Dolhasca is a town in Suceava County, north-eastern Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Western Moldavia. Dolhasca is the eighth largest urban settlement in the county, with a population of 9,792 inhabitants, according to the 2011 census. It was declared a town in 2004, along with seven other localities in Suceava County. The town administers […]
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Lipova is a town in Romania, Arad County, located in the Banat region of western Transylvania. It is situated at a distance of 34 km from Arad, the county capital, at the contact zone of the Mureș River with the Zărand Mountains, Western Plateau and Lipovei Hills. It administers two villages, Radna (Máriaradna) and Șoimoș (Solymosvár), and its total surface is 134.6 square km. The […]
Ianca is a town in Brăila County, Muntenia, Romania. At the 2002 census, the town had a population of 12,886 people, making it Brăila County’s second-largest urban locality. History The first mention of the town dates to 1834. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program. Administration The town’s area is […]
Costești is a town in Argeș County, Wallachia, Romania. The population as of 2011 was 10,375. The town administers six villages: Broșteni, Lăceni, Pârvu Roșu, Podu Broșteni, Smei and Stârci.
Sovata is a town in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. Geography Sovata is situated between the river Corund and the valley of the Târnava Mică. It can be reached from Târgu-Mureş, Miercurea-Ciuc and Odorheiu Secuiesc on the 13A main road and from Reghin on a connection road. Coordinates: 46°35’37.59″N / 25°4’31.96″E Three villages are administered by the town: Căpeți / Kopac Ilieși / Illyésmező Săcădat / Szakadát In 2004, […]
Jibou is a town in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania. In 2011 it had a population of 10,407. Jibou includes the town proper and other four villages: Rona (Hungarian: Szilágyróna), Cuceu (Kucsó), Husia (Hosszúújfalu) and Var (Szamosőrmező). Jibou is 25 km northeast of the county seat Zalău; the two are linked by national road DN1H and county road DJ108A, as well as by railroad. […]
Sinaia is a town and a mountain resort in Prahova County, Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Muntenia. The town was named after the Sinaia Monastery of 1695, around which it was built. The monastery in turn is named after the Biblical Mount Sinai. King Carol I of Romania built his summer home, Peleș Castle, near the town in the late nineteenth century. […]
Orșova is a port city on the Danube river in southwestern Romania’s Mehedinți County. It is one of four localities in the county located in the Banat historical region. It is situated just above the Iron Gates, on the spot where the Cerna River meets the Danube. History The locality was the site of a Roman port in Dacia Malvensis, and the site of a castrum named Dierna. In 1925, a confusion […]
Târgu Frumos is a town in Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania. Eleven villages were administered by the town until 2004, when they were split off to form Balș, Costești and Ion Neculce communes. History During World War II, in March and May 1944, this area was the scene of the two Battles of Târgu Frumos, part of the First Jassy-Kishinev Offensive. According to the 1930 census, […]
Strehaia is a town in Mehedinți County, Oltenia, Romania. It is situated 25 km west of Filiași, on the Motru River valley. Forests in the vicinity are home to the largest Herman’s tortoise colonies in Oltenia. Nine villages are administered by the town: Ciochiuța, Comanda, Hurducești, Lunca Banului, Menți, Motruleni, Slătinicu Mare, Slătinicu Mic and Stăncești. History Strehaia was first mentioned in documents of […]
Oțelu Roșu is a town in northeastern Caraș-Severin County, Romania, in the Bistra Valley. It is situated on the national road 68, between Caransebeş (21 km away) and Haţeg. The town administers two villages, Cireșa (Bisztracseres) and Mal (Mál). It is situated in the historical region of Banat. Geography Oțelu Roșu is located at an altitude of approximately 300 meters in the Bistrei Valley, […]
Urlați is a town in Prahova county, Muntenia, Romania. In 2011, it had a population of 10,064. Sixteen villages are administered by the town: Arioneștii Noi, Arioneștii Vechi, Cherba, Jercălăi, Mărunțiș, Orzoaia de Jos, Orzoaia de Sus, Schiau, Ulmi, Valea Bobului, Valea Crângului, Valea Mieilor, Valea Nucetului, Valea Pietrei, Valea Seman and Valea Urloii.
Beclean is a town in Bistrița-Năsăud County, in north-eastern Transylvania, Romania. It had 10,628 inhabitants at the 2011 census. Of those, 81.6% were Romanians, 14.2% Hungarians, and 3.7% Roma. The town administers three villages: Coldău (Goldau; Várkudu), Figa (Füge) and Rusu de Jos (Alsóoroszfalu).Bethlen CastleBeclean pe Someș train station Beclean is the site of an important railway junction (the train station is called Beclean pe Someș), where secondary routes to Sighetu […]
Mărășești is a small town in Vrancea County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is 20 km (12 mi) north of Focșani. It administers six villages: Călimănești, Haret, Modruzeni, Pădureni, Siretu and Tișița. History King Milan I of Serbia was born in Mărăşeşti on 22 August 1854. In 1917 during World War I, the Battle of Mărăşeşti between the Kingdom of Romania and the German Empire was fought near the town. It was the […]
Jimbolia is a town in Timiș County, Banat, Romania. Name In Banat Bulgarian, it is known as Džimbolj, in German as Hatzfeld, in Hungarian as Zsombolya, and in Serbian as Žombolj (Жомбољ). History The earliest record of a community in this location is a place identified as Chumbul in a papal tax record in 1333. This place came under Turkish (Ottoman) administration in 1552. As a result of the Treaty of Passarowitz this place came under […]
Drăgănești-Olt is a town in Olt County, Muntenia, Romania. It lies on the left bank of the Olt River at an altitude of approximately 100 metres (330 ft). The first document mentioning it is from 1526. Drăgănești-Olt became a town in 1968. The town administers one village, Comani.
Hârlău is a town in Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It was one of the princiary court cities of Moldavia, in the 15th century. One village, Pârcovaci, is administered by the town. Population[edit] The 2011 census counted 10,905 inhabitants, 93.85% Romanians, and 6.06% Roma. A large Jewish community used to live in Hârlău.
Măgurele is a town situated in the southwestern part of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. Its population is 9,200. Four villages are administered by the town: Alunișu, Dumitrana, Pruni, and Vârteju. The town hosts a nuclear research lab, the Institute of Atomic Physics [ro] (IFA) and its National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH). Between 1957 and 1998, it had a Soviet VVRS research reactor, now closed […]
Boldești-Scăeni is a town in Prahova County, southern Romania. Located about 15 km north of Ploiești, it is an important oil-extraction center. It is situated in the historical region of Muntenia. Economy The town’s economy revolves around oil-extraction as well as winemaking. Almost half of the town’s surface is cultivated with vine. The Seciu winecellars are located in the direct vicinity of Boldești. Industry […]
Călan is a town in Romania, in Hunedoara County, on the Strei river valley, at 230 m altitude. Twelve villages are administered by the town: Batiz (Batiz), Călanu Mic (Kiskalán), Grid, Nădăștia de Jos (Alsónádasd), Nădăștia de Sus (Felsőnádasd), Ohaba Streiului (Sztrigyohába), Sâncrai (Szentkirály), Sântămăria de Piatră (Kőboldogfalva), Strei (Zeikdorf; Zeykfalva), Strei-Săcel (Sztrigyszacsal), Streisângeorgiu (Sztrigyszentgyörgy) and Valea Sângeorgiului (Szentgyörgyválya). Population […]
Târgu Ocna is a town in Bacău County, Romania, situated on the left bank of the Trotuș River, an affluent of the Siret, and on a branch railway which crosses the Ghimeș Pass from Moldavia into Transylvania. Târgu Ocna is built among the Carpathian Mountains on bare hills formed of rock salt. In fact the English translation of Ocna is salt mine. Târgu Ocna’s main industry is salt […]
Oravița is a town in the Banat region of Romania, in Caraș-Severin County, with a population of 15,524 in 2000. Its theater is a fully functional scaled down version of the old Burgtheater in Vienna. Six villages are administered by the town: Agadici (Agadics; Agaditsch), Brădișoru de Jos (until 1960 Maidan; Majdán), Broșteni (Brostyán), Ciclova Montană (Csiklóbánya; Montan-Tschiklowa), Marila (Marillavölgy; Marillathal) and Răchitova (Rakitova). Villages Agadici The history […]
Sântana is a town in north-western Romania, in the county of Arad. It had 12,936 inhabitants as of 2002. The town is situated in the northern part of the Aradului Plateau, at a 29 km distance from the county capital (Arad). Declared a town in 2003, it administers one village, Caporal Alexa (Erdőskerek). History The first documentary record […]
Videle is a town in Teleorman County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 11,112 in 2011. It was upgraded to town status in 1968 by incorporation of a few villages nearby. Today, Coșoaia is the single associated village the town administers. Videle is of some importance as a railway junction, for the railway track heading south to Bulgaria leaves the […]
Săcueni is a town in Bihor County, Romania. It administers five villages: Cadea (Kágya), Ciocaia (Csokaly), Cubulcut (Érköbölkút), Olosig (Érolaszi) and Sânnicolau de Munte (Hegyközszentmiklós). History The first written record of the town’s name dates back to 1217. Then its name arose in 1278 as Zekulhyd and in 1325 as Zekulhyda whose meaning is bridge of Székely in Hungarian, and according to […]
Târgu Lăpuș is a town in Maramureș County, northern Transylvania, Romania, on the river Lăpuș. In 2011, it had a population of 11,744. Of these, 86.5% were Romanians, 12.4% Hungarians and 1% Roma. 74.5% belonged to the Romanian Orthodox Church, 10.1% to the Reformed Church, 7.3% were Pentecostal, 4% Greek-Catholic and 2.7% Roman Catholic. The town administers thirteen villages: Boiereni (Boérfalva), Borcut (Borkút), Cufoaia (Kohópatak), […]
Scornicești is a town in Olt County, Romania with a population of 11,766. The town administers 13 villages (Bălțați, Bircii, Chițeasca, Constantinești, Jitaru, Mărgineni-Slobozia, Mihăilești-Popești, Mogoșești, Negreni, Piscani, Rusciori, Șuica and Teiuș) and has a total area of 170 km² (65 sq. mi.), being the locality with the largest area in the county of Olt, surpassing even its capital Slatina. Scornicești […]
Rovinari is a town in Gorj County, Oltenia, Romania. A large coal burning electric power plant it is located near the town. Surface and underground lignite coal mines operate in the surrounding area. It officially became a town in 1981, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program.
Negrești-Oaș is a town in northwestern Romania, in the county of Satu Mare. It is located near the Ukrainian border. Two villages, Luna (Lunaforrás) and Tur (Túrvékonya), are administered by the town. The name Negrești comes from Romanian word „negru“, meaning „black“. The town is the capital of the Oaș Country ethnographic region
Comarnic is a town in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 13,500. Four villages are administered by the town: Ghioșești, Podu Lung, Poiana and Posada. The town is situated along the Prahova River, in the main on the left bank, but with some of the component villages on the right bank of the river. Etymology Its name origin is […]
Dăbuleni is a town of Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania. It was declared a town in 2004 (Law no. 83/2004). One village, Chiașu, is administered by the town. Dăbuleni is known for the sandy areas surrounding it; since the 1980s, those areas have become part of an 800 km2 (310 sq mi) desert, known as the Oltenian Sahara. The town is the only place in […]
Dărmănești is a town in eastern Romania, in Bacău County, in the valleys of the Trotuș and Uz rivers. The town is named after one of its leaders, „Dărman“ and the earliest reference to the town is from the 16th century. As of 2011, it has a population of 12,247. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian […]
Vălenii de Munte is a town in Prahova County, southern Romania (the historical region of Muntenia), with a population of about 13,309. It lies on the Teleajen River valley, 28 kilometres (17 mi) north of the county seat of Ploiești. The town’s sister cities are Eaubonne, Cimișlia, and Sarandë. History The first recorded reference about the town dates back to the 17th century. Notable residents Gheorghe Pănculescu (1844-1924), […]
Sânnicolau Mare is a town in Timiș County, Romania and the westernmost of the country. Located in the Banat region, along the borders with Serbia and Hungary, it has a population of just under 12,000. Name In German, it is known as Groß Sankt Nikolaus, in Hungarian as Nagyszentmiklós, in Banat Bulgarian as Smikluš, and in Serbian as Сент Николаш / Sent Nikolaš. It is translated as „Great St. Nicholas“ in English.
Moldova Nouă is a town in southwestern Romania in Caraș-Severin County (the historical region of Banat), in an area known as Clisura Dunării. It is located on the shores of the river Danube.The town administers three villages: Măcești, Moldova Veche and Moldovița. At the 2011 census, 81.2% of inhabitants were Romanians, 12.8% Serbs, 3.2% Roma, 1.3% Hungarians and 0.8% Czechs. At the 2002 census, 88.4% were Romanian Orthodox, 4.5% Baptist, 4% Roman […]
Simeria is a town in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania, and an important railway junction with hump yard. Six villages are administered by the town: Bârcea Mare (Nagybarcsa), Cărpiniș (Gyertyános), Simeria Veche (Ópiski), Sântandrei (Szentandrás), Șăulești (Sárfalva) and Uroi (Arany).