dorohoi, judetul Botosani
Dorohoi

Botoșani County has 2 municipalities, 5 towns and 71 communes:

Municipalities

    • Botoșani – capital city; population: 106,847 (as of 2011)
    • Dorohoi

Towns

  • Bucecea
  • Darabani
  • Flămânzi
  • Săveni
  • Ștefănești

Communes

  • Adășeni
  • Albești
  • Avrămeni
  • Bălușeni
  • Blândești
  • Brăești
  • Broscăuți
  • Călărași
  • Cândești
  • Concești
  • Copălău
  • Cordăreni
  • Corlăteni
  • Corni
  • Coșula
  • Coțușca
  • Cristești
  • Cristinești
  • Curtești
  • Dersca
  • Dângeni
  • Dimăcheni
  • Dobârceni
  • Drăgușeni
  • Durnești
  • Frumușica
  • George Enescu
  • Gorbănești
  • Havârna
  • Hănești
  • Hilișeu-Horia
  • Hlipiceni
  • Hudești
  • Ibănești
  • Leorda
  • Lozna
  • Lunca
  • Manoleasa
  • Mihai Eminescu
  • Mihăileni
  • Mihălășeni
  • Mileanca
  • Mitoc
  • Nicșeni
  • Păltiniș
  • Pomârla
  • Prăjeni
  • Rădăuți-Prut
  • Răchiți
  • Răuseni
  • Ripiceni
  • Roma
  • Românești
  • Santa Mare
  • Stăuceni
  • Suharău
  • Sulița
  • Șendriceni
  • Știubieni
  • Todireni
  • Trușești
  • Tudora
  • Ungureni
  • Unțeni
  • Văculești
  • Viișoara
  • Vârfu Câmpului
  • Vlădeni
  • Vlăsinești
  • Vorniceni
  • Vorona

Historical county

Județul Botoșani
County (Județ)
The Botoșani County Prefecture building from the interwar period, currently the county museum.
The Botoșani County Prefecture building from the interwar period, currently the county museum.
Coat of arms of Județul Botoșani
Coat of arms
Romania 1930 county Botosani.png
Country Flag of Romania.svg Romania
Historic region Moldavia
Capital city (Reședință de județ) Botoșani
Area
 • Total 3,077 km2 (1,188 sq mi)
Population
 (1930)
 • Total 218,258
 • Density 70.932/km2 (183.713/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

During the years between the world wars, the county extended over different territory than currently. It was located in the northeastern part of Romania, in the northeast of the region or Moldavia. The county included the southern part of the present county and the northern part of the current Iași County. It was bordered to the west by the counties of Suceava and Baia, to the north by Dorohoi, to the east by Bălți, and to the south with Iași.

Administration

1938 map of interwar county Botosani
Map of Botoșani County as it existed in 1938.

In 1930, the county was divided into three districts (plăși):

  1. Plasa Botoșani
  2. Plasa Jijia
  3. Plasa Siret

Administration was re-organized in 1938, comprising 4 districts:

  1. Plasa Bucecea (with 52 villages, headquartered in Târgu Bucecea)
  2. Plasa Răchiți (with 73 villages, headquartered in Botoșani)
  3. Plasa Sulița (with 49 villages, headquartered in Hârlău)
  4. Plasa Ștefănești (with 77 villages, headquartered in Ștefănești)

Population

According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 218,258 inhabitants, ethnically, 88.8% were Romanians, 9.0% were Jews, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, 89.4% were Eastern Orthodox, 9.2% Jewish, 0.7% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities.

Urban population

In 1930, the county's urban population was 50,320 inhabitants, comprising ethnically 64.9% Romanians, 31.3% Jews, 0.9% Germans, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the urban population was composed of Eastern Orthodox (64.5%), Jewish (32.3%), Roman Catholic (2.1%), as well as other minorities.

Notable people

Natives of the county include:

  • Grigore Antipa (1866–1944), naturalist
  • Teoctist Arăpașu (1915–2007), patriarch
  • Gheorghe Avramescu (1884–1945), general
  • Emil Bobu (1927–2014), politician
  • Demostene Botez (1893–1973), poet
  • Dimitrie Brândză (1846–1895), botanist
  • Mihai Eminescu (1850–1889), poet
  • George Enescu (1881–1955), composer
  • Nicolae Iorga (1871–1940), historian and politician
  • Ștefan Luchian (1868–1916), painter
  • Gheorghe Moroșanu (b. 1950), mathematician
  • Dimitrie Pompeiu (1873–1954), mathematician
  • Alexandru Zub (b. 1934), historian

See also

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