Suceava County

Suceava
County
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 47.58°N 25.76°E / 47.58; 25.76
Country	Romania
Development region	Nord-Est
Historic region	Moldavia (mostly in Bukovina)
Capital	Suceava
Area
• Total	8,553 km^2 (3,302 sq mi)
Population  (2002)
• Total	688,435
• Density	80/km^2 (210/sq mi)
Telephone code	(+40) 230 or (+40) 330[1]
ISO 3166 code	RO-SV
Website	County Council Prefecture

Suceava (IPA: [su.'ʧa.va]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania in the historical regions Moldavia and Bukovina. The capital of Suceava County is Suceava.

Physical geography

Suceava County has an area of 8,553 km².

The west side of the county has many mountains from the Eastern Carpathians group. These are the Rodna Mountains, the Rarău Mountains, the Giumalău Mountains and the three "Obcine". The county is lower in the east, with the lowest point in the Siret River valley.

The county contains the Siret River and some of its tributaries. This means that they run into the Siret River. These tributaries are the Moldova River, the Suceava River and the Bistriţa River.

Neighbours

• Botoşani County and Iaşi County to the east.
• Maramureş County and Bistriţa-Năsăud County to the west.
• Ukraine to the north.
• Mureş County, Harghita County and Neamţ County to the south.

Divisions

Suceava County has 5 municipalities, 11 towns and 98 communes.

Municipalities

• Suceava – capital city; population: 118,670
• Fălticeni
• Rădăuţi
• Câmpulung Moldovenesc
• Vatra Dornei

Towns

• Broşteni
• Cajvana
• Dolhasca
• Frasin
• Gura Humorului
• Liteni
• Milişăuţi
• Salcea
• Siret
• Solca
• Vicovu de Sus

Communes

Adâncata Arbore Baia Bălăceana Bălcăuţi Berchişeşti Bilca Bogdăneşti Boroaia Bosanci Botoşana Breaza Brodina Buneşti Burla Cacica Calafindeşti Capu Câmpului

Cârlibaba Ciocăneşti Ciprian Porumbescu Comăneşti Cornu Luncii Coşna Crucea Dărmăneşti Dolheşti Dorna-Arini Dorna Candrenilor Dorneşti Drăgoieşti Drăguşeni Dumbrăveni Fântâna Mare Fântânele Forăşti

Frătăuţii Noi Frătăuţii Vechi Frumosu Fundu Moldovei Gălăneşti Grămeşti Grăniceşti Hănţeşti Hârtop Horodnic de Jos Horodnic de Sus Horodniceni Iacobeni Iaslovăţ Ilişeşti Ipoteşti Izvoarele Sucevei Mălini

Mănăstirea Humorului Marginea Mitocu Dragomirnei Moara Moldova-Suliţa Moldoviţa Muşeniţa Ostra Păltinoasa Panaci Pârteştii de Jos Pătrăuţi Poiana Stampei Poieni-Solca Pojorâta Preuteşti Putna Rădăşeni

Râşca Sadova Şaru Dornei Satu Mare Şcheia Serbăuţi Siminicea Slatina Straja Stroieşti Stulpicani Suceviţa Todireşti Udeşti Ulma Vadu Moldovei Valea Moldovei Vama

Vatra Moldoviţei Vereşti Vicovu de Jos Voitinel Volovăţ Vultureşti Zamostea Zvoriştea

Villages

• Soloneţu Nou

Population

In 2002, it had a population of 688,435. The population density was 80.5/km².

These are the nationalities of the people who live in Suceava County.^[2]

• Romanians – 96.3%
• Romas – 1.33%
• Ukrainians, Poles, Slovaks, other.

This is how the population of Suceava County has changed over the last 60 years.^[3]

Year	County population
1948	439,751
1956	507,674
1966	572,781
1977	633,899
1992	701,830
2002	688,435

Economy

The predominant industries in the county are:

• Wood industry – the county has the most surface covered with forests in Romania.
• Food industry.
• Mechanical components industry.
• Construction materials industry.
• Textile and leather industry.

There are also metals that are mined in the mountains.

References

1. The number used depends on the numbering system employed by the phone companies on the market.
2. National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia după etnie" Archived 2009-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
3. National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992 şi 2002" Archived 2006-09-22 at the Wayback Machine