Development regions of Romania
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| Subdivisions of Romania |
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| Regional level |
| Development regions |
| County level |
| Counties |
| Local level |
| Municipalities |
| Cities |
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| Villages |
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The development regions of Romania refer to the regional divisions created in Romania in 1998 in order to better co-ordinate regional development as Romania progressed towards accession to the European Union. The development regions correspond to NUTS II-level divisions in European Union member states.Despite becoming increasingly significant in regional development projects, Romania's development regions do not actually have an administrative status and do not have a legislative or executive council or government. Rather, they serve a function for allocating European Union PHARE funds for regional development, as well as for collection of regional statistics. They also co-ordinate a range of regional development projects and will become members of the Committee of the Regions when Romania joins the EU, expected in 2007.
There are 8 development regions in Romania, named by their geographical position in the country:
