Municipiu

Administrative unit of Romania, corresponding to a major city

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Municipii (municipalities) of Romania

Municipalities

County seat municipalities

Bucharest

A municipiu (from Latin municipium; English: municipality) is a level of administrative subdivision in Romania and Moldova, roughly equivalent to city in some English-speaking countries.

In Romania, this status is given to towns that are large and urbanized; at present, there are 103 municipii. There is no clear benchmark regarding the status of municipiu even though it applies to localities which have a sizeable population, usually above 15,000, and extensive urban infrastructure. Localities that do not meet these loose guidelines are classified only as towns (orașe), or if they are not urban areas, as communes (comune). Cities are governed by a mayor and local council. There are no official administrative subdivisions of cities even though, unofficially, municipalities may be divided into quarters/districts (cartiere in Romanian). The exception to this is Bucharest, which has a status similar to that of a county, and is officially subdivided into six administrative sectors.

In Moldova, which has thirteen municipii, a 2002 law provides that the status applies to the cities that play an important role in the country's economic, social, cultural, scientific, political and administrative life.

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County  | Cities  | Year granted
status

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Alba | Alba Iulia
Aiud
Blaj
Sebeș | 1938/1968
1994
1993
2000
Arad | Arad | 1925/1968
Argeș | Pitești
Câmpulung
Curtea de Argeș
| 1968
1994
1995
Bacău | Bacău
Onești
Moinești | 1929†/1968
1968
2001
Bihor | Oradea
Beiuș
Marghita
Salonta | 1925/1968
2003
2003
2001
Bistrița-Năsăud | Bistrița | 1979
Botoșani | Botoșani
Dorohoi | 1968
1994
Brașov | Brașov
Făgăraș
Codlea
Săcele | 1925/1968
1979
2000
2000
Brăila | Brăila | 1925/1968
Buzău | Buzău
Râmnicu Sărat | 1968
1994
Caraș-Severin | Reșița
Caransebeș | 1968
1995
Călărași | Călărași
Oltenița | 1968
1997
Cluj | Cluj-Napoca
Turda
Dej
Câmpia Turzii
Gherla | 1925/1968
1968
1968
1998
2000
Constanța | Constanța
Mangalia
Medgidia | 1925/1968
1995
1994
Covasna | Sfântu Gheorghe
Târgu Secuiesc | 1979
2000
Dâmbovița | Târgoviște
Moreni | 1968
2003
Dolj | Craiova
Băilești
Calafat | 1925/1968
2001
1997
Galați | Galați
Tecuci | 1925/1968
1968
Giurgiu | Giurgiu | 1933†/1968
Gorj | Târgu Jiu
Motru | 1968
2000
Harghita | Miercurea Ciuc
Gheorgheni
Odorheiu Secuiesc
Toplița | 1979
2003
1968
2002
Hunedoara | Deva
Hunedoara
Brad
Lupeni
Orăștie
Petroșani
Vulcan | 1968
1968
1995
2003
1995
1968
2003
Ialomița | Slobozia
Fetești
Urziceni | 1979
1995
1995
Iași | Iași
Pașcani | 1925/1968
1995
Ilfov | none  |
Maramureș | Baia Mare
Sighetu Marmației | 1968
1968
Mehedinți | Drobeta-Turnu Severin
Orșova | 1933†/1968
2000
Mureș | Târgu Mureș
Sighișoara
Reghin
Târnăveni | 1925†/1968
1968
1994
1998
Neamț | Piatra Neamț
Roman | 1968
1968
Olt | Slatina
Caracal | 1979
1994
Prahova | Ploiești
Câmpina | 1925/1968
1994
Satu Mare | Satu Mare
Carei | 1929†/1968
1995
Sălaj | Zalău | 1979
Sibiu | Sibiu
Mediaș | 1925/1968
1968
Suceava | Suceava
Fălticeni
Rădăuți
Câmpulung Moldovenesc
Vatra Dornei | 1968
1994
1994
1995
2000
Teleorman | Alexandria
Roșiorii de Vede
Turnu Măgurele | 1979
1995
1968
Timiș | Timișoara
Lugoj | 1925/1968
1934†/1968
Tulcea | Tulcea | 1968
Vaslui | Vaslui
Bârlad
Huși | 1979
1968
1995
Vâlcea | Râmnicu Vâlcea
Drăgășani | 1968
1995
Vrancea | Focșani
Adjud | 1934†/1968
2000
Bucharest | Bucharest | 1925/1968

† lost status in 1938

Of the seventeen municipii created in 1925, three are no longer in Romania: Cernăuți, Cetatea Albă, and Chișinău. Additionally, Bălți became one in 1929; together with Cetatea Albă, it lost the title in 1938. Cluj and Oradea temporarily lost the title in 1940 as a result of the Second Vienna Award, while it was granted to Odessa and Tiraspol during the Transnistria Governorate period. The status was not used between 1950 and 1968, so that cities which lost it in 1950 were reassigned it in 1968. The most recent municipii were created in 2003.

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Cities  | Year granted
status

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Bălți | 1995
Cahul | 1998/2016
Ceadîr-Lunga | 2016
Chișinău | 1995
Comrat | 1998
Edineț | 1998/2016
Hîncești | 1998/2016
Orhei | 1998/2016
Soroca | 1998/2016
Strășeni | 2016
Ungheni | 1998/2016
Tighina | 1995
Tiraspol | 1995

Chișinău, Tiraspol, Bălți, and Bender/Tighina have been municipii continuously since 1995, and Comrat since 1998. Cahul, Edineț, Hîncești, Orhei, Soroca, and Ungheni held the status from 1998 to 2002, and regained it in 2016. Additionally, Căușeni, Taraclia, Dubăsari, and Rîbnița held the status from 1998 to 2002.

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