Romanați County
Județul Romanați | |
|---|---|
County (Județ) | |
Romanați County court house of the interwar period. | |
| Country | Romania |
| Historic region | Oltenia |
| County seat (Reședință de județ) | Caracal |
| Established | Sometime before 1601 |
| Ceased to exist | Administrative reform of 1950 |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,560 km2 (1,370 sq mi) |
| Population (1930) | |
• Total | 271,096 |
| • Density | 76/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Romanați County was a county (Romanian: județ) in the Kingdom of Romania, in southeastern part of the historical region of Oltenia. The county seat was Caracal.
The county was located in the southwestern part of Romania, in the southeastern part of Oltenia. The county was bordered on the west by Dolj County, to the north by Vâlcea County, to the east by the counties of Olt and Teleorman, and to the south by the Kingdom of Bulgaria. Its territory now comprises the south-eastern part of the current Dolj County, the central-southern part of the current Olt County, and a small part in the southwestern part (around Islaz) of Teleorman County. The county was disbanded with the administrative reform of 6 September 1950.
A proposal to bring back the name Romanați to the modern-day Olt County for changing its name to "Olt-Romanați County" was first suggested in 2017, but a name referendum held on 6 and 7 October 2018 failed to get enough votes to validate it, and thus, the name change proposal was unsuccessful.