localitilor

Localităților, written without diacritics as localitilor, is the genitive/dative plural form of the Romanian noun localitate, meaning the localities. The term appears in administrative, geographic, and statistical texts to indicate possession or the indirect object of a verb, typically referring to multiple municipalities, towns, or villages collectively.

Localitate is derived from Latin localitas, and localităților functions like other plural genitive/dative forms in Romanian grammar. In practice it is used in phrases such as bugetul localităților din județ (the budgets of the localities in the county), programul de dezvoltare al localităților (the development program of the localities), and fonduri alocate localităților din regiune (funds allocated to the localities in the region). The form helps distinguish ownership or recipients of actions from the singular locality to a group of them.

In formal writing, the diacritic form localităților is preferred. The non-diacritic variant localitilor appears in older texts, certain databases, or contexts where diacritics are omitted. Localităților is distinct from localități (plural of locality) and from localitate (singular locality); the difference lies in grammatical case rather than in meaning. When documenting administrative divisions or conducting regional analyses, localităților is a common grammatical element to reference multiple localities as a unit.

See also: localitate, localități, administrative division, regional planning.