Baia County is one of the historic counties of Moldavia, Romania. The county seat was FÃÂlticeni.
In 1938, the county was disestablished and incorporated into the newly formed ÃÂinutul Prut, but it was re-established in 1940 after the fall of Carol II's regime - only to be abolished 10 years later by the Communist regime.
Baia County covered 3,353 km<sup>2</sup> and was located in Moldavia. Currently, the territory that comprised Baia County is now included in the Suceava County, IaÃÂi County and NeamàCounty. In the interwar period, the county neighbored Câmpulung and Suceava counties to the north, BotoÃÂani to the northeast, IaÃÂi to the east, Roman to the south, and Neamàcounties to the west.
Administratively, Baia County was originally divided into three districts (plÃÂÃÂi):
Subsequently, Plasa Moldova district was divided into two new districts: <ol start="4"> <li>Plasa Boroaia, headquartered at Boroaia</li> <li>Plasa MÃÂlini, headquartered at MÃÂlini</li> </ol>
According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 157,501 inhabitants, consisting of 91.8% Romanians, 4.8% Jews, 1.2% Romanies, 0.6% Germans, as well as other minorities. As a mother tongue 93.5% spoke Romanian, 3.7% Yiddish, 0.7% Romany, 0.6% German, as well as other minorities. From a religious point of view, the population consisted of 92.9% Eastern Orthodox, 4.9% Jewish, 1.0% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities.
In 1930, the county's urban population was ethnically 76.6% Romanian, 19.7% Jewish, 1.3% German, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the urban population had the following structure: 76.5% Eastern Orthodox, 20.3% Jewish, 2.4% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities.