Putna County was a county (Romanian: judeÃÂ) in the Kingdom of Romania, in southern Moldavia. The county seat was FocÃÂani.
The county was located in the central-eastern part of Greater Romania, in the south of Moldavia. Today, most of the territory of the former county is part of Vrancea County. The county was bordered on the north by BacÃÂu County, to the east by Tecuci County, to the south by the counties of Râmnicu SÃÂrat and BuzÃÂu, and to the west by Trei-Scaune County.
The capital of Putna County was the town of Focà Âani. The county had five cities (FocÃÂani, Adjud, MÃÂrÃÂÃÂeÃÂti, OdobeÃÂti, and Panciu) and 265 villages.
In 1930, Putna County was administratively divided into three districts (plÃÂÃÂi):
Subsequently, three more districts were established: <ol start="4"> <li>Plasa ZÃÂbala, with 59 villages</li> <li>Plasa Gârlele, with 42 villages</li> <li>Plasa BilieÃÂti, with 34 villages</li> </ol>
Putna County had a court with two sections, fourteen magistrates, one chief prosecutor and two prosecutors in the GalaÃÂi Court of Appeal and nine judges in FocÃÂani, Adjud, MÃÂrÃÂÃÂeÃÂti, Panciu, NÃÂruja, Sascut, Tulnici, and Vidra, with a total of eighteen magistrates.
According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 194,105 inhabitants, 93.3% Romanians, 3.5% Jews, 1.2% Romanies, 1.1% Hungarians, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, 94.2% were Eastern Orthodox, 3.6% were Jewish, 1.6% were Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities.
In 1930, the county's urban population was 58,683 inhabitants, 84.6% Romanians, 10.9% Jews, 1.5% Hungarians, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the urban population was composed of 85.1% Eastern Orthodox, 11.1% Jewish, 2.2% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities.
The county contained 199 Orthodox churches, a Roman Catholic church, a Roman Catholic chapel, two Armenian churches and twelve synagogues. There were two Orthodox monasteries in Vizantea and Soveja and seven Orthodox hermitages: Valea NeagrÃÂ, Brazi, TrotuÃÂanu, MuÃÂunoaiele, Buluc, , and LepÃÂa. The county had three Orthodox protopopes residing in FocÃÂani, DrÃÂguÃÂeni, and Vrancea and was in the eparchy (bishopric) of Roman (in the metropolitanate of Moldavia and Suceava).