Iași County

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County of Romania

title: "Iași County" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["iași-county", "counties-of-romania", "1879-establishments-in-romania", "1938-disestablishments-in-romania", "1940-establishments-in-romania", "1950-disestablishments-in-romania", "1968-establishments-in-romania", "states-and-territories-established-in-1879", "states-and-territories-disestablished-in-1938", "states-and-territories-established-in-1940", "states-and-territories-disestablished-in-1950", "states-and-territories-established-in-1968"] description: "County of Romania" topic_path: "general/iasi-county" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iași_County" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary County of Romania ::

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FieldValue
nameIași County
native_nameJudețul Iași
native_name_langro
settlement_typeCounty
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total_width290
borderinfobox
perrow1/2/1
caption_aligncenter
image1Palatul Culturii Iași.jpg
caption1Iași Palace of Culture
image2Mănăstirea „Sf. Trei Ierarhi“ (1) (cropped).jpg
caption2Trei Ierarhi Monastery
image3Biserica Sf. Gheorghe din Harlau (cropped).jpg
caption3St. George Church, Hârlău
image4Barajul Aroneanu (cropped).jpg
caption4Starcea Lake, Butea
image_flagIasi flag.gif
image_shield[[File:Actual Iași county CoA.png
image_mapIasi in Romania.svg
map_altAdministrative map of Romania with Iași county highlighted
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameRomania
subdivision_type1Development region
subdivision_name1Nord-Est
subdivision_type2Historical region
subdivision_name2Western Moldavia
seat_typeCapital
seatIași
government_typeCounty Board
leader_titlePresident of the County Board
leader_name
leader_title1Prefect
leader_name1
unit_prefMetric
area_total_km25,476
area_rank23rd
population_total
population_as_of
population_footnotes
population_density_km2auto
population_rank2nd
area_code_typeTelephone code
area_code(+40) 232 or (+40) 332
iso_codeRO-IS
websiteCounty Council
Prefecture
blank1_nameGDP (nominal)
blank1_infoUS$ 5.431 billion (2015)
blank2_nameGDP/per capita
blank2_infoUS$ 27,032 (2022)
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Iași County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia, with the administrative seat at Iași. It is the most populous county in Romania, after the Municipality of Bucharest (which has the same administrative level as that of a county).

Geography

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Hanul_Trei_Iazuri2.jpg" caption="Three Lakes Area"] ::

This county has a total area of 5476 km2. It lies on a plain between the Siret River and the Prut River. Two other rivers run through the county: the Bahlui River (on the banks of which lies the city of Iași) and the Jijia River.

Neighbours

Demographics

At the 2021 census Iași County had a population of 760,774. At the 2011 census, the county had a population of 772,348. According to the 2012 data provided by the County Population Register Service, the total registered population of the county was 873,662 people.

The population of Iași County nowadays is nearly double of what it was seventy years ago.

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YearCounty population19481956196619771992200220112021
431,586
516,635
619,027
729,243
806,778
816,910
772,348
760,774
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County government

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Iaşi_,_Prefecture_Headquarters.jpg" caption="Iași County Council and Prefecture Headquarters"] ::

The Iași County Council, renewed at the 2020 local elections, consists of 36 counsellors, with the following party composition:

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PartySeatsCurrent County Council
National Liberal Party (PNL)17
Social Democratic Party (PSD)10
Save Romania Union (USR)6
People's Movement Party (PMP)3
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Economy

This county is predominantly agricultural, due to its topography. Industry is concentrated in the cities. The principal industries are:

  • Software
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Automotive
  • Metallurgy and heavy-equipment manufacturing
  • Electronics & Electrotechnics
  • Textiles
  • Food production

Tourism

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Mănăstirea_Hadâmbu24.jpg" caption="[[Hadâmbu Monastery"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Castelul_Sturdza_din_Miclăușeni.jpg" caption="Miclăușeni"] ::

The city of Iași is the most important city in Moldavia and one of the most important social, cultural and business centres in Romania. It has the oldest University in the country, and, until the formation of the United Principalities, it was the capital of Moldavia.

Some of the tourist destinations in the county:

Communities

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Barboi_Church.jpg" caption="[[Iași"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/RO_IS_Pascani_centru_de_pe_scari.jpeg" caption="[[Pașcani"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/The'ESPLANADE'Tg.Frumos.ROMANIA.JPG" caption="[[Târgu Frumos"] ::

Iași County has 2 municipalities, 3 towns, and 93 communes

Historical county

| official_name = Județul Iași | other_name = | settlement_type = County (Județ) | image_skyline = Casa Carp din Iaşi.jpg | image_caption = The building of the prefecture of Iași County from the interwar period, now the George Enescu National University of Arts | image_flag = | flag_link = | image_shield = Interbelic Iasi County CoA.png | shield_link = | image_map = Romania 1930 county Iasi.png | map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Image:Flag of Romania.svg|25px]] Romania | subdivision_type2 = Historic region | subdivision_name2 = Moldavia | subdivision_type3 = Capital city (Reședință de județ) | subdivision_name3 = Iași | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_party = | leader_title = Prefect | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | established_title = Established | established_date = | established_title2 = Ceased to exist | established_date2 = | area_total_km2 = 3227 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_as_of = 1930 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 275796 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = EEST | utc_offset_DST = +3 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | footnotes = | website = The county was located in the northeastern part of Greater Romania, in the northeast of the region of Moldavia. Today, most of the territory of the former county is part of the current Iași County. In the eastern part of the county, the county included a part of the left bank of the Prut River, now in the territory of the Republic of Moldova. It was bordered to the north by the counties of Botoșani and Bălți, to the east by Lăpușna County, to the south by the counties of Fălciu and Vaslui, and to the west by the counties of Roman and Baia.

Administration

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/1938_map_of_interwar_county_Iasi.jpg" caption="Map of Iași County as constituted in 1938."] ::

In 1938, the county was divided into six districts (plăși):

  1. Plasa Bahlui, headquartered at Podu Iloaiei
  2. Plasa , headquartered at Târgu Frumos
  3. Plasa , headquartered at Buciumii (at that time a commune, now in the city of Iași)
  4. Plasa Copou, headquartered at Iași
  5. Plasa Turia, headquartered at Șipotele
  6. Plasa Ungheni, headquartered at Ungheni-Târg, now the city of Ungheni in the Republic of Moldova

Iași County included two urban localities: Iași (county seat) and urban commune Târgu Frumos, located at the western border of the county.

Population

According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 275,796 inhabitants, 81.6% Romanians, 14.6% Jews, 0.6% Russians, 0.5% Hungarians, 0.4% Germans, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the population was 82.0% Eastern Orthodox, 14.9% Jewish, 2.3% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities.

Urban population

In 1930, the county's urban population was 107,804 inhabitants, 102,872 in Iaşi and 4,932 in Târgu Frumos, comprising 60.8% Romanians, 33.6% Jews, 0.9% Germans, 0.9% Russians, as well as other minorities. In the urban area, languages were Romanian (72.5%), followed by Yiddish (22.2%), Russian (1.8%), German (0.9%), as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the urban population was composed of Eastern Orthodox (61.4%), Jewish (34.4%), Roman Catholic (3.0%), as well as other minorities.

References

References

  1. The number used depends on the numbering system employed by the phone companies on the market.
  2. "Population at 20 October 2011". [[National Institute of Statistics (Romania).
  3. (2013-02-14). "Unul din 25 de ieșeni nu deține acte de identitate". ziarulevenimentul.ro.
  4. National Institute of Statistics, ''[http://www.recensamant.ro/pagini/tabele/t40a.pdf "Populația după etnie"] {{webarchive. link. (2009-08-16 '')
  5. National Institute of Statistics, ''[http://www.insse.ro/rpl2002rezgen/18.pdf "Populația la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992 și 2002"] {{webarchive. link. (2006-09-22 '')
  6. "Rezultatele finale ale alegerilor locale din 2020". Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă.
  7. "Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - functional urban areas". [[Eurostat]].
  8. [http://romaniainterbelica.memoria.ro/judete/iasi/ Portretul României Interbelice - Județul Iași]
  9. [https://scoli.didactic.ro/scoala-gimnaziala-veronica-micle Școala Gimnazială „Veronica Micle” din Iași]
  10. Recensământul general al populației României din 29 decemvrie 1930, Vol. II, pag. 246-247

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