Botoșani County () is a county ( județ) of

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

, in Western Moldavia (encompassing a few villages in neigbhouring Suceava County from Bukovina to the west as well), with the capital town ( ro, Oraș reședință de județ) at Botoșani.

Demographics

As of 31 October 2011, it had a population of 412,626 and the population density was 83/km². * Romanians – 94.1% * Romani – 1% * Ukrainians – 0.2% * Lipovans – 0.1% * Other ethnicities – 0.1% * Unknown ethnicity – 4.6%

Geography

* Botoșani County is situated between the rivers

Siret Siret (; german: Sereth; hu, Szeretvásár; uk, Серет, Seret; yi, סערעט, Seret) is a town, municipality and former Latin bishopric in Suceava County, northeastern Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Bukovina. Siret is ...

and Prut, in the northeastern part of Romania, bordering

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to the north and Moldova to the east. To the west and south it has borders with

Suceava Suceava () is the largest urban settlement and the seat town ( ro, oraș reședință de județ) of Suceava County, situated in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania, and at the crossroads of Central and Eastern Europe. Klaus Pet ...

and Iași counties. * It has a total area of , comprising 2.1% of the Romanian territory. * The relief is a high plain, between the valleys of the Siret and the Prut, and the latter's affluent, the Jijia River. * It has a temperate climate, influenced by the eastern air masses of the continent.

Neighbours

* Republic of Moldova in the East – Edineț Raion. * Suceava County in the West. *

in the North –

Chernivtsi Oblast Chernivtsi Oblast ( uk, Черніве́цька о́бласть, Chernivetska oblast), also referred to as Chernivechchyna ( uk, Чернівеччина) is an oblast (province) in Western Ukraine, consisting of the northern parts of the regio ...

. *

Iași County 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 c ...

in the South.

Economy

This is a predominantly agricultural county; the main industries are the textile industry, the food industry, the electrical components industry, and the glass and porcelain industry. The is one of the largest hydroelectric power plants in Romania. Work on it started in 1973, and it was completed in 1978, at the same time as the Stânca-Costești Dam. They are both situated on the Prut River, between Stânca in Botoșani County and Costești, Moldova.

Politics

The Botoșani County Council, renewed at the 2020 local elections, consists of 32 counsellors, with the following party composition:

Administrative divisions

Botoșani County has 2 municipalities, 5 towns and 71 communes:

Municipalities

** Botoșani – capital city; population: 106,847 (as of 2011) **

Dorohoi Dorohoi () is a municipiu, city in Botoșani County, Romania, on the right bank of the river Jijia, which broadens into a lake on the north. History Dorohoi used to be a market for the timber and farm produce of the north Moldavian highlands; m ...

Towns

* Bucecea *

Darabani Darabani () is a town in Botoșani County, Western Moldavia, Romania, and is the northernmost town in Romania. It administers three villages: Bajura, Eșanca and Lișmănița. The area is a setting for the 2019 Amazon Studios TV series '' Hann ...

* Flămânzi * Săveni * Ștefănești

Communes

* Adășeni * Albești * Avrămeni * Bălușeni * Blândești * Brăești * Broscăuți *

Călărași Călărași (), the capital of Călărași County in the Muntenia region, is situated in south-east Romania, on the banks of the Danube's Borcea branch, at about from the Bulgarian border and from Bucharest. The city is an industrial centre f ...

* Cândești *

Concești Concești is a commune in Botoșani County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Concești and Movileni. At the 2002 census, the commune had 2063 people, of whom 99.9% were ethnic Romanians; 89.6% were Romanian Orthodox an ...

* Copălău * Cordăreni * Corlăteni * Corni * Coșula * Coțușca * Cristești * Cristinești * Curtești * Dersca *

Dângeni Dângeni is a communes of Romania, commune in Botoșani County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Dângeni, Hulub, Iacobeni and Strahotin. Natives * Gheorghe Berdar * Petre Hârtopeanu References

Communes in Bo ...

* Dimăcheni * Dobârceni * Drăgușeni * Durnești * Frumușica *

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* Gorbănești * Havârna * Hănești * Hilișeu-Horia * Hlipiceni * Hudești * Ibănești * Leorda * Lozna * Lunca *

Manoleasa Manoleasa is a commune in Botoșani County, Western Moldavia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It b ...

* Mihai Eminescu * Mihăileni * Mihălășeni * Mileanca * Mitoc * Nicșeni * Păltiniș * Pomârla * Prăjeni * Rădăuți-Prut * Răchiți * Răuseni * Ripiceni * Roma * Românești * Santa Mare * Stăuceni * Suharău * Sulița * Șendriceni * Știubieni * Todireni * Trușești * Tudora * Ungureni * Unțeni * Văculești * Viișoara * Vârfu Câmpului * Vlădeni * Vlăsinești * Vorniceni *

Vorona ''Vorona'' ( ; Malagasy for "bird", ''V. berivotrensis'', "from Berivotra") is a monotypic genus of prehistoric birds. It was described from fossils found in a Maevarano Formation quarry near the village of Berivotra, Mahajanga Province, Madag ...

Historical county

During the years between the world wars, the county extended over different territory than currently. It was located in the northeastern part of Romania, in the northeast of the region or Moldavia. The county included the southern part of the present county and the northern part of the current

. It was bordered to the west by the counties of

and

Baia Baia (german: Baja, Stadt Molde, or Moldenmarkt; hu, Moldvabánya; lat, Civitas Moldaviae) is a commune in Suceava County, in the historical region of Western Moldavia, northeastern Romania with a population of 6,793 (2002 census).Dorohoi Dorohoi () is a municipiu, city in Botoșani County, Romania, on the right bank of the river Jijia, which broadens into a lake on the north. History Dorohoi used to be a market for the timber and farm produce of the north Moldavian highlands; m ...

, to the east by

Bălți Bălți (; russian: Бельцы, , uk, Бєльці, , yi, בעלץ ) is a city in Moldova. It is the second largest city in terms of population, area and economic importance, after Chișinău. The city is one of the five Moldovan municipalit ...

, and to the south with Iași.

Administration

In 1930, the county was divided into three districts ('' plăși''):Portretul României Interbelice – Județul Botoșani
/ref> #Plasa Botoșani #Plasa Jijia #Plasa Siret Administration was re-organized in 1938, comprising 4 districts: #Plasa Bucecea (with 52 villages, headquartered in Târgu Bucecea) #Plasa Răchiți (with 73 villages, headquartered in Botoșani) #Plasa Sulița (with 49 villages, headquartered in Hârlău) #Plasa Ștefănești (with 77 villages, headquartered in Ștefănești)

Population

According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 218,258 inhabitants, ethnically, 88.8% were Romanians, 9.0% were Jews, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, 89.4% were Eastern Orthodox, 9.2% Jewish, 0.7% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities.

Urban population

In 1930, the county's urban population was 50,320 inhabitants, comprising ethnically 64.9% Romanians, 31.3% Jews, 0.9% Germans, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the urban population was composed of Eastern Orthodox (64.5%), Jewish (32.3%), Roman Catholic (2.1%), as well as other minorities.

Notable people

Natives of the county include: *

Grigore Antipa Grigore Antipa (; 27 November 1867 in Botoșani – 9 March 1944 in Bucharest) was a Romanian naturalist, zoologist, ichthyologist, ecologist, oceanologist, Darwinist biologist who studied the fauna of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea. ...

(1866–1944), naturalist *

Teoctist Arăpașu Teoctist (, born Toader Arăpașu, 7 February 1915 – 30 July 2007) was the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church from 1986 to 2007. Teoctist served his first years as patriarch under the Romanian Communist regime, and was accused by som ...

(1915–2007), patriarch *

Gheorghe Avramescu Gheorghe Avramescu (26 January 1884 – 3 March 1945) was a Romanian Lieutenant General during World War II. In 1945, he was arrested by the NKVD on the Slovakian front and died in custody the next day. Early life Avramescu was born Botoșani ...

(1884–1945), general *

Emil Bobu Emil Bobu (22 February 1927 – 12 July 2014) was a Romanian Communist activist and politician, who served as Interior Minister from 1973 to 1975 and as Labor Minister from 1979 to 1981. He was an influential figure in the later years of the ...

(1927–2014), politician * Demostene Botez (1893–1973), poet * Dimitrie Brândză (1846–1895), botanist * Mihai Eminescu (1850–1889), poet *

(1881–1955), composer *

Nicolae Iorga Nicolae Iorga (; sometimes Neculai Iorga, Nicolas Jorga, Nicolai Jorga or Nicola Jorga, born Nicu N. Iorga;Iova, p. xxvii. 17 January 1871 – 27 November 1940) was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, Albanologist, poet ...

(1871–1940), historian and politician *

Ștefan Luchian Ștefan Luchian (, last name also spelled Lukian; 1 February 1868 – 28 June 1916) was a Romanian painter, famous for his landscapes and still life works. Biography Early life Luchian was born in Ștefănești, a village of Botoșani County, ...

(1868–1916), painter * Gheorghe Moroșanu (b. 1950), mathematician * Dimitrie Pompeiu (1873–1954), mathematician * Alexandru Zub (b. 1934), historian

Notes

References

External links

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