Victoria, Brașov
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Victoria | |
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Coordinates: 45°44′34″N 24°41′24″E / 45.74278°N 24.69000°E | |
Country | Romania |
County | Brașov |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2024) | Camelia Bertea[1] (USR PLUS) |
Area | 6.47 km2 (2.50 sq mi) |
Population (2021-12-01)[2] | 6,446 |
• Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
Vehicle reg. | BV |
Website | www |
Victoria (Romanian pronunciation: [vikˈtori.a]; Template:Lang-de; Template:Lang-hu) is a town in the western part of Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania, near the Făgăraș Mountains. It had a population of 7,067 at the 2011 census.
In 1939, the Romanian state signed a contract with the German company Ferrostaal of Essen to build a factory (called "Ucea") on the site of what is now Victoria. The contract was canceled after Romania declared war on Germany in 1944, during World War II.
The building of the town began in 1949 and it had the provisional names of "Colonia Ucea" and "Ucea Roșie" (Red Ucea), only to be changed in November 1954 to Victoria.
Climate
Victoria has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate classification).
Climate data for Victoria | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −0.7 (30.7) |
1.1 (34.0) |
5.4 (41.7) |
11.7 (53.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
19.8 (67.6) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.9 (71.4) |
17.1 (62.8) |
12.1 (53.8) |
6.9 (44.4) |
0.9 (33.6) |
11.2 (52.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.6 (23.7) |
−3 (27) |
1.1 (34.0) |
6.8 (44.2) |
12 (54) |
15.6 (60.1) |
17.4 (63.3) |
17.5 (63.5) |
12.8 (55.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
2.6 (36.7) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
6.9 (44.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.5 (16.7) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
1.6 (34.9) |
7 (45) |
11 (52) |
12.8 (55.0) |
12.9 (55.2) |
8.6 (47.5) |
3.5 (38.3) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
2.6 (36.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 54 (2.1) |
52 (2.0) |
70 (2.8) |
107 (4.2) |
143 (5.6) |
162 (6.4) |
141 (5.6) |
122 (4.8) |
89 (3.5) |
69 (2.7) |
58 (2.3) |
59 (2.3) |
1,126 (44.3) |
Source: https://en.climate-data.org/europe/romania/brasov/victoria-44870/ |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1956 | 2,762 | — |
1966 | 6,717 | +143.2% |
1977 | 8,209 | +22.2% |
1992 | 10,247 | +24.8% |
2002 | 9,059 | −11.6% |
2011 | 7,067 | −22.0% |
Source: Census data |
Twin towns
- Chevilly-Larue, France (1994)
- Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Netherlands (2005)
- Lariano, Italy (2007)
Natives
References
- ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.