Băneasa

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Băneasa
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Dobruja
Circle :	Constanța
Coordinates :	44 ° 4 '  N , 27 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 3 '48 "  N , 27 ° 42' 6"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	100  m
Area :	44.69  km²
Residents :	5,384 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	120 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	907035
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 41
License plate :	CT
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	city
Structure :	3 districts / cadastral communities: Negureni , Făurei , Tudor Vladimirescu
Mayor :	Paul Coliș ( PSD )
Postal address :	Str. Trandafirilor, no. 101 loc. Băneasa, jud. Constanța, RO-907035
Website :	www.primaria-baneasa.ro

Băneasa (formerly Parachioi , Turkish Paraköy ) is a town in the Constanța district in Romania .

location

Băneasa is located in the hills of the Dobruja (Dobrogea) , a few kilometers north of the border with Bulgaria . The district capital Constanța is located about 75 kilometers northeast.

history

The existence of the place has been attested since around 1750. At that time, like the whole of Dobruja, it belonged to the Ottoman Empire . It originated at the crossroads of trade routes and was a regional trade center; the Turkish name Paraköy means something like "money village". In 1850 Băneasa became a municipality and at that time already had a Romanian church, and in 1869 also a Romanian school.

In 1878 the place came to Romania. In 1916 it was the scene of fighting during the First World War . In 2004 Băneasa was declared a city.

The main industries are agriculture and trade.

population

In 1930, of the 3900 inhabitants on the territory of today's city, 3106 were Romanians and 785 Turks . In 2002, 5,353 people lived in Băneasa, including 4,374 Romanians, 963 Turks and 14 Roma. About 3,600 lived in the city proper, the rest in the three incorporated villages.

traffic

Băneasa has no rail connection. National road 3 runs through the city from Bucharest to Constanța.

Attractions

• Canaraua Fetii Nature Reserve
• Mouflon -Rezervat at Negureni

literature

• Emilia Dorutiu-Boila:  BANEASA Muntenia, Romania . In: Richard Stillwell et al. a. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976, ISBN 0-691-03542-3 .

Web links

Commons : Băneasa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Băneasa at ghidulprimariilor.ro

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
2. ↑ ^{a b} Website of the city, accessed on June 11, 2009 ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ Hermann Stegemann: History of the war. Issue 4. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. Berlin, 1921. p. 156
4. ↑ List of the 1930 census; IV Plasa Traian : 6, 24, 37 (Romanian)
5. ↑ List of the 1930 census; IV Plasa Traian : 49 (Romanian)
6. ↑ 2002 census, accessed June 12, 2009
7. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: receptie.ro, accessed on June 12, 2009 )