Suceava County

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Suceava County
Facts
Development region:	Nord-Est
Historic region:	[[Moldavia (mostly in Bukovina), and Transylvania]]
Capital city:	Suceava
Population:  • As of 2002:  • Population density:	688,435 80/km²
Area:	8,553 km²
Codes:  • Car numbers  • ISO 3166-2:RO	SV RO-SV
Telephone code:	(+40) x30 (1)
Web:	County Council Prefecture
1. For the former state operator x is 2. For the alternate telephony operators, x is 3

Suceava (IPA: [su.'ʧa.va]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in the historical regions Moldavia, Bukovina and Transylvania, with the capital city at Suceava.

Contents 1 Neighbours 2 Demographics 3 Geography 4 Economy 5 Tourism 6 Administrative divisions 6.1 Municipalities 6.2 Towns 6.3 Communes 6.4 Villages 7 References

[edit] Neighbours

• Botoşani County and Iaşi County to the east.
• Maramureş County and Bistriţa-Năsăud County to the west.
• Ukraine to the north - Chernivtsi Oblast.
• Mureş County, Harghita County and Neamţ County to the south.

[edit] Demographics

In 2002, it had a population of 688,435 and the population density was 80.5/km².

• Romanians - 96.3%^[1]
• Romas - 1.33%
• Ukrainians, Poles, Slovaks, other.

Year	County population[2]
1948	439,751
1956	507,674
1966	572,781
1977	633,899
1992	701,830
2002	688,435

[edit] Geography

This county has a total area of 8,553 km².

The western side of the county consists of mountains from the Eastern Carpathians group: the Rodna Mountains, the Rarău Mountains, the Giumalău Mountains and the three "Obcine" with lower heights. The county's elevation decreases toward the east, with the lowest height in the Siret River valley.

The rivers crossing the county are the Siret River with its tributaries: the Moldova River, the Suceava River and the Bistriţa River.

[edit] Economy

The predominant industries in the county are:

• Wood industry - the county has the largest surfaces covered with forests in Romania.
• Food industry.
• Mechanical components industry.
• Construction materials industry.
• Textile and leather industry

There are also metals explorations in the mountains.

[edit] Tourism

The main tourist attractions in the county are:

• The city of Suceava with its medieval fortifications.
• The Painted churches of northern Moldavia and their Monasteries:
  • The Voroneţ Monastery.
  • The Putna Monastery.
  • The Moldoviţa Monastery.
  • The Sucevita Monastery.
  • The Humor Monastery.
  • The Arbore Monastery.
  • The Probota Monastery.
• The Dragomirna Monastery
• The Vatra Dornei Resort.
• The cities of Rădăuţi, Fălticeni and Câmpulung Moldovenesc.

[edit] Administrative divisions

The county has 5 municipalities, 11 towns and 96 communes.

[edit] Municipalities

• Suceava - capital city; population: 118,670
• Fălticeni
• Rădăuţi
• Câmpulung Moldovenesc
• Vatra Dornei

[edit] Towns

• Broşteni
• Cajvana
• Dolhasca
• Frasin
• Gura Humorului
• Liteni
• Milişăuţi
• Salcea
• Siret
• Solca
• Vicovu de Sus

[edit] Communes

Adâncata Arbore Baia Bălăceana Bălcăuţi Bilca Bogdăneşti Boroaia Bosanci Botoşana Breaza Brodina Broşteni Buneşti Burla Cacica Calafindeşti Capu Câmpului

Cârlibaba Ciocăneşti Ciprian Porumbescu Comăneşti Cornu Luncii Coşna Crucea Dărmăneşti Dolheşti Dorna-Arini Dorna Candrenilor Dorneşti Drăgoieşti Drăguşeni Dumbrăveni Fântâna Mare Fântânele Forăşti

Frătăuţii Noi Frătăuţii Vechi Frumosu Fundu Moldovei Gălăneşti Grămeşti Grăniceşti Hănţeşti Hârtop Horodnic de Jos Horodnic de Sus Horodniceni Iacobeni Iaslovăţ Ilişeşti Ipoteşti Izvoarele Sucevei Mălini

Mănăstirea Humorului Marginea Mitocu Dragomirnei Moara Moldova-Suliţa Moldoviţa Muşeniţa Ostra Păltinoasa Panaci Pârteştii de Jos Pătrăuţi Poiana Stampei Pojorâta Preuteşti Putna Rădăşeni Râşca

Sadova Şaru Dornei Satu Mare Scheia Serbăuţi Siminicea Slatina Straja Stroieşti Stulpicani Suceviţa Todireşti Udeşti Ulma Vadu Moldovei Valea Moldovei Vama Vatra Moldoviţei

Vereşti Vicovu de Jos Voitinel Volovăţ Vultureşti Zamostea Zvoriştea

[edit] Villages

• Soloneţu Nou

[edit] References