Development regions of Romania

The development regions of Romania (Romanian Regiunile de dezvoltare ale României) refer to the eight 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 became members of the Committee of the Regions when Romania joined the EU on January 1, 2007.

List

These are the 8 development regions in Romania, which (with the exception of Bucureşti-Ilfov) are named by their geographical position in the country:

• RO1 – Macroregiunea 1:
  • Nord-Vest – RO11; 6 counties; 2,737,400 inhabitants; 34,159 km²
  • Centru – RO12; 6 counties; 2,638,809 inhabitants; 34,100 km²
• RO2 – Macroregiunea 2:
  • Nord-Est – RO21; 6 counties; 3,836,875 inhabitants; 30,949
  • Sud-Est – RO22; 6 counties; 2,932,124 inhabitants; 35,770 km²
• RO3 – Macroregiunea 3:
  • Sud – RO31; 7 counties; 3,458,759 inhabitants; 34,450 km²
  • Bucureşti-Ilfov – RO32; 1 county and Bucharest; 2,198,285 inhabitants; 1,821 km²
• RO4 – Macroregiunea 4:
  • Sud-Vest – RO41; 5 counties; 2,394,895 inhabitants; 31,211 km²
  • Vest – RO42; 4 counties; 1,958,648 inhabitants; 32,028 km²

Economy

See also

• Administrative divisions of Romania
• Region (Europe)
• Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
• Historical regions of Romania

References