Roman County

Județul Roman
Județul Roman
County (Județ)
	Coat of arms
Country	Romania
Historic region	Moldavia
Capital city (Reședință de județ)	Roman
Established	1925
Ceased to exist	Administrative reform of 1950
Area
• Total	1,880 km2 (730 sq mi)
Population (1930)
• Total	151,550
• Density	81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Roman County is one of the historic counties of Moldavia, Romania. The county seat was Roman.^[1]

In 1938, the county was disestablished and incorporated into the newly formed Ținutul Prut,^[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

Roman County covered 1,880 km²^[1] and was located in the central-north-eastern part of Greater Romania in the center of Moldavia. Currently, the territory that comprised Roman County is now mostly included in the Neamț County, with some parts in the Iași. Bacău, and Vaslui counties. In the interwar period, the county neighbored Baia County to the north, Iași and Vaslui counties to the east, Tutova County to the southeast, Bacău County to the south, and Neamț County to the west.^[1]

Administrative organization

Administratively, in 1930, Roman County was divided into two districts (plăși):^[1]

Plasa Miron Costin
Plasa Roman Vodă

Later, Plasa Miron Costin was divided into two districts:

Plasa I.G. Duca
Plasa Moldova

Population

According to the census data of 1930, the county numbered 151,550 inhabitants, ethnically 90.7% Romanians, 4.7% Jews, 2.3% Romanies, 1.4% Hungarians, as well as other minorities. From a religious point of view, the population consisted of 73.2% Eastern Orthodox, 21.4% Roman Catholic, 4.9% Jewish, as well as other minorities.

Urban population

The urban population consisted of 71.9% Romanians, 20.6% Jews, 2.1% Romanies, 1.4% Germans, 1.3% Hungarians, as well as other minorities. From a religious point of view, the urban population consisted of 73.8% Eastern Orthodox, 20.9% Jewish, 3.7% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities.