Municipalities of Romania

Municipalities of Romania

Romanian counties map| AB = Alba Iulia| AR = Arad County| AG = Piteşti| BC = Bacău| BH = Oradea| BN = Bistriţa| BT = Botoşani| BV = Braşov| BR = Brăila| BZ = Buzău| CS = Reşiţa| CL = Călăraşi| CJ = Cluj-Napoca| CT = Constanţa| CV = Sfântu Gheorghe| DB = Târgovişte| DJ = Craiova| GL = Galaţi| GR = Giurgiu| GJ = Târgu Jiu| HR = Miercurea Ciuc| HD = Deva, Romania| IL = Slobozia| IS = Iaşi| IF = Buftea| MM = Baia Mare| MH = Drobeta-Turnu Severin| MS = Târgu Mureş| NT = Piatra Neamţ| OT = Slatina| PH = Ploieşti| SM = Satu Mare| SJ = Zalău| SB = Sibiu| SV = Suceava| TR = Alexandria| TM = Timişoara| TL = Tulcea| VS = Vaslui| VL = Râmnicu Vâlcea| VN = Focşani| B = Bucureşti|width=250px
County capitals of Romania

A municipality ("municipiu" in Romanian, from Latin "municipium") is a level of administrative subdivision in Romania. This status is given to cities ("oraşe") that are quite large and urbanized. There is no clear benchmark regarding the status of municipality, even though it applies to localities which have a sizeable population, usually above 15,000, and extensive urban infrastructure. Localities which do not meet these loose guidelines are classified only as cities ("oraşe"), or if they are not urban areas, as communes ("comune"). Municipalities are governed by a mayor. There are no official administrative subdivisions of municipalities, even though, unofficially, municipalities may be grouped in quarters/districts ("cartiere" in Romanian). The exception to this is the Municipality of Bucharest, which has a status similar to that of a county and is officially-subdivided into six administrative sectors.

In English, the Romanian "municipiu" is often translated as city or town, though it is important to distinguish it from city-status ("oraş"), which is the status given to smaller urban localities, as explained above.

Largest

Here is a list with the largest municipalities in Romania:

Complete list

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