Vlașca County
Vlașca County is a former first-order administrative division of the Kingdom of Romania, in southern Muntenia, located between Bucharest and the Danube, which is now mostly the county of Giurgiu. The county seat was Giurgiu.
Județul Vlașca | |
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County (Județ) | |
 The Vlaşca County Prefecture's building from the interwar period, now a museum. | |
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| Country |  Romania |
| Historic region | Wallachia |
| County seat (Reședință de județ) | Giurgiu |
| Established | Sometime before 1601 |
| Ceased to exist | Administrative reform of 1950 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,494 km2 (1,735 sq mi) |
| Population (1930) | |
| • Total | 296,412 |
| • Density | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The county was located in the southern part of Greater Romania, in the southern part of the historical region of Muntenia. The county was bordered on the west by Teleorman County, on the northwest by Argeș County, on the north by Dâmboviţa County, on the east by Ilfov County, and to the south by the Kingdom of Bulgaria. Its surface coincides in large part with that of the present Giurgiu County, but there are small parts of it that are included in today's Teleorman County.
Administrative organization
Administratively, until the 1930s, Vlașca County was divided into five districts (plăși):[1]
- Plasa Călugăreni, headquartered at Călugăreni
- Plasa Câlniștea, headquartered at Drăgănești-Vlașca
- Plasa Dunărea, headquartered at Giurgiu
- Plasa Glavacioc, headquartered at Glavacioc
- Plasa Neajlov, headquartered initially at Neajlovu, and later at Corbii Mari.[2]
In 1938, the county was divided into seven districts:
- Plasa Călugăreni, headquartered at Călugăreni
- Plasa Câlniștea, headquartered at Drăgănești-Vlașca
- Plasa Dunărea, headquartered at Giurgiu
- Plasa Ghimpați, headquartered at Ghimpați[3][4]
- Plasa Glavacioc, headquartered at Glavacioc
- Plasa Neajlov, headquartered initially at Neajlovu, and later at Corbii Mari.[5]
- Plasa Siliștea, headquartered at Siliștea Gumești
After 1938
In 1938, the county was disestablished and incorporated into the newly-formed Ținutul Argeș, but it was re-established in 1940 after the fall of Carol II's regime - only to be abolished 10 years later by the Communist regime.
Population
According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 296,412 inhabitants, ethnically divided as follows: 97.1% Romanians, 2.2% Romanies, 0.2% Hungarians, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the population was 99.4% Eastern Orthodox, 0.2% Roman Catholic, 0.1% Adventist, as well as other minorities.
Urban population
In 1930, the county's urban population was 31,016 inhabitants, comprising 92.7% Romanians, 2.4% Romanies, 1.0% Hungarians, 0.7% Jews, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the urban population was composed of 96.4% Eastern Orthodox, 1.3% Roman Catholic, 0.8% Jewish, as well as other minorities.
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Interwar Vlașca County. |
- (in Romanian) Vlașca County on memoria.ro
