Romania Unitary state

Romania is a unitary state in Eastern Europe. It has a population of 19,638,300 (2017).

The country is divided into municipalities (comune), towns (orase), cities (municipii) and counties (judete).

Markers

STATE STRUCTURE:

Unitary

CURRENCY:

Romanian Leu (RON)

VOTE

Non-compulsory

32

SEATS AT THE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Ratification of the European Charter
of Local Self-Government in 1998

3222

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (IN 2016)
CAPITAL CITY:

Bucharest
POPULATION:

19 638 300
GEOGRAPHICAL SIZE:

238 391km2
MEMBER STATE

EU since 2007
Council of Europe since 1993

14

SEATS AT THE COMMITTEE
OF REGIONS

2

LEVELS OF SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS

Evolution

NUMBER OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES*

* Dates of CEMR publications