Giurgiu

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Giurgiu
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Great Wallachia
Circle :	Giurgiu
Coordinates :	43 ° 54 '  N , 25 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 53 '57 "  N , 25 ° 58' 14"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	25  m
Area :	52.56  km²
Residents :	61,353 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	1,167 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	080301
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 46
License plate :	GR
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	Municipality
Mayor :	Nicolae Barbu ( PSD )
Postal address :	Bul. București, no. 49-51 loc. Giurgiu, jud. Giurgiu, RO-080301
Website :	www.primaria-giurgiu.ro

Giurgiu (red square) - Romania - Neighboring towns: Russe ( Bulgaria ), Alexandria , Bucharest , Ploieşti , Târgovişte , Piteşti

Coat of arms of the city of Giurgiu, at the time of real socialism

Giurgiu ( pronunciation ^{? / I} ; German outdated Zurz ) is a city in Romania , capital of the district of the same name .

Geographical location

Giurgiu is located on the lower reaches of the Danube , on the Bucharest – Giurgiu railway line and the E 70 and E 85 European roads , opposite the Bulgarian border town of Ruse , which is on the other bank of the Danube . Both cities are connected by the Giurgiu-Russe Friendship Bridge.

history

From 1417 to 1829 the city belonged directly to the empire of the Ottoman Turks and was thus one of the centers of Islam in Wallachia . In the last Russo-Austrian Turkish War , the Austro-Turkish armistice and preliminary peace was concluded in Giurgiu in 1790, which led to the Peace of Swishtov in 1791 . Before the Second World War, Giurgiu achieved international fame as a stop on the Orient Express , which initially even ended in the city.

population

The city had around 61,000 inhabitants in 2011. The average annual population growth is −0.7%. 17.2% of the people are unemployed. 16.8% of the population are under 15 years old, 3.6% are over 75 years old.

Arts and Culture

• Philharmonic orchestra
• The city festival is May 6th ( St. George's Day ) , just like in Russia on the opposite side .

Town twinning

Giurgiu maintains (according to various statements) city partnerships with:

• Russians in Bulgaria
• Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria
• Ismajil in the Ukraine
• Dunaújváros in Hungary
• Peristeri in Greece (little cooperation)
• İnegöl in Turkey (little cooperation)
• Alcudia de Carlet ( Valencia Province ) in Spain (city partnership in the Green Twinning project )

Personalities

• Ioan A. Bassarabescu (1870–1952), Romanian writer, 1909 corresponding member of the Romanian Academy
• Tudor Vianu (1898–1964), Romanian literary historian, critic, philosopher and translator
• Constantin Teaşcă (1922–1996), football coach
• Narcis Coman (born 1946), football player

See also

• List of cities in Romania

Web links

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

• Giurgiu at ghidulprimariilor.ro

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
2. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
3. ↑ Benjamin: How GOTTFRIED became a child of God ... , ( here at Google Books ) BoD-Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2014, ISBN 978-3-7357-0229-6
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Information on town twinning on the Giurgiu website accessed on November 25, 2014 (Romanian)
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} Information on town twinning in a report on Giurgiu, accessed on November 25, 2014 (Romanian; PDF; 13 MB)
6. ^ Web presentation of Green Twinning , accessed November 25, 2014.
7. ^ Ioan A. Bassarabescu on the website of the Romanian Academy