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'''Victoria County''', officially the '''County of Victoria''' ({{lang-cd|Comarca de Victoria}}), is a [[Administrative divisions of Cartadania#County|county]] in the [[Verona|Commonwealth of Verona]]. It is situated in northeastern Verona and is the 43rd-largest county by area in Verona. In 2023, the county's population was estimated to sit at 5,990,018, making it the [[List of counties in Verona|third-most populous county]] in Verona, as well as its most densely populated with {{convert|1193.2|PD/km2|PD/sqmi}}. It is the 11th highest-income county in Verona by median family income. It is home to the state's 5th- and 6th-largest cities, [[La Joya]] and [[Los Sueños]], respectively, of which, La Joya, is also the county seat. Because both of their populations sit just below 1 million, and both cities have approximately the same area, they are sometimes referred to as the "Twin Cities".

== History ==
Victoria County was created from a portion of Sierra County in 1731 following Lynnhaven County's separation as a result of a land grant to a local family. The Verona General Assembly created it as a charter county from existence and it was the first county to do so. Prior to its establishment in 1731, it was known as the Rancho Victoria. At the time, Sierra County was relatively large, and included a large portion of northeastern Verona, with all of what are now Andina, Lynnhaven, Santa Rosa, and Victoria Counties.

Prior to the creation of Sevilla and efforts to create a more centralized location, Los Sueños was the seat of the Commonwealth's government. The old capitol building became Victoria County's legislature building until it was demolished and replaced by a different building. Los Sueños is one of the oldest continuously inhabited, inland settlements in Verona.

== Geography ==
According to the Cartadanian Institute of Geography and Statistics, the county has a total area of {{convert|5020.2|km2|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|5003.1|km2|sqmi}} are land and {{convert|17.1|km2|sqmi}} are covered by water. The county is bounded by the Natua River on its southern border, while the San Miguel River cuts west to east through the county.

=== Adjacent counties ===
* [[Sierra County, Verona|Sierra County]] (east)
* [[Andina County, Verona|Andina County]] (southeast)
* [[Sinhedes County, Verona|Sinhedes County]] (south)
* [[Lençois County, Verona|Lençois County]] (southwest)
* [[Guines County, Verona|Guines County]] (west)
* [[Santa Maria County, Verona|Santa Maria County]] (northwest)

== Government and politics ==
County politics in Victoria County, as in all Verona counties, center around a Board of Commissioners. It is composed of eight popularly elected county commissioners, one representing each precinct drawn decennially on the basis of population, and a county judge elected to represent the entire county. The county judge functions as the chairman (how it is termed in other counties) elected by the county at-large, bringing total board membership to 9. An associate judge is selected by the county judge and has historically been a judge from the county superior court. The board appoints a professional, nonpartisan county executive to manage operations of each government agency.

In other elected County offices, the Victoria County Commonwealth's Attorney, Sara Capra, the Victoria County Clerk of Superior Court, Ileana Sidoti, and the Victoria County Sheriff, Ivori Lusardi, are all SDPs.

{| class=wikitable
|+Board of County Supervisors
|-
! colspan=2 align=center | Name
! valign=bottom| Party
! valign=bottom| First Election
! valign=bottom| District
|-
| style="background-color:#be1818" |&nbsp;
| Davinia Marcelin, County Judge
|SDP
|2019
|At-Large
|-
| style="background-color:#6aa74f" |&nbsp;
| Octavia Adjutor
| Progressista
| 2015
| 1st
|-
| style="background-color:#be1818" |&nbsp;
| Vega Burgos
| SDP
| 2019
| 2nd
|-
| style="background-color:#be1818" |&nbsp;
| Naia Fidalgo
| SDP
| 2011
| 3rd
|-
| style="background-color:#064cb4" |&nbsp;
| Celia Bacque
| UCon
| 2019
| 4th
|-
| style="background-color:#6aa74f" |&nbsp;
| Louie Woods
| Progressista
| 2019
| 5th
|-
| style="background-color:#be1818" |&nbsp;
| Morgan Belenus
| SDP
| 2019
| 6th
|-
| style="background-color:#be1818" |&nbsp;
| Emery Avila
| SDP
| 2019
| 7th
|-
| style="background-color:#be1818" |&nbsp;
| Emil Popa
| SDP
| 2019
| 8th
|}

{| class=wikitable
|+Constitutional Officers
|-
! colspan=2 align=center valign=bottom | Position
! style="text-align:center;" | Name
! valign=bottom | Party
! valign=bottom| First Election
|-
| style="background-color:#be1818" |&nbsp;
| Sheriff
| Aurelio Neyra
| SDP
| 2020
|-
| style="background-color:#be1818" |&nbsp;
| Commonwealth Attorney
| Keahi Akina
| SDP
| 2020
|-
| style="background-color:#be1818" |&nbsp;
| Clerk of Superior Court
| Adrianos Kairallis
| SDP
| 2020
|}

== Economy ==

=== Top employers ===

== Demographics ==

== Education ==
Victoria County is home to multiple school districts–three to be exact, of which, [[Twin Cities Independent School District]] is the largest, serving all of La Joya and Los Sueños, as well as neighboring portions of unincorporated Victoria County. It enrolls around 290,000 students in its 281 schools. The county is also home to [[Victoria Independent School District]] and [[Westside Independent School District]], both of which enroll around 180,000 students.

The county is home to several institutions of higher learning, and there are a two major public universities located within the county lines: [[Verona Commonwealth University, Twin Cities]] (VCU Twin Cities) and the [[Verona Institute of Technology]], which has its primary campus in La Joya where it serves as the anchor for the Palm Coast Tech Center.

The community college system consists of thirteen campuses governed by the trustees of the Victoria Community College District, including La Joya College (LJC), Los Sueños College (LSC), Twin Cities College, Rylander Mission College, Victoria Ames College, Torino College, Victoria Northwest College, Victoria Trade-Technical College and West Victoria College.

== Transportation ==
The [[Palm Coast Metropolitan Transit Authority]] ('''METRO''' or '''PCMTA''') is the metropolitan transit authority for Victoria County as well as the entirety of the Palm Coast metro area. It operates the bus, light rail, and metrorail systems within the county and is an arm of the Palm Coast Consortium of Metropolitan County Governments. It has the largest transit fleet in Verona. 

PCMTA also operates all of the major airports in the area via the [[Palm Coast Airport Authority]] (except Rosslyn International Airport, which is maintained by the city), including [[Silvain Rosetta International Airport]], which sits in an unincorporated section of the county between the cities of La Joya and Los Sueños.

== Parks ==

== Sister counties ==

== Communities ==
=== Cities ===
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* [[Abóbora, Verona|Abóbora]]
* [[Allais, Verona|Allais]]
* [[Caru, Verona|Caru]]
* [[Commerce, Verona|Commerce]]
* [[Edair, Verona|Edair]]
* [[Fiore, Verona|Fiore]]
* [[La Joya]]
* [[Los Sueños]]
* [[Nogueira, Verona|Nogueira]]
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=== Census-designated places ===
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* Ariza
* Balderas
* Bolea
* Carlito
* Castrillón
* Cleostrata
* Ferrón
* Lightfoot
* Maciel
* Melero
* Mendoza
* Poma
* Pérezton
* Queiros
* Rancho Alypius
* Sartori
* Zarrilli
{{div col end}}

=== Planned communities ===
The city of Edair was a planned residential city, originally with seven communities, while the city of Commerce is a planned industrial/commercial blend city, where 91% of the city is zoned to industry and 8% is zoned to commercial. The remaining 1% are small communities that existed before the city's current zoning code took affect. Other planned communities exist within the other cities and CDPs, but no other master-planned cities are currently incorporated in the county.

== Notable people ==
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