Cernăuți County

Județul Cernăuți
County (Județ)
Coat of arms
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Country	Rumania
Historic region	Bukovina
Capital city (Reședință de județ)	Cernăuți
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 (684 sq mi)
Population
• Total	305,097 (1,930 Census)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Cernăuți was a county (județ) of Romania, in Bukovina, with the capital city at Cernăuți. The area was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1944, and has been part of Ukraine since 1991.

Neighbours

Neighbours of the county were Stanislawow Voivodship of Poland to the north and west, counties 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 Cernăuți), Nistru (with the seat at Zastavna), Prut (with the seat at Sadagura) and Șipeniț (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 Cernăuți 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 Cernăuți 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, Storojineț, Dorohoi, Rădăuți and Câmpulung to form Ținutul Suceava.

External links

• (Romanian) Cernăuți County at memoria.ro