THE ADMINISTRATIVE UNIFICATION OF THE COMPLETED ROMANIA. THE STAGES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE INTEGRATION OF TRANSYLVANIA, 1918-1925

This article presents the administrative evolution of Transylvania from the moment of its uni cation with Romania on December 1, 1918 until the integration of this province into the unitary administration of the Romanian state, con rmed by the administrative uni cation law from the 4 th of June, 1925. The administrative integration of Transylvania was progressive. In the beginning, the existing administrative structures were maintained and they functioned for a while, based on the Hungarian legislation from 1886. Gradually, at the same time with the organization of the Controlling Council (“Consiliul Dirigent”) from Sibiu which temporarily led Transylvania until the 20 th of April, 1920, decisions that brought the organization of the province close to the structures approved by the Romanian state administration were adopted. The administrative law from 1925 unitarily organized the entire national territory into counties, subdivisions, rural and urban communes and villages.