In 2025 researchers usingLiDAR in the forests of Neamț County discovered a 5,000-year-old fortification which roughly dates back to the transition from theNeolithic period to theBronze Age.[7]
Neamț County is known as the region with the most monasteries to be found per square kilometer in the world.[citation needed] The monumental church ofNeamț Monastery has been a model for Moldavian churches and monasteries. The Moldavian art style, of great originality and stylistic unity, was developed by blending Gothic elements with Byzantine motifs.
The county was located in the north-eastern part of Romania, in the north-west of the region ofMoldavia. Today, most of the territory of the former county is part of the current Neamț County. It was bordered on the north byCâmpulung County, to the north-east byBaia County, to the east byRoman County, to the south byBacău County, to the southwest byCiuc County, and to the west byMureș County.
According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 198,223 inhabitants, 90.3% Romanians, 6.3% Jews, 1.2% Hungarians, as well as other minorities.[10] From the religious point of view, the population was 90.5% Eastern Orthodox, 6.7% Jewish, 2.3% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities.
In 1930, the county's urban population was 47,957 inhabitants, comprising 69.6% Romanians, 24.7% Jews, 1.3% Hungarians, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the urban population was composed of 69.7% Eastern Orthodox, 25.2% Jewish, 3.4% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities.
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