A Comparative Analysis Through Time and Space of Centrality’s Role in County Centers’ Spatial Position for Several Counties in Romania

Abstract

The aim of the study was to measure the importance of county centers in terms of central positioning and accessibility. The actual county centers have been chosen not only based on their central position but also based on other reasons such as their cultural, traditional and especially historical importance. With all these through time they should enforce their central position also in terms of accessibilityas some administration procedures can be managed just in these citiesand to became truly the centers of their counties. We want to check if the actual county centers fulfill these considerations, how strong is these fulfillments and in case of failure which cities could take their places. We also made some comparisons with former administrative organizations at the beginning of the 20 th century before car traffic appeared.