Brad is a city in Hunedoara County in the Transylvania region of Romania. Its name comes from the Romanian word brad, “fir“. Geography Brad lies in the valleys of the river Crișul Alb and its tributaries Brad and Luncoiu. Five villages are administered by the city: Mesteacăn (“birch”; Mesztákon), Potingani (Pottingány), Ruda-Brad (Ruda), Țărățel (Cerecel) and Valea Bradului (“the valley of the fir tree”; Vályabrád). History A gold mine in the area began […]
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Ștefănești is a town in Argeș County, Muntenia, Romania. The town administers seven villages: Enculești, Golești, Izvorani, Ștefăneștii Noi, Valea Mare-Podgoria, Viișoara and Zăvoi. Natives Dinu Brătianu Ion I. C. Brătianu Vintilă Brătianu Dănuț Coman Dinicu Golescu Leonard Manole Florentin Nicolae George Olteanu
Buhuși is a town in Bacău County, Romania with a population of 14,562 (2011). It was first mentioned in the 15th century when it was named “Bodești” and was a property of an important family of Boyars named “Buhuș”. The town had the biggest textile factory in south-eastern Europe. But the factory has drastically reduced its capabilities after 1989 and […]
Râșnov is a town in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania with a population of 15,022. It is located at about 15 km from the city of Brașov and about the same distance from Bran, on the road that links Wallachia and Transylvania. Myth There is a myth attached to Râșnov Citadel. During a particularly long siege of the fortress, the citizens of Râșnov were concerned about the lack […]
Vișeu de Sus is a town in Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania, located at the confluence of the rivers Vișeu and Vaser. It administers one village, Vișeu de Mijloc (Középvisó). It has an area of 443 km2 and a population of 15,037. It is best known for the Mocăniță. Forestry railway Vișeu de Sus is the terminus of a forestry railway system that extends deep into […]
Urziceni is a city in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania, located around 60 km north-east of Bucharest. It has a population of 14,053: 93.1% Romanians, 4.6% Roma and 1.6% Hungarians. Origins Founded by Romanian shepherds, its name is derived from the word “urzică” (nettle). It was mentioned for the first time in a written document on 23 April 1596, during the reign of Mihai Viteazul. It gained in 1831 the […]
Luduș is a town in Transylvania, Romania in Mureș County, 44 km south-west from the county’s capital Târgu Mureș. Six villages are administered by the town: Avrămești (Eckentelep), Cioarga (Csorga), Ciurgău (Csorgó), Fundătura (Mezőalbisitelep or Belsőtelep), Gheja (Marosgezse) and Roșiori (Andrássytelep). History 1330 – First mentioned as Plehanus de Ludas. 1377 – Mentioned in a transaction between two Hungarian nobles. 1930 – 5,085 inhabitants. 1940 […]
Bragadiru is a town in the southwestern part of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. It is located on the banks of Ciorogârla River, in the southwestern part of the county, at a distance of 12.5 km (7.8 mi) from Kilometer Zero in downtown Bucharest. Demographics According to the 2002 census, Bragadiru had a population of 8,165, of which 98.19% were Romanians, 1.45% were Romani, and 0.36% of […]
Baia Sprie is a town in Maramureș County, northern Romania. Baia Sprie is situated at a distance of 9 km (5.6 mi) from Baia Mare. The town administers three villages: Chiuzbaia (Kisbánya), Satu Nou de Sus (Felsőújfalu), and Tăuții de Sus (Giródtótfalu). Neighbouring communities are the city of Baia Mare and the villages of Groși, Dumbrăvița, Șisești, and Desești. The […]
Marghita is a city in Bihor County, Romania. It administers two villages, Cheț (Magyarkéc) and Ghenetea (Genyéte), and is 56 km north-east of Oradea. History The name appears to be derived from the name “Margit” (Margaret), Saint Margaret the patron of a local church. The first time it was used in a document was in 1216. In the 14th century, it […]
Bocșa is a town in Caraș-Severin County, in the Banat region of Romania, with a population of 15,842 in 2011. Climate Bocșa has a humid continental climate (Cfb in the Köppen climate classification).
Breaza is a town in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. Name The town’s name is derived from a Slavic word, breza, meaning “birch tree”. History The town was first documented in an act of 1503, mentioning a certain trader of Breaza called “Neagoe”. In 1622 the land of Breaza was divided between four boyars and in 1717, the new ruler of Wallachia, Nicolae Mavrocordat gave the […]
Adjud is a city in Vrancea County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It has a population of 14,670 inhabitants (2011). It lies at a railway junction which has a classification yard and a passenger station. Adjud, situated north of the point where the Trotuș River enters the Siret River, used to be a marketplace. The city administers three villages: Adjudu Vechi, Burcioaia and Șișcani. History In the northern […]
Corabia is a small Danube port located in Olt County, Oltenia, Romania, which used to be part of the now-dissolved Romanați County before World War II. Across the Danube from Corabia lies the Bulgarian village of Gigen. History Beneath Corabia, around the former village of Celei, lie the remains of Sucidava, an old Dacian and Roman town and fortress. Near the town, Emperor Constantine the Great built the longest European […]
Câmpulung Moldovenesc is a city in Suceava County, north-eastern Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Bukovina. Câmpulung Moldovenesc is the fourth largest urban settlement in the county, with a population of 16,105 inhabitants, according to the 2011 census. It was declared a municipality in 1995, along with two other cities in Suceava County: Fălticeni and Rădăuți. Câmpulung Moldovenesc covers an area […]
Filiași is a town in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania, on the Jiu River. The town administers six villages: Almăjel, Bâlta, Braniște, Fratoștița, Răcarii de Sus and Uscăci.
Cernavodă is a town in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania with a population of 20,514. The town’s name is derived from the Bulgarian černa voda (черна вода in Cyrillic), meaning “black water”. This name is regarded by some scholars as a calque of the earlier Thracian name Axíopa, from IE *n.ksei “dark” and upā “water” (cf. Avestan axšaēna “dark” and Lithuanian ùpė “river, creek”). Economy The town is a Danube fluvial port. It houses the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant, consisting […]
Calafat is a city in Dolj County, southern Romania, in the region of Oltenia. It lies on the river Danube, opposite the Bulgarian city of Vidin, to which it is linked by the Calafat-Vidin Bridge, opened in 2013. After the destruction of the bridges of late antiquity, for centuries Calafat was connected with the southern bank of the Danube by boat, and later on […]
Băilești is a city in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania, with a population of 17,537. One village, Balasan, is administered by the city. The Romanian actor and comedian Amza Pellea and Romanian actor and theatre actor Marcel Iureș were born here and also Adriana Nechita, Georgiana Ciuciulete, and Valerică Găman. History During World War I, 156 people from Băilești died on the battlefield; in 1924 sculptor Iordănescu constructed the […]
Salonta is a city in Bihor County, in the geographical region of Crișana, north-western Romania, near the Hungarian border. Climate and geography Salonta has a continental humid climate, with warm to hot summers and cold to very cold winters, but relatively little snow. The average annual precipitation is 578 cubic mm (35.2 inches). The average January temperature is −2.4 °C (27.7 °F) and in […]
Drăgășani is a city in Vâlcea County, Romania, near the right bank of the Olt river, and on the railway between Caracal and Râmnicu Vâlcea. The city is well known for the vineyards on the neighboring hills that produce some of the best Wallachian wines. The city administers four villages: Capu Dealului, Valea Caselor, Zărneni and Zlătărei. It is situated in the historical region of Oltenia. History Drăgășani […]
Băicoi is a town in Prahova county, Romania, near the 45th parallel. It lies near Florești, a train stop between Ploiești and Câmpina. Five localities are administered by the town: Dâmbu, Liliești, Schela, Tufeni and Țintea. Over time, these have become neighborhoods of the town. Bӑicoi is situated in the historical region of Muntenia. History Its name is derived from “Baicu”. Climate Băicoi has […]
Balș is a town in Olt County, Oltenia, Romania. The town administers three villages: Corbeni, Româna and Teiș. Etymology There are three hypotheses about the town’s name: The locality was named after the Balșița brook. The name comes from the Turkish word “Baliş” (honey) as there is a large apiculture area there. A boyar named Balș settled here in the 5th or […]
Orăștie is a city in Hunedoara County, south-western Transylvania, Romania. Culture and recreation A medieval fortified church in Orăștie was built around 1400 in the Gothic style on the foundations of the older Romanesque basilica. A new Lutheran church was built to the north of the old one between 1820 and 1823. Both churches are surrounded by a wall.
Gheorgheni is a municipality in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The city administers four villages: Covacipeter / Kovácspéter Lacu Roșu / Gyilkostó Vargatac / Vargatag Visafolio / Visszafolyó Nearby are two natural sites, the Red Lake and Cheile Bicazului, a narrow canyon through the Eastern Carpathian Mountains forming the border with Neamț County. History The city […]
Târgu Secuiesc is a city in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania. It administers one village, Lunga (Nyujtód). History The town was first mentioned in 1407 as Torjawasara, meaning in Hungarian “Torja Market”. (Torja is the name of a stream nearby and is also the Hungarian name of the nearby village Turia.) Originally, the Hungarian name Kézdivásárhely was also used in Romanian in the form Chezdi-Oșorheiu, […]
Moreni is a municipality in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 22,868. The city is in the eastern part of the county, on the border with Prahova County. It is located 22 km (14 mi) east of the county seat, Târgoviște, and about 100 km (62 mi) north-west of Bucharest. History In 1861, Moreni became the first place in Romania (and third in the world) where oil was […]
Târgu Neamț is a town in Neamț County, Western Moldavia, Romania, on the river Neamț. It had, as of 2002, a population of 20,496. Three villages are administered by the town: Blebea, Humulești, and Humuleștii Noi. Tourism and attractions The Neamț Fortress (Cetatea Neamțului) was built in the 14th century by Voivode Petru I (possibly on the ruins of a smaller Teutonic castle), and […]
Motru is a city in Romania, Gorj County. Motru is situated on the river of the same in western Oltenia. The county capital Târgu Jiu is located about 35 km northeast. The city administers eight villages: Dealu Pomilor, Horăști, Însurăței, Leurda, Lupoița, Ploștina, Roșiuța and Râpa. History Motru was created by an administrative decision on the day of 24 May 1966 on the territory of […]
Comănești is a town in Bacău County, Western Moldavia, Romania, with a population of 19,568 as of 2011. It is situated on the Trotuș River, which flows between the Ciuc and the Tarcău mountains; 10 km (6 mi) of the course of the river pass through Comănești. The town administers two villages, Podei and Vermești. Industry As of 2003, it had an unemployment rate […]
Blaj is a city in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 20,630 inhabitants. The landmark of the city is the fact that it was the principal religious and cultural center of the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church in Transylvania. History Blaj is first mentioned in 1271 as Villa Herbordi, after the deed of a Count Herbod.[3][4] In 1313, the domain passed to Herbod’s son […]
Gherla is a municipality in Cluj County, Romania (in the historical region of Transylvania). It is located 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Cluj-Napoca on the river Someșul Mic, and has a population of 20,203. Three villages are administered by the city: Băița (formerly Chirău, and Kérő in Hungarian), Hășdate (Szamoshesdát) and Silivaș (Vizszilvás). The city was formerly known as Armenopolis because it was populated by Armenians. History A clay tablet […]
Carei is a city in Satu Mare County, northwestern Romania, near the border with Hungary. Tourism The most important historical building in the city is the Károlyi castle. Built originally as a fortress around the 14th century, it was converted to a castle in 1794, undergoing further transformations during the 19th century. The manor is surrounded by an arboretum, covering a surface […]
Cugir is a town in Alba County, Romania. The central settlement of the Breadfield region, it is situated about 40 kilometers south-west of Alba Iulia, the capital of the county, and 300 metres above sea level at the base of the Șureanu Mountains. Economy The town is a heavy industrialised one, with at least half of the total working age population engaged in industrial […]
Codlea is a city in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. History During the 13th century, the Teutonic Order built a fortress known as Schwarzburg (“black castle”) near the “Măgura Codlei”. The castle’s name was first noted in 1265 and was rebuilt for the last time in 1432 by the craftsmen’s guild that worked in the town. The city of Codlea is believed to have been also […]
Moinești is a city in Bacău County, Western Moldavia, Romania, with a population of 21,787 as of 2011. Its name is derived from the Romanian-language word moină, which means “fallow” or “light rain”. Moinești once had a large Jewish community; in Jewish contexts the name is often given as Mojnescht. The city administers one village, Găzărie. Dada monument In 1996, honoring Tristan Tzara, the founder of Dadaism who was […]