Cernăuţi County

Judeţul Cernăuţi
—  County (Judeţ)  —
Coat of arms
Country	Rumania
Historic region	Bucovina
Capital city (Reşedinţă de judeţ)	Cernăuţi
Established	1925 (according to the Law No. 25/14 June 1925)
Ceased to exist	Administrative and Constitutional Reform in 1938
Government
– Type	Prefect
Area
– Land	1,771 km2 (683.8 sq mi)
Population
– Total	395,097 (1,930 Census)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Cernăuţi was a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Bukovina, with the capital city at Cernăuţi.

Neighbours

Neighbours of the county were Stanislawow Voivodship of Poland to the north and west, countries of Storojineţ and Dorohoi to the south and Hotin to the east. The county was created after the Union of Bukovina with Romania at the end of World War I.

Administration

The county consisted of 4 plăṣi (districts): Cozmin (with the seat at Cernăuţi), Nistru (with the seat at Zastavna), Prut (with the seat at Sadagura) and Şipeniţ (with the seat at Cozmeni).

Coat of arms

The Coat of Arms featured 3 trees, one of which was white, under 2 crossed swords.

Population

According to the Romanian census of 1930 the population of Cernăuţi County was 305,097 , of which 48.9% were ethnic Ukrainians, 21.8% ethnic Romanians, 13.1% Jews, 12.5% ethnic Germans and 4.6% Poles. Classified by religion: 78.1% were Orthodox Christian, 9.1% Jewish, 9.1% Roman Catholic, 1.9% Greek Catholic.

Urbanization

In 1930 the urban population of Cernăuţi County which included 29.1% Jews, 25.9% Romanians, 23.3% Germans, 11.3% Ukrainians, 8.8% Romanians, 7.5% Poles and 1.6% Russians by ethnicity.

After 1938

After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, this county was merged with counties of Hotin, Suceava, Storojineţ, Dorohoi, Rădăuţi and Câmpulung to form Ţinutul Suceava.

External links

• (Romanian) Cernăuţi County at memoria.ro