Timiș County
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Timiș County
Județul Timiș | |
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County | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Timiș county, territorial location | |
| Coordinates: 45°47′N 21°21′E / 45.78°N 21.35°E | |
| Country |  Romania |
| Development region | Vest |
| Historical region | Banat |
| County seat | Timișoara |
| Government | |
| • Type | County Council |
| • President of the County Council | Călin Dobra (PSD) |
| • Prefect | Liliana Oneț[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,697 km2 (3,358 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 1st |
| Population (2011 census[2]) | |
| • Total | 683,540  |
| • Rank | 6th |
| • Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Area code | (+40) 256 or (+40) 356 |
| ISO 3166 code | RO-TM |
| Car Plates | TM |
| GDP (nominal) | US$ 11.230 billion (2018) |
| GDP/capita | US$ 16,430 (2018) |
| Economy rank | 2nd |
| Website | County Council County Prefecture |
Timiș (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈtimiʃ]) is a county (județ) of western Romania on the border with Hungary and Serbia, in the historical region Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Romania in terms of land area. The county is also part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion.
Name
The name of the county comes from the river Timiș, known in Roman antiquity as river Tibisis or Tibiscus.
In Hungarian, it is known as Temes megye, German as Kreis Temesch, in Serbian as Тамиш / Tamiš, in Ukrainian as Ті́міш, and in Banat Bulgarian as Timiš.
Demographics
In 2000, the county had a population of 684,506 and the population density was 79/km². According to the 2011 census, the county had a population of 683,540 and the population density was 78/km². The reported ethnic groups were as follows:[3]
- Romanians - 85.52%
- Hungarians - 5.43%
- Roma - 2.23%
- Germans (Banat Swabians) - 1.3%
- Serbs - 2%
- Ukrainians - 0.91%
- Bulgarians - 0.8%
- Others - 0.7%
| Year | County population[4] |
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| 1948 | 588,936 |
| 1956 |  568,881
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| 1966 | 607,596
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| 1977 | 696,884
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| 1992 | 700,292
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| 2002 | 677,926
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| 2011 | 683,540
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Geography
This county has a total area of 8,697 km² (3,6% of Romania). It is the largest county in Romania.
In the eastern extremity are the Poiana Ruscă Mountains from the Western Romanian Carpathians group. Elevations decrease to the west, passing through the Lipova Hills to the Western Romanian Plain, the eastern part of the Pannonian Plain.
The county is crossed by many rivers, the most important being the Bega and the Timiș.
Neighbours
- Hunedoara County to the east.
- Hungary to the northwest - Csongrád County.
- Arad County to the north.
- Caraș-Severin County to the south.
- Serbia to the southwest - Vojvodina Autonomous Province - North Banat District, Central Banat District and South Banat District
Economy
Timiș County has one of the most dynamic economies in Romania, being a region with among the highest ratings of foreign investment due to its tradition and its position.
The predominant industries in the county are:
- Mechanical manufacturing
- Food
- Chemicals
- Textiles
- Electronic components
- Wood
Tourism
The main tourist attractions in the county are:
- Timișoara
- Lugoj
- Buziaș Resort.
- Castles at Banloc and Carani.
- The area around Făget.
- Șag Monastery.
- The Poiana Ruscă Mountains,in the easternmost part of the county.
- Satchinez swamps,an ornitological reservation near the village of Satchinez
- Charlottenburg,the only round village(Rundling) in the Banat region.
There are also a lot of places for hunting and fishing.
Politics
The Timiș County Council, elected at the 2016 local government elections, is made up of 37 counselors, with the following party composition:[5]
People
- Ana Blandiana,poet
- Yohan Kende, Israeli Olympic swimmer
- Béla Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor
- Lavinia Miloșovici, gymnast
- Traian Vuia,iventor and aviation pioneer.
- Johnny Weissmüller, American swimmer, actor
- Nicu Covaci, Romanian rock musician, singer,guitar player and composer, founder of Phoenix rock band
- Tiberiu Brediceanu, composer
- Iosif Constantin Drăgan, businessman
- Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer
- Dositej Obradović, Serbian writer
- Ioan Holender, Romanian-Austrian opera baritone
- Nikolaus Lenau, Austrian poet
- Herta Müller, German writer, Nobel Literature Prize laureate
- Francesco Illy, Hungarian accountant, businessman, founder of Illy
- Ion Ivanovici,S erbian composer
- Károly Kerényi, Hungarian phylologist
- J. Edward Bromberg, Hungarian-American actor.
Administrative divisions
Timiș County has 2 municipalities, 8 towns and 89 communes
- Municipalities
- Towns
- Sânnicolau Mare - population: 11,540 (as of 2011)
- Jimbolia - population: 10.808 (as of 2011)
- Recaș - population: 7,782 (as of 2011)
- Făget - population: 6,571 (as of 2011)
- Buziaș - population: 6,504 (as of 2011)
- Deta - population: 5,963 (as of 2011)
- Gătaia - population: 5,449 (as of 2011)
- Ciacova - population: 5,348 (as of 2011)
- Communes
- Balinț
- Banloc
- Bara
- Bârna
- Beba Veche
- Becicherecu Mic
- Belinț
- Bethausen
- Biled
- Birda
- Bogda
- Boldur
- Brestovăț
- Bucovăț
- Cărpiniș
- Cenad
- Cenei
- Checea
- Chevereșu Mare
- Comloșu Mare
- Coșteiu
- Criciova
- Curtea
- Darova
- Denta
- Dudeștii Noi
- Dudeștii Vechi
- Dumbrava
- Dumbrăvița
- Fârdea
- Fibiș
- Foeni
- Gavojdia
- Ghilad
- Ghiroda
- Ghizela
- Giarmata
- Giera
- Giroc
- Giulvăz
- Gottlob
- Iecea Mare
- Jamu Mare
- Jebel
- Lenauheim
- Liebling
- Livezile
- Lovrin
- Margina
- Mașloc
- Mănăștiur
- Moravița
- Moșnița Nouă
- Nădrag
- Nițchidorf
- Ohaba Lungă
- Orțișoara
- Otelec
- Parța
- Pădureni
- Peciu Nou
- Periam
- Pesac
- Pietroasa
- Pișchia
- Racovița
- Remetea Mare
- Sacoșu Turcesc
- Saravale
- Satchinez
- Săcălaz
- Sânandrei
- Sânmihaiu Român
- Sânpetru Mare
- Secaș
- Șag
- Șandra
- Știuca
- Teremia Mare
- Tomești
- Tomnatic
- Topolovățu Mare
- Tormac
- Traian Vuia
- Uivar
- Variaș
- Vălcani
- Victor Vlad Delamarina
- Voiteg
See also
References
- ^ office@werbo.ro, Werbo. "Institutia Prefectului judetul Timis". www.prefecturatimis.ro.
- ^ "Population at 20 October 2011" (in Romanian). INSSE. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ National Institute of Statistics, "Populația după etnie" Archived 2009-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ National Institute of Statistics, "Populația la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992 și 2002"
- ^ "Mandate de CJ pe judete si competitori" (in Romanian). Biroul Electoral Central. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
External links
Google earth file (kmz) with information about the Timis Bega catchment and the 2005 flood event Download the kmz file
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