Ilfov County - Administrative Divisions

Administrative Divisions

The county has 8 towns and 32 communes.

There were serious debates about the city level awarded to Voluntari, as it is alleged that it was given in regard to the city's political affiliation, rather than population, development or any other objective features. Despite this, Voluntari does have a population of 30,000, and many other localities with this population have been given city-status in the past.

Before 1972, it used to be one of the largest counties of Romania, but parts of it were added to neighbouring counties and nowadays it is the smallest (excluding the city of Bucharest, which has a special status). Between 1981 and 1997, it was called "Sectorul Agricol Ilfov" and it was not a separate county, but subordinate to the capital.

1. Periş
2. Ciolpani
3. Gruiu
4. Nuci
5. Snagov
6. Grădiştea
7. Moara Vlăsiei
8. Baloteşti
9. Corbeanca
10. Dascălu
11. Petrăchioaia
12. Otopeni (town status)
13. Tunari
14. Ştefăneştii de Jos
15. Afumaţi
16. Voluntari (town status)
17. Găneasa
18. Mogoşoaia
19. Buftea (town status)
20. Chitila (town status)
21. Dragomireşti-Vale
22. Chiajna
23. Dobroeşti
24. Pantelimon (town status)
25. Brăneşti
26. Ciorogârla
27. Domneşti
28. Clinceni
29. Bragadiru (town status)
30. Popeşti-Leordeni (town status)
31. Glina
32. Cernica
33. Cornetu
34. Măgurele (town status)
35. Jilava
36. Berceni
37. Dărăşti-Ilfov
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39. Vidra

Ilfov County is the only county that has its capital outside of its territorial area, in Bucharest which is not part of the actual county. Initially, immediately after the 1968 reform of the public administration in communist Romania, Ilfov was a larger county, that comprised its present-day territory, the entire Giurgiu County, Bucharest and the western parts of Călăraşi and Ialomiţa counties. Later during the communist period, its te4ritory was reduced to its current size and it became one of the sectors of Bucharest. It became again a county in 1997, when its capital was designated to be Bucharest. However, in 2005, some plans were proposed that would merge Bucharest with 90 other communes located to up to 40 km outside the city, in Ilfov County and other nearby counties into a "metropolitan area" of Bucharest. As of 2011, these plans have not come true, while a debate on the general administrative division of Romania was under way.