Covasna County
Covasna County
Județul Covasna Kovászna megye | |
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Landscape in the northern part of Covasna County | |
| Coordinates: 45°54′N 26°02′E / 45.9°N 26.03°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| Development region1 | Centru |
| Historic region | Transylvania |
| Capital city (Reședință de județ) | Sfântu Gheorghe |
| Government | |
| • Type | County Council |
| • President of the County Council | Sándor Tamás (UDMR) |
| • Prefect2 | István Ráduly |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,710 km2 (1,430 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 39th in Romania |
| Population (2021-12-01) | |
• Total | 200,042 |
| • Rank | 42nd in Romania |
| • Density | 54/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 52wxyz3 |
| Area code | +40 x674 |
| Car plates | CV5 |
| GDP | US$3.105 billion (2025) |
| GDP per capita | US$15,521 (2025) |
| Website | County Council County Prefecture |
| 1The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role. 2 as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a public functionary. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned to have any political activity in the first six months after the resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionary corps 3w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address 4x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks 5used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county | |
Covasna County (Romanian pronunciation: [koˈvasna] ⓘ, Hungarian: Kovászna megye, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkovaːsnɒ]) is a county (județ) of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Sfântu Gheorghe.