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The development regions of Romania ( ro, Regiunile de dezvoltare ale României) refer to the eight regional divisions created in
The development regions of Romania ( ro, Regiunile de dezvoltare ale României) refer to the eight regional divisions created in Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
in 1998 in order to better co-ordinate regional development as Romania progressed towards accession to the European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...
(EU). The development regions correspond to NUTS 2
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or NUTS (french: Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard, adopted in 2003 ...
-level divisions in EU member states
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. 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 EU PHARE
The Phare programme is one of the three pre-accession instruments financed by the European Union to assist the applicant countries of Central and Eastern Europe in their preparations for joining the European Union.
Originally created in 1989 as ...
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
The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is the European Union's (EU) assembly of local and regional representatives that provides sub-national authorities (i.e. regions, counties, provinces, municipalities and cities) with a direct voice w ...
when Romania joined the EU on January 1, 2007.
List
There are eight development regions in Romania, which (with the exception of București-Ilfov) are named by their geographical position in the country: *RO1 – Macroregiunea Unu: **Nord-Vest
Nord-Vest () is a development region in Romania, created in 1998. As other development regions, it does not have any administrative powers, its main function being to co-ordinate regional development projects and manage funds from the European Uni ...
– RO11; 6 counties; 2,600,132 inhabitants;
** Centru – RO12; 6 counties; 2,360,805 inhabitants;
*RO2 – Macroregiune
The Classification of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS, for the French ) is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative divisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard was developed by the European Union.
There ...
a Doi:
** Nord-Est – RO21; 6 counties; 3,302,217 inhabitants;
** Sud-Est – RO22; 6 counties; 2,545,923 inhabitants;
*RO3 – Macroregiunea Trei:
** Sud - Muntenia – RO31; 7 counties; 3,136,446 inhabitants;
**București - Ilfov
The București – Ilfov development region () is a development region in Romania, encompassing the national capital, Bucharest, as well as the surrounding Ilfov County. As other development regions, it does not have any administrative powers, it ...
– RO32; 1 county and Bucharest; 2,272,163 inhabitants;
*RO4 – Macroregiunea Patru:
** Sud-Vest Oltenia – RO41; 5 counties; 2,075,642 inhabitants;
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– RO42; 4 counties; 1,828,313 inhabitants;
Economy
See also
*Administrative divisions of Romania
Romania's administration is relatively centralized and administrative subdivisions are therefore fairly simplified.
According to the Constitution of Romania, its territory is organized administratively into communes, cities and counties:
* At ...
*Region (Europe)
The European Union created a Committee of the Regions to represent Regions of Europe as the layer of EU government administration directly below the nation-state level. The committee has its headquarters in Brussels.
Reasons given for this inc ...
*Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or NUTS (french: Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard, adopted in 2003, ...
*Historical regions of Romania The historical regions of Romania are located in Central, Southeastern, and Eastern Europe. Romania came into being through the unification of two principalities, Wallachia and Moldavia in 1862. The new unitary state extended over further regions at ...
References
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