Arad County

• Name — Arad County • Native Name — Județul Arad • Type — County • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Romania • Subdivision Type1 — Development region 1 • Subdivision Name1 — Vest • Subdivision Type2 — Historic region • Subdivision Name2 — Crișana • Subdivision Type3 — Capital city (Reședința de județ) • Subdivision Name3 — Arad • Government Type — County Council • Leader Party — PNL • Leader Title — President of the County Board • Leader Name — Iustin Cionca • Leader Title1 — Prefect 2 • Leader Name1 — Csaba Tóth • Established Title — Județul Arad • Established Date — 1968 • Area Total Km2 — 7754 • Area Rank — 5th in Romania • Elevation M — 1486 • Elevation Ft — 4875 • Population Rank — 21st in Romania • Population Density Km2 — auto • Time Zone — EET • Utc Offset — +2 • Time Zone Dst — EEST • Utc Offset Dst — +3 • Postal Code Type — Postal Code • Postal Code — 31wxyz 3 • Area Code — +40 x57 4 • Custom Label Sec1 — Car Plates • Custom Data Sec1 — AR 5 • Custom Label1 Sec1 — GDP • Custom Data1 Sec1 — US$ 7.740 billion (2025) • Custom Label2 Sec1 — GDP per capita • Custom Data2 Sec1 — US$ 18,871 (2025) • Website — County Council County Prefecture

In Hungarian, it is known as Arad megye, in Serbian as Арадски округ, and in German as Kreis Arad. The county was named after its administrative center, Arad.

The county has a total area of, representing 3.6% of national Romanian territory. The terrain of Arad County is divided into two distinct units that cover almost half of the county each. The eastern side of the county has a hilly to low mountainous terrain (Dealurile Lipovei, Munții Zărandului, Munții Codru Moma) and on the western side it's a plain zone consisting of the Arad Plain, Low Mures Plain, and The High Vinga Plain. Taking altitude into account we notice that it follows a stepped pattern as it drops as we go from the east to the west of the county from 1489 m to below 100 m. In the east there are the Zarand Mountains and the Codru Moma Mountains, all subdivisions of the Apuseni Mountains, a major group of the Western Carpathians.

• Alba County and Hunedoara County to the East. • Hungary to the West - Békés and Csongrád-Csanád Counties. • Bihor County to the North. • Timiș County to the South.

In terms of climate, the characteristics of Arad county have a typical temperate continental climate with oceanic influences, with a circulation of air masses with a predominantly western ordered direction visible from west to east, with increasing altitude. Average annual temperatures range from 10 °C in the lowlands, the hills and piedmonts 9 °C, 8 °C and 6 °C in the low mountains in the area of greatest height. Average amounts of precipitation is between annually in the lowlands, annually in the hills and piedmonts and annually in the mountainous area.

The hydrographic network is composed of the two main rivers plus their tributaries and channels. • Mureș - Corbeasca, Troaș, Bârzava, Milova, Cladova • Crișul Alb - Hălmăgel, Valea de la Lazuri, Tăcășele, Cremenoasa, Zimbru, Valea Deznei, Valea Monesei, Tălagiu, Honțisor, Chisindia, Cigher

• Tauț, Seleuș, Cermei, Rovine, Matca (Ghioroc) Lakes and Gypsy Pond • Matca, Canalul Morilor, Canalul Morilor, Ier, Criș Channels

Along with Timiș County it forms one of the most developed regions in Romania. Due to its proximity to the border, it attracts a great number of foreign investments. The agricultural potential is greatly put into value, Arad plains being considered one of the most important cereal and vegetable producing basins. The predominant industries in the county are: • Machine and automotive components • Food • Textiles Natural resources in Arad, are worthy to be taken into account as there are oil and associated gases, points of extraction in the west of the county, molybdenum mines in the Săvârșin area, marble quarries at Căprioara and Moneasa, mineral waters at Lipova, Moneasa, Dorobanți, Curtici, Macea and uranium deposits in the NE part of the county.

The main tourist destinations are: • The city of Arad; • The Mureș Natural Floodplain Park; • Bezdin Monastery; • Hodoș-Bodrog Monastery (est. 1177); • Lipova resort and city; • Șoimoș, Dezna, and Șiria stone citadels; • Moneasa resort; • The areas around Săvârșin, Petriș, Macea, and Pecica.

According to the 2021 census, the county had a population of 410,143 and the population density was sqmi. • Year — County population • 1948 — 476,207 • 1956 — 475,620 • 1966 — 481,248 • 1977 — 512,020 • 1992 — 487,370 • 2002 — 461,791 • 2011 — 430,629 • 2021 — 410,143

The Arad County Council, renewed at the 2024 local elections, consists of 32 counsellors, with the following party composition: • — Party — Seats — Current County Council • National Liberal Party (Romania) — National Liberal Party (PNL) — 13 — National Liberal Party (Romania) — National Liberal Party (Romania) — National Liberal Party (Romania) — National Liberal Party (Romania) — National Liberal Party (Romania) — National Liberal Party (Romania) — National Liberal Party (Romania) — National Liberal Party (Romania) — National Liberal Party (Romania) — National Liberal Party (Romania) — National Liberal Party (Romania) — National Liberal Party (Romania) — National Liberal Party (Romania) • Social Democratic Party (Romania) — Social Democratic Party (PSD) — 9 — Social Democratic Party (Romania) — Social Democratic Party (Romania) — Social Democratic Party (Romania) — Social Democratic Party (Romania) — Social Democratic Party (Romania) — Social Democratic Party (Romania) — Social Democratic Party (Romania) — Social Democratic Party (Romania) — Social Democratic Party (Romania) — — — — • Alliance for the Union of Romanians — Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) — 5 — Alliance for the Union of Romanians — Alliance for the Union of Romanians — Alliance for the Union of Romanians — Alliance for the Union of Romanians — Alliance for the Union of Romanians — — — — — — — — • Save Romania Union (2022) — Save Romania Union (USR) — 2 — Save Romania Union (2022) — Save Romania Union (2022) — — — — — — — — — — — • Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania — Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ) — 2 — Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania — Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania — — — — — — — — — — — • People's Movement Party — People's Movement Party (PMP) — 1 — People's Movement Party — — — — — — — — — — — —

• Illustration — Arad • Illustration — The border town of Nădlac Arad County has 1 municipality, 9 towns and 68 communes with approximately 180 villages. • Municipalities • Arad - capital city; population: 172,827 (as of 2002) • Towns • Chișineu-Criș • Curtici • Ineu • Lipova • Nădlac • Pâncota • Pecica • Sântana • Sebiș • Communes • Almaș • Apateu • Archiș • Bata • Bârsa • Bârzava • Beliu • Birchiș • Bocsig • Brazii • Buteni • Cărand • Cermei • Chisindia • Conop • Covăsânț • Craiva • Dezna • Dieci • Dorobanți • Fântânele • Felnac • Frumușeni • Ghioroc • Grăniceri • Gurahonț • Hălmagiu • Hălmăgel • Hășmaș • Ignești • Iratoșu • Livada • Macea • Mișca • Moneasa • Olari • Păuliș • Peregu Mare • Petriș • Pilu • Pleșcuța • Săvârșin • Secusigiu • Seleuș • Semlac • Sintea Mare • Socodor • Șagu • Șeitin • Șepreuș • Șicula • Șilindia • Șimand • Șiria • Șiștarovăț • Șofronea • Tauț • Târnova • Ususău • Vărădia de Mureș • Vârfurile • Vinga • Vladimirescu • Zăbrani • Zădăreni • Zărand • Zerind • Zimandu Nou

• Official Name — Județul Arad • Type — County (Județ) • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Romania • Subdivision Type2 — Historic region • Subdivision Name2 — Crișana • Subdivision Type3 — Capital city (Reședință de județ) • Subdivision Name3 — Arad • Leader Title — Prefect • Established Title — Established • Established Title2 — Ceased to exist • Established Date2 — 1950 • Area Total Km2 — 6248 • Population As Of — 1930 • Population Total — 423469 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Time Zone — EET • Utc Offset — +2 • Time Zone Dst — EEST • Utc Offset Dst — +3

In 1930, the county was divided into nine districts (plăși): • Plasa Aradul-Nou (comprising 22 villages) • Plasa Chișineu-Criș (comprising 19 villages) • Plasa Hălmagiu (comprising 45 villages) • Plasa Ineu (comprising 15 villages) • Plasa Pecica (comprising 12 villages) • Plasa Sfânta Ana (comprising 13 villages) • Plasa Sebiș (comprising 37 villages) • Plasa Șiria (comprising 11 villages) • Plasa Radna (comprising 36 villages) Subsequently, a tenth district was established having been carved out of Plasa Ineu: Plasa Târnova (comprising 16 villages) Administration was re-organized in 1947, comprising 13 districts: • Plasa Aradul-Nou • Plasa Chișineu-Criș • Plasa Curtici • Plasa Gurahonț • Plasa Hălmagiu • Plasa Ineu • Plasa Pecica • Plasa Radna • Plasa Săvârșin • Plasa Sebiș • Plasa Sfânta Ana • Plasa Șiria • Plasa Târnova

According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 423,469 inhabitants, 61.0% Romanians, 19.5% Hungarians, 12.3% Germans (Banat Swabians), 2.8% Slovaks, 2.1% Jews, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, 55.8% declared Eastern Orthodox, 26.5% Roman Catholic, 5.5% Reformed, 4.2% Greek Catholic, 3.2% Lutherans, 2.4% Jewish, 1% Baptists, as well as other minorities.

In 1930, the county's urban population was 77,181 inhabitants, 39.3% Romanians, 38.8% Hungarians, 9.1% Jews, 7.1% Germans (Banat Swabians), 1.7% Serbs and Croats, 1.4% Slovaks, as well as other minorities. In the urban area, languages were Hungarian (53.3%), Romanian (37.0%), German (6.0%), Serbian (1.4%), Yiddish (0.9%), as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the urban population was composed of Roman Catholics (38.5%), Eastern Orthodox (33.8%), Jewish (10.1%), Reformed (9.9%), Greek Catholics (4.0%), Lutherans (2.6%), as well as other minorities.

The county's capital, Arad, was the location of Romania's first automotive factory. During the 1920s, Astra cars and commercial vehicles were made at Arad. ASTRA Arad manufactured automobiles from 1922 to 1926. The factory had an output of 2 automobiles per working day as of 1922.