Cernăuţi County
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| Judeţul Cernăuţi | |||
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| Country |  Rumania |
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| Historic region | Cadrilater | ||
| Capital city (Reşedinţă de judeţ) | Cernăuţi | ||
| Established | After Worl War I in 1918 | ||
| Cesed to exist | Administrative and Constitutional Reform in 1938 | ||
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| - Type | Rezident Regal | ||
| Area | |||
| - Land | 1,771 km² (683.8 sq mi) | ||
| Population | |||
| - Total | 395,097 (1,930 Census) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
Judeţul Cernăuţi was a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Bukovina, with the capital city at Cernăuţi.
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[edit] Neighbours
Neighbours of the county were Stanislawow Voivodship of Poland to the north and west, countries of Storojineţ and Dorohoi to the south and Hotin to the east. The county was created after end of World War I.
[edit] Administration
The county consisted from 4 districts: Cozmin, Nistru (Its center was Zastavna), Prut (Its center was Cernăuţi) and Şipeniţ.
[edit] Coat of Arms
The Coat of Arms was 3 trees which one of them was white and 2 swords.
[edit] Population
According to the Romanian census of 1930 the population of Cernăuţi County was 305,097 , of which 48.9% were ethnic Ukrainians, 21.8% ethnic Romanians, 13.1% Jews, 12.5% ethnic Germans and 4.6% Poles. Classified by religion: 78.1% were Orthodox Christian, 9.1% Jewish, 9.1% Roman Catholic, 1.9% Greek Catholic.
[edit] Urbanization
In 1930 the urban population of Cernăuţi County which included 29.1% Jews, 25.9% Romanians, 23.3% Germans, 11.3% Ukrainians, 8.8% Romanians, 7.5% Poles and 1.6% Russians by ethnicity.
[edit] After 1938
After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, this county was merged with counties of Hotin, Suceava, Storojineţ, Dorohoi, Rădăuţi and Câmpulung and consisted the Ţinutul Suceava.
