Plasă (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /ˈplasə/, plural plăși in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /ˈpləʃʲ/) was a territorial division unit of Romania, ranking below county (județ) and above commune. It was headed by a Pretor, appointed by the county Prefect. The institution headed by the Pretor was called Pretură.
The division of counties into plăși was used starting from the rule of Carol I as Domnitor, throughout the existence of a Romanian Kingdom, and during the first two years of the Romanian People's Republic, until they were replaced in 1950 by raions, following the Soviet system.[1] In 1938, the country's 71 județe were divided into 429 plăși.[2]