Suceava County
Județul Suceava | |
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Coordinates: 47°35′N 25°46′E / 47.58°N 25.76°E | |
Country | Romania |
Development region | Nord-Est |
Historical region | Southern Bukovina |
Seat | Suceava |
Government | |
• President of the County Board | Gheorghe Flutur (PLD) |
• Prefect | Gheorghe-Alexandru Moldovan |
Area | |
• Total | 8,553 km2 (3,302 sq mi) |
• Rank | 2nd |
Population (2021-12-01)[1] | |
• Total | 642,551 |
• Rank | 8th |
• Density | 75/km2 (190/sq mi) |
Telephone code | (+40) 230 or (+40) 330[2] |
ISO 3166 code | RO-SV |
GDP (nominal) | US$3.188 billion (2015) |
GDP per capita | US$5,022 (2015) |
Website | County Council Prefecture |
Suceava County (Romanian pronunciation: [suˈtʃe̯ava]) is a county (Romanian: județ) of Romania. Most of its territory lies in the southern part of the historical region of Bukovina (Romanian: Bucovina), while the remainder forms part of Western Moldavia proper.
The county seat is the historical town of Suceava (‹See Tfd›German: Suczawa, also Sotschen or Sutschawa; historically known in Old High German as Sedschopff as well)[3] which was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia during the late Middle Ages and then a pivotal, predominantly German-speaking commercial town of the Habsburgs, Austrian Empire, and Austria-Hungary at the border with the Romanian Old Kingdom (Romanian: Vechiul Regat, ‹See Tfd›German: Altreich) throughout the late modern period up until 1918, when, after the end of World War I, the town became part of the enlarged Kingdom of Romania.
Suceava County, as part of the historical and geographical region of Bukovina, had been sometimes described as 'Switzerland of the East'.[4][5][6] It has also been known as 'Switzerland of Eastern Europe' in the minds of the educated public.[7]