Caraș-Severin County

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Location of the Caraș-Severin district (marked in color) in Romania
Map of the Caraș-Severin County
Coat of arms of the Caraș-Severin County
Coat of arms of the Caraș-Severin district, at the time of real socialism
Coat of arms of the Caraș-Severin County, in the interwar period

Caraș-Severin [ ˈkaraʃ seveˈrin ] ( pronunciation ? / I ) is a Romanian district (Județ) in the Banat with the district town of Reșița ( German Reschitza , Hungarian Resicabánya ). Its common abbreviation and license plate are CS. Audio file / audio sample  

The county Caras-Severin in the southwest area of Romania, bordered to the north and west to the Timiş County , in the northeast and east of the Hunedoara county , further to the east by the Gorj county , in the south-east and in the south of the county Mehedinti , further in the south and west to the Republic of Serbia .

Demographics

In 2002 Caraș-Severin had 333,396 inhabitants and a population density of 39 inhabitants per km². In 2011 the Caraș-Severin district had 295,579 inhabitants. This corresponds to a population density of 35 inhabitants per km².

geography

The district has a total area of ​​8520 km² - making it the third largest of the 41 districts - this corresponds to 3.57% of the area of ​​Romania. In the north of the Caraș-Severin district lies the Poiana-Ruscă Mountains , further south the Banat Mountains , in the east the Țarcu Mountains (Munții Țarcu) , in the west the Banat Mountains and in the south it borders on the Danube .

cities and communes

Status of the localities

The Caraș-Severin County officially consists of 310 localities. Eight of these have the status of a city, 69 that of a municipality and the remainder are administratively assigned to cities and municipalities.

Biggest places

City / municipality Residents
Reșița ( German Reschitza , Hungarian Resicabánya ) 73.282
Caransebeş (dt. Caransebes , ung. Karansebes ) 24,689
Bocșa (German Bokschan , Hungarian Boksánbánya ) 15,842
Moldova-Nouă (German Neumoldowa , Hungarian Újmoldova ) 12,350
Oravița (German Orawitz , Hungarian Oravica ) 11,382
Oțelu Roșu (German Ferdinandsberg , Hungarian Nándorhegy ) 10,510
Anina (German Steierdorf ung. Stájerlakanina ) 07,485
Băile Herculane (German Hercules bath , Hungarian Herkulesfürdő ) 05,008
Teregova (German Teregowa , Hungarian Teregova ) 03,981
Zăvoi (Hungarian Závoly ) 03,946
Berzovia (Hungarian Zsidovin ) 03,891
Turnu Ruieni (Hungarian Sebesrom ) 03,342
(As of October 20, 2011)

See also

Web links

Commons : Caraș-Severin district  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)