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Arad County

March 20, 2023

This article is about the modern Romanian county. For the former county of the Kingdom of Hungary, see Arad County (former).

Arad County (Romanian pronunciation: [aˈrad] (listen)) is an administrative division (judeţ) of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crișana and few villages in Banat. The administrative center of the county lies in the city of Arad. The Arad County is part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion.

Arad County
Județul Arad
County
Aerial view of Aradi vár
Flag
Coat of arms
Location of Arad County in Romania
Coordinates: 46°22′N 21°48′E / 46.36°N 21.8°E / 46.36; 21.8Coordinates: 46°22′N 21°48′E / 46.36°N 21.8°E / 46.36; 21.8
CountryRomania
Development region1Vest
Historic regionCrișana
Capital city (Reședința de județ)Arad
Județul Arad1968
Government
 • TypeCounty Council
 • President of the County BoardIustin Cionca (PNL)
 • Prefect2Călin Bibarț
Area
 • Total7,754 km2 (2,994 sq mi)
 • Rank5th in Romania
Elevation
1,486 m (4,875 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total409,072
 • Rank21st in Romania
 • Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
31wxyz3
Area code+40 x574
Car PlatesAR5
GDPUS$ 8.825 billion (2022)
GDP per capitaUS$ 21,350 (2022)
WebsiteCounty Council
County Prefecture
1 The development regions of Romania have no administrative role and were formed in order to manage funds from the European Union.
2 as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a public functionary. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned from having any political activity in the first six months after his resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionaries' corps.
3w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address
4x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks
5used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utilitary vehicles and ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county

Name

In Hungarian, it is known as Arad megye, in Serbian as Арадски округ, and in German as Kreis Arad. The county was named after its administrative center, Arad.

Geography

The county has a total area of 7,754 km2 (2,994 sq mi), representing 3.6% of national Romanian territory. The terrain of Arad County is divided into two distinct units that cover almost half of the county each. The eastern side of the county has a hilly to low mountainous terrain (Dealurile Lipovei, Munții Zărandului, Munții Codru Moma) and on the western side it's a plain zone consisting of the Arad Plain, Low Mures Plain, and The High Vinga Plain. Taking altitude into account we notice that it follows a stepped pattern as it drops as we go from the east to the west of the county from 1489 m to below 100 m. In the east there are the Zarand Mountainsnand the Codru Moma Mountains, all subdivisions of the Apuseni Mountains, a major group of the Western Carpathians.

Neighbours

 

Climate and precipitation

In terms of climate, the characteristics of Arad county have a typical temperate continental climate with oceanic influences, with a circulation of air masses with a predominantly western ordered direction visible from west to east, with increasing altitude. Average annual temperatures range from 10 °C in the lowlands, the hills and piedmonts 9 °C, 8 °C and 6 °C in the low mountains in the area of greatest height. Average amounts of precipitation is between 565 and 600 mm (22.2 and 23.6 in) annually in the lowlands, 700 and 800 mm (28 and 31 in) annually in the hills and piedmonts and 800 and 1,200 mm (31 and 47 in) annually in the mountainous area.

Hydrographic network

The hydrographic network is composed of the two main rivers plus their tributaries and channels.

Lakes, ponds and channels

Demographics

On 31 October 2011, the county had a population of 409,072 and the population density was 52 inhabitants per square kilometre (130/sq mi).[1] The main ethnic composition was, as follows:

Year County population[2]
1948 476,207  
1956 475,620  
1966 481,248  
1977 512,020  
1992 487,370  
2002 461,791  
2011 409,072  
2022 TBD

Economy

Along with Timiș County it forms one of the most developed regions in Romania. Due to its proximity to the border, it attracts a great number of foreign investments. The agricultural potential is greatly put into value, Arad plains being considered one of the most important cereal and vegetable producing basins.

The predominant industries in the county are:

  • Machine and automotive components
  • Food
  • Textiles

Natural resources in Arad, are worthy to be taken into account as there are oil and associated gases, points of extraction in the west of the county, molibden mines in the Săvârșin area, marble quarries at Căprioara and Moneasa, mineral waters at Lipova, Moneasa, Dorobanți, Curtici, Macea and uranium deposits in the NE part of the county.

Tourism

The main tourist destinations are:

  • The city of Arad;
  • The Mureș Natural Floodplain Park;
  • Bezdin Monastery;
  • Hodoș-Bodrog Monastery (est. 1177);
  • Lipova resort and city;
  • Șoimoș, Dezna, and Șiria stone citadels;
  • Moneasa resort;
  • The areas around Săvârșin, Petriș, Macea, and Pecica.

Politics

The Arad County Council, renewed at the 2020 local elections, consists of 32 counsellors, with the following party composition:[3]

    Party Seats Current County Council
  National Liberal Party (PNL) 17                                  
  Save Romania Union (USR) 5                                  
  Social-Liberal Christian Platform (PSD) 3                                  
  PRO Romania (PRO) 3                                  
  People's Movement Party (PMP) 2                                  
  Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ) 2                                  

Administrative divisions

 
Arad
 
The border town of Nădlac

Arad County has 1 municipality, 9 towns and 68 communes with approximately 180 villages.

Municipalities
  • Arad - capital city; population: 172,827 (as of 2002)
Towns
Communes

Historical county

Județul Arad
County (Județ)
 
Coat of arms
 
Country  Romania
Historic regionCrișana
Capital city (Reședință de județ)Arad
Ceased to exist1950
Area
 • Total6,248 km2 (2,412 sq mi)
Population
 (1930)
 • Total423,469
 • Density68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Administration

In 1930, the county was divided into nine districts (plăși):[4]

  1. Plasa Aradul-Nou (comprising 22 villages)
  2. Plasa Chișineu-Criș (comprising 19 villages)
  3. Plasa Hălmagiu (comprising 45 villages)
  4. Plasa Ineu (comprising 15 villages)
  5. Plasa Pecica (comprising 12 villages)
  6. Plasa Sfânta Ana (comprising 13 villages)
  7. Plasa Sebiș (comprising 37 villages)
  8. Plasa Șiria (comprising 11 villages)
  9. Plasa Radna (comprising 36 villages)

Subsequently, a tenth district was established having been carved out of Plasa Ineu:

  1. Plasa Târnova (comprising 16 villages)

Administration was re-organized in 1947, comprising 13 districts:[5]

  1. Plasa Aradul-Nou
  2. Plasa Chișineu-Criș
  3. Plasa Curtici
  4. Plasa Gurahonț
  5. Plasa Hălmagiu
  6. Plasa Ineu
  7. Plasa Pecica
  8. Plasa Radna
  9. Plasa Săvârșin
  10. Plasa Sebiș
  11. Plasa Sfânta Ana
  12. Plasa Șiria
  13. Plasa Târnova

Population

According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 423,469 inhabitants, 61.0% Romanians, 19.5% Hungarians, 12.3% Germans (Banat Swabians), 2.8% Slovaks, 2.1% Jews, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, 55.8% declared Eastern Orthodox, 26.5% Roman Catholic, 5.5% Reformed, 4.2% Greek Catholic, 3.2% Lutherans, 2.4% Jewish, 1% Baptists, as well as other minorities.[6]

Urban population

In 1930, the county's urban population was 77,181 inhabitants, 39.3% Romanians, 38.8% Hungarians, 9.1% Jews, 7.1% Germans (Banat Swabians), 1.7% Serbs and Croats, 1.4% Slovaks, as well as other minorities. In the urban area, languages were Hungarian (53.3%), Romanian (37.0%), German (6.0%), Serbian (1.4%), Yiddish (0.9%), as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the urban population was composed of Roman Catholics (38.5%), Eastern Orthodox (33.8%), Jewish (10.1%), Reformed (9.9%), Greek Catholics (4.0%), Lutherans (2.6%), as well as other minorities.[6]

Industry

The county's capital, Arad, was the location of Romania's first automotive factory. During the 1920s, Astra cars and commercial vehicles were made at Arad.[7] ASTRA Arad manufactured automobiles from 1922 to 1926.[8] The factory had an output of 2 automobiles per working day as of 1922.[9]

See also

References

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arad County.
  1. ^ (PDF). Recensamantromania.ro. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  2. ^ National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992, 2002 şi 2011" 2006-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Rezultatele finale ale alegerilor locale din 2020" (Json) (in Romanian). Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  4. ^ Portretul României Interbelice - Județul Arad
  5. ^ Arhivele Naționale ale României - Prefectura județului Arad 1867-1947
  6. ^ a b Recensământul general al populației României din 29 decemvrie 1930, Vol. II, pag. 525-528
  7. ^ Gerald Taylor Bloomfield, David and Charles, 1978, The World Automotive Industry, p. 243
  8. ^ Georgano, George Nick, New York: Dutton Press, 1982, The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present (3rd ed.), p. 59
  9. ^ Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce, 1922, Commerce Reports, Volume 1, p. 105

External links

  • www.virtualarad.net

March 20, 2023
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This article is about the modern Romanian county For the former county of the Kingdom of Hungary see Arad County former Arad County Romanian pronunciation aˈrad listen is an administrative division judeţ of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary mostly in the region of Crișana and few villages in Banat The administrative center of the county lies in the city of Arad The Arad County is part of the Danube Criș Mureș Tisa Euroregion Arad County Județul AradCountyAerial view of Aradi varFlagCoat of armsLocation of Arad County in RomaniaCoordinates 46 22 N 21 48 E 46 36 N 21 8 E 46 36 21 8 Coordinates 46 22 N 21 48 E 46 36 N 21 8 E 46 36 21 8CountryRomaniaDevelopment region1VestHistoric regionCrișanaCapital city Reședința de județ AradJudețul Arad1968Government TypeCounty Council President of the County BoardIustin Cionca PNL Prefect2Călin BibarțArea Total7 754 km2 2 994 sq mi Rank5th in RomaniaElevation1 486 m 4 875 ft Population 2011 Total409 072 Rank21st in Romania Density53 km2 140 sq mi Time zoneUTC 2 EET Summer DST UTC 3 EEST Postal Code31wxyz3Area code 40 x574Car PlatesAR5GDPUS 8 825 billion 2022 GDP per capitaUS 21 350 2022 WebsiteCounty CouncilCounty Prefecture1 The development regions of Romania have no administrative role and were formed in order to manage funds from the European Union 2 as of 2007 the Prefect is not a politician but a public functionary He or she is not allowed to be a member of a political party and is banned from having any political activity in the first six months after his resignation or exclusion from the public functionaries corps 3w x y and z are digits that indicate the city the street part of the street or even the building of the address4x is a digit indicating the operator 2 for the former national operator Romtelecom and 3 for the other ground telephone networks5used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits like utilitary vehicles and ATVs etc and the ones used outside the county Contents 1 Name 2 Geography 2 1 Neighbours 2 2 Climate and precipitation 2 3 Hydrographic network 2 3 1 Lakes ponds and channels 3 Demographics 4 Economy 5 Tourism 6 Politics 7 Administrative divisions 8 Historical county 8 1 Administration 8 2 Population 8 2 1 Urban population 8 3 Industry 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksName EditIn Hungarian it is known as Arad megye in Serbian as Aradski okrug and in German as Kreis Arad The county was named after its administrative center Arad Geography EditThe county has a total area of 7 754 km2 2 994 sq mi representing 3 6 of national Romanian territory The terrain of Arad County is divided into two distinct units that cover almost half of the county each The eastern side of the county has a hilly to low mountainous terrain Dealurile Lipovei Munții Zărandului Munții Codru Moma and on the western side it s a plain zone consisting of the Arad Plain Low Mures Plain and The High Vinga Plain Taking altitude into account we notice that it follows a stepped pattern as it drops as we go from the east to the west of the county from 1489 m to below 100 m In the east there are the Zarand Mountainsnand the Codru Moma Mountains all subdivisions of the Apuseni Mountains a major group of the Western Carpathians Neighbours Edit AB AR AG BC BH BN BT BV BR BZ CS CL CJ CT CV DB DJ GL GR GJ HR HD IL IS IF MM MH MS NT OT PH SM SJ SB SV TR TM TL VS VL VN B Alba County and Hunedoara County to the East Hungary to the West Bekes and Csongrad Counties Bihor County to the North Timiș County to the South Climate and precipitation Edit In terms of climate the characteristics of Arad county have a typical temperate continental climate with oceanic influences with a circulation of air masses with a predominantly western ordered direction visible from west to east with increasing altitude Average annual temperatures range from 10 C in the lowlands the hills and piedmonts 9 C 8 C and 6 C in the low mountains in the area of greatest height Average amounts of precipitation is between 565 and 600 mm 22 2 and 23 6 in annually in the lowlands 700 and 800 mm 28 and 31 in annually in the hills and piedmonts and 800 and 1 200 mm 31 and 47 in annually in the mountainous area Hydrographic network Edit The hydrographic network is composed of the two main rivers plus their tributaries and channels Mureṣ Corbeasca Troas Barzava Milova Cladova Crișul Alb Hălmăgel Valea de la Lazuri Tăcășele Cremenoasa Zimbru Valea Deznei Valea Monesei Tălagiu Honțisor Chisindia CigherLakes ponds and channels Edit Tauț Seleuș Cermei Rovine Matca Ghioroc Lakes and Gypsy Pond Matca Canalul Morilor Canalul Morilor Ier Criș ChannelsDemographics EditOn 31 October 2011 the county had a population of 409 072 and the population density was 52 inhabitants per square kilometre 130 sq mi 1 The main ethnic composition was as follows Romanians 83 88 Hungarians 9 06 Roma 4 04 Year County population 2 1948 476 207 1956 475 620 1966 481 248 1977 512 020 1992 487 370 2002 461 791 2011 409 072 2022 TBDEconomy EditAlong with Timiș County it forms one of the most developed regions in Romania Due to its proximity to the border it attracts a great number of foreign investments The agricultural potential is greatly put into value Arad plains being considered one of the most important cereal and vegetable producing basins The predominant industries in the county are Machine and automotive components Food TextilesNatural resources in Arad are worthy to be taken into account as there are oil and associated gases points of extraction in the west of the county molibden mines in the Săvarșin area marble quarries at Căprioara and Moneasa mineral waters at Lipova Moneasa Dorobanți Curtici Macea and uranium deposits in the NE part of the county Tourism EditThe main tourist destinations are The city of Arad The Mureș Natural Floodplain Park Bezdin Monastery Hodoș Bodrog Monastery est 1177 Lipova resort and city Șoimoș Dezna and Șiria stone citadels Moneasa resort The areas around Săvarșin Petriș Macea and Pecica Politics EditThe Arad County Council renewed at the 2020 local elections consists of 32 counsellors with the following party composition 3 Party Seats Current County Council National Liberal Party PNL 17 Save Romania Union USR 5 Social Liberal Christian Platform PSD 3 PRO Romania PRO 3 People s Movement Party PMP 2 Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania UDMR RMDSZ 2 Administrative divisions Edit Arad The border town of Nădlac Arad County has 1 municipality 9 towns and 68 communes with approximately 180 villages MunicipalitiesArad capital city population 172 827 as of 2002 TownsChișineu Criș Curtici Ineu Lipova Nădlac Pancota Pecica Santana Sebiș CommunesAlmaș Apateu Archiș Bata Barsa Barzava Beliu Birchiș Bocsig Brazii Buteni Cărand Cermei Chisindia Conop Covăsanț Craiva Dezna Dieci Dorobanți Fantanele Felnac Frumușeni Ghioroc Grăniceri Gurahonț Hălmagiu Hălmăgel Hășmaș Ignești Iratoșu Livada Macea Mișca Moneasa Olari Păuliș Peregu Mare Petriș Pilu Pleșcuța Săvarșin Secusigiu Seleuș Semlac Sintea Mare Socodor Șagu Șeitin Șepreuș Șicula Șilindia Șimand Șiria Șiștarovăț Șofronea Tauț Tarnova Ususău Vărădia de Mureș Varfurile Vinga Vladimirescu Zăbrani Zădăreni Zărand Zerind Zimandu NouHistorical county EditJudețul AradCounty Județ Coat of arms Country RomaniaHistoric regionCrișanaCapital city Reședință de județ AradCeased to exist1950Area Total6 248 km2 2 412 sq mi Population 1930 Total423 469 Density68 km2 180 sq mi Time zoneUTC 2 EET Summer DST UTC 3 EEST Administration Edit In 1930 the county was divided into nine districts plăși 4 Plasa Aradul Nou comprising 22 villages Plasa Chișineu Criș comprising 19 villages Plasa Hălmagiu comprising 45 villages Plasa Ineu comprising 15 villages Plasa Pecica comprising 12 villages Plasa Sfanta Ana comprising 13 villages Plasa Sebiș comprising 37 villages Plasa Șiria comprising 11 villages Plasa Radna comprising 36 villages Subsequently a tenth district was established having been carved out of Plasa Ineu Plasa Tarnova comprising 16 villages Administration was re organized in 1947 comprising 13 districts 5 Plasa Aradul Nou Plasa Chișineu Criș Plasa Curtici Plasa Gurahonț Plasa Hălmagiu Plasa Ineu Plasa Pecica Plasa Radna Plasa Săvarșin Plasa Sebiș Plasa Sfanta Ana Plasa Șiria Plasa TarnovaPopulation Edit According to the 1930 census data the county population was 423 469 inhabitants 61 0 Romanians 19 5 Hungarians 12 3 Germans Banat Swabians 2 8 Slovaks 2 1 Jews as well as other minorities From the religious point of view 55 8 declared Eastern Orthodox 26 5 Roman Catholic 5 5 Reformed 4 2 Greek Catholic 3 2 Lutherans 2 4 Jewish 1 Baptists as well as other minorities 6 Urban population Edit In 1930 the county s urban population was 77 181 inhabitants 39 3 Romanians 38 8 Hungarians 9 1 Jews 7 1 Germans Banat Swabians 1 7 Serbs and Croats 1 4 Slovaks as well as other minorities In the urban area languages were Hungarian 53 3 Romanian 37 0 German 6 0 Serbian 1 4 Yiddish 0 9 as well as other minorities From the religious point of view the urban population was composed of Roman Catholics 38 5 Eastern Orthodox 33 8 Jewish 10 1 Reformed 9 9 Greek Catholics 4 0 Lutherans 2 6 as well as other minorities 6 Industry Edit The county s capital Arad was the location of Romania s first automotive factory During the 1920s Astra cars and commercial vehicles were made at Arad 7 ASTRA Arad manufactured automobiles from 1922 to 1926 8 The factory had an output of 2 automobiles per working day as of 1922 9 See also EditArad County of the Kingdom of HungaryReferences Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arad County COMUNICAT DE PRESĂ 2 februarie 2012 privind rezultatele provizorii ale Recensămantului Populaţiei si Locuinţelor 2011 PDF Recensamantromania ro Archived from the original PDF on 2 August 2019 Retrieved 11 April 2018 National Institute of Statistics Populaţia la recensămintele din anii 1948 1956 1966 1977 1992 2002 si 2011 Archived 2006 09 22 at the Wayback Machine Rezultatele finale ale alegerilor locale din 2020 Json in Romanian Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă Retrieved 2020 11 02 Portretul Romaniei Interbelice Județul Arad Arhivele Naționale ale Romaniei Prefectura județului Arad 1867 1947 a b Recensămantul general al populației Romaniei din 29 decemvrie 1930 Vol II pag 525 528 Gerald Taylor Bloomfield David and Charles 1978 The World Automotive Industry p 243 Georgano George Nick New York Dutton Press 1982 The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars 1885 to the Present 3rd ed p 59 Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce Department of Commerce 1922 Commerce Reports Volume 1 p 105External links Editwww virtualarad net Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arad County amp oldid 1137708097, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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