Baia de Aramă
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Baia de Aramă Arámabánya |
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 Romania
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| Historical region : | Little Wallachia | ||||
| Circle : | Mehedinți | ||||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 0 ′ N , 22 ° 48 ′ E | ||||
| Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | ||||
| Height : | 280 m | ||||
| Area : | 128.94 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 5,349 (October 20, 2011) | ||||
| Population density : | 41 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Postal code : | 225100 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+40) 02 52 | ||||
| License plate : | MH | ||||
| Structure and administration (as of 2016) | |||||
| Community type : | city | ||||
| Structure : | 8 districts / cadastral municipalities: Bratilovu , Brebina , Dealu Mare , Mărăşeşti , Negoeşti , Pistrița , Stăneşti , Titerleşti | ||||
| Mayor : | Ionel-Rafael Dunărințu ( PSD ) | ||||
| Postal address : | St. Republicii, no. 38 loc. Baia de Aramă, jud. Mehedinți, RO − 225100 |
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Baia de Aramă ( Hungarian Arámabánya ) is a small town in Mehedinți County in Romania .
location
Baia de Aramă is located in Little Wallachia , on the southeast side of the Mehedinți Mountains , a mountain range of the Retezat-Godeanu mountain range. The district capital Drobeta Turnu Severin is located about 45 km south. The small town has no rail connection. The national road Drum na 67ional 67D to Târgu Jiu runs through the city . There are regular bus connections here.
history
The area of today's city has been settled for a long time. Scythians and Romans were already digging for copper in the surrounding mountains . Some Dacian coins were discovered west of the town .
In 1391 - at the time of the Wallachian prince Mircea cel Bătrân - the town of Bratilovu , which is now incorporated, was first mentioned in a document, Baia de Aramă itself in 1518 under the name Baia . At the end of the 17th century, Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu had a monastery built, which was completed in 1703.
The current place name Baia de Aramă has been documented since 1836. It literally means "copper mine". Around this time, an intensive mining of copper ore began in the area, which continued for several decades . In the 19th century the place was shaped by the noble families Hergot and Glogoveni.
In World War I lost 57, in World War II 22 inhabitants of the present city of their lives.
In the years 1951 to 1968 Baia de Aramă was the seat of a Rajon within the administrative division of Romania at that time . In 1968 the place was declared a city.
The most important branches of business are agriculture (especially cattle breeding and fruit growing), timber production and trade.
population
The 2002 census counted 5648 inhabitants in the city, including 5524 Romanians and 122 Roma . About 2200 lived in Baia de Aramă itself, the rest in the eight incorporated villages.
Attractions
- former monastery with church Sf. Voievozi (1699–1703)
- City center (19th century)
- Wooden church (18th century) in the incorporated town of Negoeşti
- Wooden church (1757/1835) in the incorporated town of Brebina
- Cheile Bulbei valley gorge
- Peşterea Bulbei cave
Dieudonné Auguste Lancelot: Baia de Aramă, 1860
Church Sf. Voievozi in the former monastery
Wooden church in Negoeşti
Wooden church in Brebina
sons and daughters of the town
- Constantin Severin (* 1952), Romanian poet, journalist and artist; Honorary citizen of the city of Baia de Aramă
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
- ↑ a b www.baiadearama.ro, accessed on May 13, 2009 ( Memento from November 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Karl von Rotteck, Karl Theodor Welcker (ed.): Das Staatslexikon. Encyclopedia of all political sciences for all classes. 10th volume. 3rd, revised, improved and enlarged edition. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1864, p. 154.
- ↑ 2002 census, accessed May 13, 2009
- ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: receptie.ro, accessed on May 13, 2009 )
- ↑ Gheorghe A. Stroia: The symbiosis between "Old and New" or "The Art of the Future" on February 7, 2014 from Revista Armonii Culturale, accessed on March 2, 2014 (Romanian)
