Gorj district

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Location of the Gorj County in Romania
Map of the Gorj district
Coat of arms of Gorj County
Coat of arms of the Gorj district, at the time of real socialism
Coat of arms of Gorj County, in the interwar period

Gorj ( pronunciation ? / I ) is a Romanian district ( Județ ) in the Walachia region with the district capital Târgu Jiu . Its common abbreviation and license plate are GJ. Audio file / audio sample

The Gorj county is bordered to the north to the Hunedoara county , as are the north and in the east to the county Valcea , in the south of the Dolj County , in the southwest and in the west to the county Mehedinti and in the north-west of the county Caras-Severin .

Demographics

In 2002 the district had 387,407 inhabitants and a population density of 69 inhabitants per km².

In 2011 the Gorj district had 341,594 inhabitants, thus a population density of 61 inhabitants per km².

geography

The district has a total area of ​​5602 km², which corresponds to 2.34% of the area of ​​Romania. Located in the south-western part of Romania, the Gorj district is in the north of the historical region of Little Wallachia, south of the Southern Carpathians . In the northwest of the district there is the Godeanu Mountains (with the Godeanu 2229  m and Paltina 2149  m peaks), in the north the Vâlcan (with the peaks Olsea 1946 m, Straja 1868 m, Arcanul 1760 m and others), the Parâng Mountains (with the peaks Micaia 2170 m, Păpușa 2136 m and others) and the Rotunda massif (1600 m). The three largest rivers in the county are the Jiu (Schil) , Gilort and Motru .

cities and communes

The Gorj County officially consists of 434 localities. 9 of these have the status of a city , 61 that of a municipality and the rest are administratively assigned to cities and municipalities.

Biggest places

City / municipality Residents
Târgu Jiu ( dt. Tergoschwyl ) 82.504
Motru 19,079
Rovinari 11,816
Bumbeşti-Jiu 08,932
Târgu Cărbuneşti 08,034
Băleşti 07,404
Turceni 07,269
Bâlteni 07.126
Tismana 07,035
Plopşoru 06.234
Novaci 05,431
Runcu 05,311
Țânțăreni 05,289
Crasna 05.133
Mătăsari 05,027
(As of October 20, 2011)

See also

Web links

Commons : Gorj County  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de