Vlașca County

For other uses, see Vlașca.

Județul Vlașca

County (Județ)

Coat of arms

Country

Historic region

County seat (Reședință de județ)

Established

1859

Ceased to exist

Area

• Land

4,494 km² (1,735 sq mi)

Population (1930)

• Total

296,614

• Summer (DST)

Vlașca is a former county in southern Muntenia, Romania, located between Bucharest and the Danube, which is now mostly the county of Giurgiu. The county seat was Giurgiu.

Administrative organization

Administratively, Vlașca County was divided into seven districts (plăși):

In 1938, the county was disestablished and incorporated into the newly-formed Ținutul Argeș, but it was re-established in 1940 after the fall of Carol II's regime - only to be abolished 10 years later by the Communist regime.

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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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