Roman County is one of the historic counties of Moldavia, Romania. The county seat was Roman.
In 1938, the county was disestablished and incorporated into the newly formed Ținutul Prut,
Geography
Roman County covered 1,880 km
2 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 County 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.
Administrative organization
Administratively, in 1930, Roman County was divided into two districts (
plăși):
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Plasa Miron Costin
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Plasa Roman Vodă
Later, Plasa Miron Costin was divided into two districts:
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Plasa I.G. Duca
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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.
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