Statistics on the places of worship of Romania
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In 2003 the program of recording the places of worship in Romania started. In April 2014, the database of the places of worship included more than 18,425 locations, as follows:
Of these the distribution of the places of worship on counties goes as follows:
We mention that this inventory is far from being completed and we hope that next year we will be able to continue this record on a national level. The Romanian Orthodox Church, represented by the Orthodox places of worship, accounts for 70% of all the places of worship under the current inventory, while 30% represent the places of worship officially recognized in Romania. The Romanian Orthodox Church is administratively divided into 5 Metropolitan seats that include: - the Metropolitan Seat of Muntenia and Dobrudja (counties: Argeş, Bucureşti, Braşov, Buzău, Călăraşi, Constanţa, Dâmboviţa, Galaţi, Giurgiu, Ilfov, Ialomiţa, Prahova, Tulcea, Teleorman, Vrancea) - the Metropolitan Seat of Oltenia (Dolj, Gorj, Mehedinţi, Olt, Vâlcea) - the Metropolitan Seat of Banat (Arad, Hunedoara, Caraş Severin, Timiş) - the Metropolitan Seat of Ardeal, Covasna and Harghita (Braşov, Covasna, Harghita, Sibiu) - the Metropolitan Seat of Cluj, Alba, Crişana and Maramureş (Alba, Bihor, Bistriţa Năsăud, Cluj, Maramureş, Mureş, Sălaj, Satu Mare) - the Metropolitan Seat of Moldova and Bucovina (Bacău, Botoşani, Iaşi, Neamţ, Suceava, Vaslui). |