Câmpulung County

Județul Câmpulung
County (Județ)

Coat of arms
Country Romania
Historic region Bukovina
Capital city (Reședință de județ) Câmpulung Moldovenesc
Established 1925
Ceased to exist Administrative reform of 1950
Area
 • Land 2,349 km2 (907 sq mi)
Population (1930)
 • Total 95,174
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Câmpulung County is one of the historic counties of Bukovina, Romania. The county seat was Câmpulung Moldovenesc.[1]

In 1938, the county was disestablished and incorporated into the newly formed Ținutul Suceava,[2] but it was re-established in 1940 after the fall of Carol II's regime - only to be abolished 10 years later by the Communist regime.[2]

Geography

Câmpulung County covered 2,349 km2[1] and was located in Bukovina. Currently, the territory that comprised Baia County is now included at present in Suceava County. In the interwar period, the county neighbored Rădăuți County to the north, Suceava to the east, Baia to the southeast, Neamț and Mureș to the south, and Năsăud counties to the west.[1]

Administrative organization

Administratively, Câmpulung County was divided into three districts (plăși):[1]

  1. Plasa Dornei
  2. Plasa Humorului
  3. Plasa Moldovei

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Portretul României interbelice - Județul Câmpulung" (in Romanian). memoria.ro. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Organizarea administrativ-teritorială a României 1864-1989" (in Romanian). bzf.ro. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
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