Arad County
Județul Arad | |
|---|---|
County | |
 Aerial view of Aradi vár | |
 Flag | |
 Location of Arad County in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 46°22′N 21°48′E / 46.36°N 21.8°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| Development region1 | Vest |
| Historic region | Crișana |
| Capital city (Reședința de județ) | Arad |
| Județul Arad | 1968 |
| Government | |
| • Type | County Council |
| • President of the County Board | Iustin Cionca (PNL) |
| • Prefect2 | Czaba Tóth |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,754 km2 (2,994 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 5th in Romania |
| Elevation | 1,486 m (4,875 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 410,143 |
| • Rank | 21st in Romania |
| • Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 31wxyz3 |
| Area code | +40 x574 |
| Car Plates | AR5 |
| GDP | US$ 7.130 billion (2024) |
| GDP per capita | US$ 21,350 (2022) |
| Website | County Council County Prefecture |
| 1 The development regions of Romania have no administrative role and were formed in order to manage funds from the European Union. 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 from having any political activity in the first six months after his resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionaries' 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 utilitary vehicles and ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county | |
Arad County (Romanian pronunciation: [aˈrad] ) is an administrative division (județ) of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crișana and few villages in Banat. The administrative center of the county lies in the city of Arad. The Arad County is part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion.