Ținutul Someș

Ținutul Someș Ținutul Crișuri
Land (Ținut)
Coat of arms
Country	Romania
Former counties included	Bihor County, Cluj County, Maramureș County, Sălaj County, Satu Mare County, Someș County, Năsăud County
Historic region	Transylvania (Maramureș, Crișana)
Capital city (Reședință de ținut)	Cluj
Established	14 August 1938
Ceased to exist	22 September 1940
Government
• Type	Rezident Regal
Area
• Total	33,385 km^2 (12,890 sq mi)
Population  (1938 (?))
• Total	2.143.453
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Ținutul Someș was one of the ten ținuturi ("lands") of Romania, founded in 1938 after King Carol II initiated an institutional reform by modifying the 1923 Constitution and the law of territorial administration.[1] It comprised parts of Transylvania, and included the entire regions of Crișana and Maramureș. It was named after the rivers Someș, Crișul Alb, Crișul Negru, and Crișul Repede; its capital was the city of Cluj. Ținutul Someș ceased to exist de facto following the territorial losses of Romania to Hungary in 1940, and de jure on 22 September 1940.[2]

Coat of arms

The Coat of Arms is composed of 7 sinister bends, 4 of gules and 3 of azure, representing the former seven counties (județe) of the Greater Romania (71 in total in 1938) it included. Over the mirror bends there is a sable aurochs head (in reference to Voivode Dragoș of Maramureș, and to the symbol of Moldavia - see Flag and coat of arms of Moldavia).[3]

Counties incorporated

After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, of the older 71 counties Ținutul Someș included 7:[4]

• Bihor County
• Cluj County
• Maramureș County
• Năsăud County
• Sălaj County
• Satu Mare County
• Someș County

See also

• Historical administrative divisions of Romania
• Nord-Vest (development region)
• History of Romania

References

1. Published in „Monitorul Oficial”, Part 1, Nr. 187 from 14 August 1938
2. Decree-Law Nr. 3219 from 21 September 1940, published in „Monitorul Oficial”, Part 1, Nr. 221 from 22 September 1940, pp. 5530-5532
3. Royal Decree Nr. 4285 from 13 December 1938, published in „Monitorul Oficial”, Part I, Nr. 34 from 10 February 1939, p. 698
4. Administrative Law published in „Monitorul Oficial”, Part 1, Nr. 187 from 14 August 1938, p. 3779

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