Lăpușna County (Romania)
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Lăpușna County was a county (Romanian: județ) in the Kingdom of Romania between 1925 and 1938 and between 1941 and 1944.
Geography
The county was located in the eastern part of
Administration
The county consisted of five districts (plăși):[1]
- Plasa Călărași, headquartered at Călărași
- Plasa Chișinău, headquartered at Chișinău
- Plasa Hâncești, headquartered at Hâncești
- Plasa Nisporeni, headquartered at Nisporeni
- Plasa Vorniceni, headquartered at Vorniceni
The county contained two urban localities:
History
After the Union of Bessarabia with Romania in 1918, the county belonged to Romania, which set up the county formally in 1925.
After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, this county merged with the counties of Tighina, Cetatea Albă and Orhei to form Ținutul Nistru.
The area county of the county was
Population
According to the census data of 1930, the county's population was 419,621, of which 77.8% were ethnic Romanians, 11.9% Jews, 7.1% Russians, as well as other minorities.[5] From the religious point of view 86.1% of the population was Eastern Orthodox, 12.1% Jewish, as well as other minorities.
Urban population
In the year 1930, the county's urban population was 119,672, of which 41.2% were ethnic Romanians, 37.3% Jews, 16.6% Russians, 1.2% Poles, as well as other minorities.[5] From a religious point of view, the urban population consisted of 58.4% Eastern Orthodox, 37.7% Jewish, 1.5% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities.
References
- ^ Portretul României Interbelice - Județul Lăpușna
- ISBN 9780313274978.
- ^ "The Avalon Project : The Armistice Agreement with Rumania; September 12, 1944". avalon.law.yale.edu. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- ^ United States Department of State. Foreign relations of the United States, 1946. Paris Peace Conference: documents Volume IV (1946)
- ^ a b Recensământul general al populației României din 29 decemvrie 1930, Vol. II, pag. 268-269
External links
- (in Romanian) Lăpușna County on memoria.ro