Botoșani County

Location of Botoșani County in Romania

Map of Botoșani County

Coat of arms of Botoșani County

Coat of arms of the Botoșani district, at the time of real socialism

Coat of arms of Botoşani County, in the interwar period

Botoșani [ botoˈʃanʲ ] ( pronunciation ^?^/^I ) is a Romanian district (Județ) in the Moldova region with the district capital Botoșani . Its common abbreviation and license plate is BT.

The botoşani county borders in the north and in the east to the Republic of Moldova , in the south of the Iaşi County , in the southwest and in the west to the Suceava county and in the Northwest as well as in the north to the Ukraine .

Demographics

In 2002 the district had 452,834 inhabitants and a population density of 91 inhabitants per km². 166,651 inhabitants (37%) belong to the urban population, 287,372 people (63%) live in villages.

In 2011, the Botoșani district had 412,626 inhabitants with a population density of around 82 inhabitants per km².

Ethnic groups

The population in 2002 was made up of the following ethnic groups:

Romanians (447,426 people; 98.80%)
Roma (3390 people; 0.74%)
Ukrainians (896 people; 0.19%)
Lipowaner (698 people; 0.15%)
Jews (115 people; 0.02%)
Hungary (83 people; 0.01%)
Germans (59 people; 0.01%)
Greeks (34 people)
Armenians (29 people)
Italians (18 people)
Turks (7 people)
Slovaks (6 people)
Poland (5 people)
Bulgarians (2 people)
Croatians (1 person)
Serbs (1 person)
Tatars (1 person)
Tschangos (1 person)
Other Ethnic Groups (62 people)

geography

The district has a total area of 4986 km²; thus it occupies around 2.1% of the country's area. Located in north-eastern Romania, the district is in the north of the historical region of the Principality of Moldova (Principatul Moldovei) , in the northern part of western Moldova . In the north and east the district borders on the River Prut (Prut) , in the west on the Sereth (Siret) . The Jijia and Başeu are also among the larger rivers in the district . The landscape of the district drops from the west ( 587 m at Dealu Mare ) in an easterly direction ( 54 m at the Pruth). The largest lake in the district is the Stânca-Costeşti reservoir on the Prut in the area of Ștefăneşti .

cities and communes

Status of the localities

The Botoșani County officially consists of 351 localities. Seven of them have the status of a city, 71 that of a municipality and the rest are administratively assigned to cities and municipalities.

Biggest places

City / municipality	Residents
Botoșani ( German Botoschan )	106,847
Dorohoi ( Hungarian Dorohoj )	024,309
Flămânzi	010.136
Darabani	009,893
Vorona	007,492
Săveni	006,999
Mihai Eminescu	006,954
Ungureni	006,623
Corni	006,545
Albeşti	006,387
Hudeşti	006,067
Frumușica	005,657
(As of October 20, 2011)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
↑ 2002 census

Web links

Commons : Botoșani - collection of images, videos and audio files

[vz2011-1] 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)

[2] 2002 census