| Official Name: | Dolj County |
| Native Name: | Județul Dolj |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Coordinates: | 44.17°N 23.7°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Development region1 |
| Subdivision Type2: | Historic region |
| Subdivision Type3: | Capital city |
| Government Type: | County Council |
| Leader Title: | President of the County Council |
| Leader Title1: | Prefect2 |
| Area Total Km2: | 7414 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code: | 20wxyz3 |
| Area Code: | +40 x514 |
| Iso Code: | RO-DJ |
| Website: | County Council County Prefecture |
| Footnotes: | 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 utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Blank1 Name: | GDP nominal |
| Blank1 Info: | US$9.400 billion (2024) |
| Blank2 Info: | US$6,512 (2015) |
| Blank Info: | DJ5 |
Dolj County (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /dolʒ/; originally meant Dol(no)-Jiu, "lower Jiu", as opposed to Gorj (upper Jiu)) is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Oltenia, with the capital city at Craiova.
In 2011, the county had a population of 660,544 and a population density of 89PD/km².
| Year | County population[2] | |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 615,301 | |
| 1956 | 642,028 | |
| 1966 | 691,116 | |
| 1977 | 750,328 | |
| 1992 | 761,074 | |
| 2002 | 734,231 | |
| 2011 | 660,544 | |
| 2021 | 599,442 |
This county has a total area of 7414km2.
The entire area is a plain with the Danube on the south forming a wide valley crossed by the Jiu River in the middle. Other small rivers flow through the county, each one forming a small valley. There are some lakes across the county and many ponds and channels in the Danube valley. 6% of the county's area is a desert.[3]
Agriculture is the county's main industry. The county has a land that is ideal for growing cereals, vegetables, and wines. Other industries are mainly located in the city of Craiova, the largest city in southwestern Romania.
The county's main industries:
There are two small ports on the shore of the Danube river – Bechet and Calafat.
Major tourist attractions:
The Dolj County Council, renewed at the 2020 local elections, consists of 36 counsellors, with the following party composition:[4]
| Party | Seats | Current County Council | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party (PSD) | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| National Liberal Party (PNL) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| PRO Romania (PRO) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| People's Movement Party (PMP) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ecologist Party of Romania (PER) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Dolj County 3 municipalities, 4 towns and 104 communes
| Official Name: | Județul Dolj |
| Settlement Type: | County (Județ) |
| Subdivision Type2: | Historic region |
| Subdivision Type3: | Capital city (Reședință de județ) |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Title2: | Ceased to exist |
| Area Total Km2: | 6538 |
| Population As Of: | 1930 |
| Population Total: | 485149 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Historically, the county was located in the southwestern part of Greater Romania, in the southwest part of the historical region of Oltenia. Its capital was Craiova. The interwar county territory comprised the central and southwestern part of the current Dolj county. It was bordered to the north with by the counties of Gorj and Valcea, to the west by Mehedinți County, to the east by Romanați County, and to the south by the Kingdom of Bulgaria.
The county was originally divided into six administrative districts (plăși):[5]
Subsequently, four districts were created in place of two of the prior districts (Plasa Bârca and Plasa Gângiova):
According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 485,149 inhabitants, ethnically divided as follows: 96.7% Romanian, 0.5% Jews, 0.3% Germans, 0.3% Hungarians, as well as other minorities.[6] From the religious point of view, the population was 98.4% Eastern Orthodox, 0.7% Roman Catholic, 0.5% Jewish, as well as other minorities.
In 1930, the county's urban population was 91,788 inhabitants, comprising 90.2% Romanians, 2.4% Jews, 2.2% Romanies, 1.7% Germans, 1.3% Hungarians, as well as other minorities.[6] From the religious point of view, the urban population was composed of 92.7% Eastern Orthodox, 3.1% Roman Catholic, 2.5% Jewish, 0.7% Lutheran, 0.3% Calvinist, 0.3% Greek Catholic, as well as other minorities.