Galați County, in Romanian Județul Galați, is a county (județ) of Romania in the historical region of Moldavia, with its seat at the city of Galați. It lies between about 45 degrees 25 minutes and 46 degrees 10 minutes north and borders the counties of Vaslui, Vrancea, Brăila and Tulcea, while to the east it borders the Republic of Moldova, with border crossings at Galați-Giurgiulești and Oancea-Cahul. The county was established in 1968 through the territorial reorganization of the former Galați Region. It belongs to the South-East Development Region, to the Lower Danube Euroregion and to the Free Economic Zone Galați-Giurgiulești-Reni shared with Moldova and Ukraine. The 2021 census counted 496,892 residents, and the county covers about 4,466 square kilometres. Its name is traced by most Romanian scholars to the Genoese word caladda, a mooring place on the Danube mentioned in a manuscript of 1395.
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The county was established in 1968, through the territorial reorganization of the former Galați Region
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