Local short name form

Official name

Area

Population

Capital

Currency

International telephone access code

ISO 3166 country codes

Car nationality plate code

Internet country code

GRC Country Code

   1.234,45

(where , indicates the decimal separator and . the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 2nd June 2021

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The official language, Romanian , is spoken by 87% of the population. Other languages spoken are Hungarian (9%), German (2%) and Romani (1%). Also spoken are Bulgarian (10 439 speakers); Crimean Turkish (25 000 speakers); Gagauz ; Greek ; Polish (10 000 speakers); Serbo-Croatian (80 000 speakers) and Turkish (150 000 speakers).

Language use, especially amongst the large Hungarian minority, is a sensitive issue in Romania. Minorities may use their own language in public affairs if they form more than 20% of the population of a municipality.

Romanian family names traditionally follow the Anglo-Saxon pattern:

   Given name[ ]Surname

with children inheriting the father’s surname and wives taking their husband’s surname. On official papers the name is often written with the surname first.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

   Note: This section last updated 13th September 2016

The following company types will be found:

   RA - Regie Autonomă - a state-owned company with a degree of management independence
   SA - Societate pe Acţiuni - stock company
   SC - Societate Cooperatista - co-operative company
   SCA – Societate in còmandita pe acţiuni – limited liability partnership
   SCS – Societate in comandita simpla – limited liability partnership.
   SNC – Societate in nume colectiv – general partnership
   Srl – Societate cu răspondere limitată – limited liability company, privately held.

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

Addresses are written in the following format:

   Recipient name
   Thoroughfare[ ]number
   postal code[ ]CITY NAME

For example:

   Gheorghe Petraru
   Bd Olescu 38
   050000 BUCUREŞTI

The house number is sometimes found in front of the thoroughfare string. The house number is sometimes followed by sub-building information (block (Bl.) / entrance (Scara (Sc.), staircase) / floor (Etaj (Et.)) / apartment (Ap.)), and numbered urban sectors may also be found in addresses, in this way:

   Megheru Nr 7, Bl. D1, Sc. 3, Et. 9, Ap. 96
   Sector 1
   050000 BUCUREŞTI

Addresses outside Bucharest may include the county name instead of a sector.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

Thoroughfare types

   Note: This section last updated 27th January 2018

   Alee, Aleea                                (Alley)
   Bulevardul, Bulevard      Bul., Bl.        (Boulevard)
   Cale, Calea               Cal.             (Way)
   Curte                                      (Yard, Court)
   Drum, Drumul                               (Road)
   Fundac, Fundacul                           (Close)
   Fundatură                 Fnd.             (Cul-de-sac, Close) 
   Intrare, Intrarea         Intr.            (Drive)
   Parc                                       (Park)  
   Pasaj                                      (Passage, pass)  
   Piaţă                                      (Market, square)
   Potecă                                     (Path, trail) 
   Rampă                                      (Ramp)   
   Scuar                                      (Square)   
   Şir                                        (Row)  
   Şosea, Şoseaua            Sos.             (Road, avenue)
   Splai, Splaiul            Spl.             (Embankment)
   Stradă                    Str.             (Street)
   Stradelă                                   (Lane)  
   Trecere                                    (Crossing) 

   Canal                                      (Canal)
   Cartier                                    (Neighbourhood, district)
   Colonie                                    (Settlement)
   Hotar                                      (Border, edge)
   Pietonal                                   (Pedestrian)
   Platou                                     (Plateau)
   Prelungire, Prelungirea   Prel.            (Extension)
   Suiş                                       (Slope)
   Variantă                  Var.             (Alternative)

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

Other elements commonly found in address databases

This is written Căsuţă Poştală, abbreviated to C.P. in Romanian.

This is Cod Poştal in Romanian. Romania introduced a new postal code system on 1^st May 2003. All new postal codes have 6 digits, commencing with any number between 0 and 9. The first digit indicates one of 10 postal regions, the second number indicates a smaller district. Most postal regions have no more than five districts, with the exception of Bucharest which has 8. The second digit can have a value between 0 and 8.

The final 4 digits indicates a district, town, rural locality, street, part of a street or building. If the third digit is a 0 it indicates a residence within a district. The third digits 1-4 indicate a locality with more than 50000 inhabitants. Third digits 5-6 are for other urban localities. Third digit 7 is for rural areas.

This is summarised below:

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

Romania - Postal code format graphic

Romania - Postal code format

Romania - Postal code specifics

Romania - Postal code regular expression

Romania - Postal code level of coverage

Romania - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 3rd May 2017

Refer to Exonyms in Romania for full lists of place names in Romania in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

Romania has 41 counties (judeţe, singular - judeţ) and 1 municipality (municipiu, shown in the list below with an asterisk). They are listed below:

County	Postal code region
Alba	51
Arad	31
Argeş	11
Bacău	60
Bihor	41
Bistrita-Năsăud	42
Botoşani	71
Brăila	81
Braşov	50
Bucureşti *	01-06
Buzău	12
Călăraşi	91
Caraş-Severin	32
Cluj	40
Constanta	90
Covasna	52
Dâmbovita	13
Dolj	20
Galaţi	80
Gorj	21
Giurgui	08
Harghita	53
Hunedoara	33
Ialomita	92
Iaşi	70
Ilfov	07
Maramureş	43
Mehedinti	22
Mureş	54
Neamt	61
Olt	23
Prahova	10
Sălaj	45
Satu Mare	44
Sibiu	55
Suceava	72
Teleorman	14
Timiş	30
Tulcea	82
Vaslui	73
Vîlcea	24
Vrancea	62

   This regions/postal code data can be acquired as a data file 

Administrative districts graphic

Romanian area codes have 2 or 3 digits when called from abroad, and a total length of 9 digits. Mobile numbers have area codes commencing with a 7.