Tutova County

Județul Tutova

County (Județ)

Coat of arms

Country

Romania

Historic region

Moldavia

Capital city (Reședință de județ)

Bârlad

Established

1925

Ceased to exist

Administrative reform of 1950

Area

• Land

2,498 km² (964 sq mi)

Population (1930)

• Total

144,267

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Tutova County is one of the historic counties of Moldavia, Romania with the city of Bârlad as capital.

Geography

Tutova County covered 2,498 km² and was located in the eastern of Greater Romania, in Moldavia. Currently, the territory that comprised Tutova County is now included at present in Bacău County, Galați County and Vaslui County.^[1] In the interwar period, the county neighbored Vaslui County to the north, Fălciu County to the northeast, Cahul County to the east, Covurlui County to the south, and Tecuci and Bacău counties to the west.

Administrative organization

Administratively, Tutova County was divided into four districts (plăși):

References

↑ Enciclopedia Romaniei. Vol. I-IV, Bucharest 1938, 1938 1943

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Interwar Tutova County.

(Romanian) Tutova County on memoria.ro

Historical counties of Romania

Alba Arad Argeș Bacău Baia Bălți Bihor Botoșani Brașov Brăila Buzău Cahul Caliacra Câmpulung Caraș Cernăuți Cetatea Albă Ciuc Cluj Constanța Covurlui Dâmbovița Dolj Dorohoi Durostor Făgăraș Fălciu Gorj Hotin Hunedoara Ialomița Iași Ilfov Ismail Lăpușna Maramureș Mehedinți Mureș Muscel Năsăud Neamț Odorhei Olt Orhei Prahova Putna Rădăuți Râmnicu Sărat Roman Romanați Satu Mare Sălaj Severin Sibiu Someș Soroca Storojineț Suceava Târnava-Mare Târnava-Mică Tecuci Teleorman Tighina Timiș-Torontal Trei Scaune Tulcea Turda Tutova Vaslui Vâlcea Vlașca

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