Arad County

This article is about the modern Romanian county. For the former county of the Kingdom of Hungary, see Arad County (former).

Arad County Județul Arad
County
Arad Nădlac Pecica
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Arad County in Romania
Coordinates: 46.36°N 21.8°E / 46.36; 21.8
Country	Romania
Development region1	Vest
Historic region	Crișana
Capital city (Reședința de județ)	Arad
Județul Arad	1968
Government
• Type	County Council
• President of the County Board	Iustin Cionca (PNL)
• Prefect2	Csaba Tóth
Area
• Total	7,754 km2 (2,994 sq mi)
• Rank	5th in Romania
Elevation	1,486 m (4,875 ft)
Population  (2021-12-01)
• Total	410,143
• Rank	21st in Romania
• Density	52.89/km2 (137.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	31wxyz3
Area code	+40 x574
Car Plates	AR5
GDP	US$ 7.740 billion (2025)
GDP per capita	US$ 18,871 (2025)
Website	County Council County Prefecture
1 The development regions of Romania have no administrative role and were formed in order to manage funds from the European Union. 2 as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a public functionary. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned from having any political activity in the first six months after his resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionaries' corps. 3w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address 4x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks 5used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utilitary vehicles and ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county

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Arad County (Romanian pronunciation: [aˈrad] ^ⓘ) is an administrative division (județ) of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crișana and a few villages in Banat. The administrative center of the county lies in the city of Arad. The Arad County is part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion.