Mehedinți County

Location of Mehedinți County in Romania

Map of Mehedinți County

Coat of arms of Mehedinți County

Coat of arms of the Mehedinți district, at the time of real socialism

Coat of arms of Mehedinți County, in the interwar period

Mehedinți [ meheˈdintsʲ ] ( pronunciation ^?^/^I ) is a Romanian district ( Județ ) in the Wallachia region with the district capital Drobeta Turnu Severin . Its common abbreviation and license plate number are MH.

The mehedinţi county borders in the north and in the east to the Gorj county , in the south-east and in the south to the Dolj County . He also shares land borders with Bulgaria , in the southwest of the Republic of Serbia and in the west and in the north-west of the county Caras-Severin .

Demographics

In 2002, Mehedinți County had 306,732 inhabitants and a population density of 62 inhabitants per km².

In 2011, the district had a population of 265,390 inhabitants and a population density of 54 inhabitants per km².

geography

The district has a total area of 4933 km², which corresponds to 2.06% of the area of Romania.

cities and communes

Mehedinți County in Romania officially consists of 360 localities. Five of them have city status , 61 that of municipality and the rest are administratively assigned to cities and municipalities.

Biggest places

City / municipality	population
Drobeta Turnu Severin ( Hungarian Szörényvár )	92,617
Strehaia	10,506
Orșova ( German Orschowa , Hungarian Orsova , Croatian and Serbian Rušava )	10,441
Șimian	09,650
Corcova	05,431
Baia de Aramă (Hungarian Arámabánya )	05,349
Vânju Mare	05,311
Jiana	04,695
Bala	03,963
Breznița-Ocol	03,859
Gogoșu	03,799
Pătulele	03,636
Gârla Mare	03,382
Butoieşti	03,344
Devesel	03,287
(As of October 20, 2011)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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

44.63 22.88Coordinates: 44 ° 38 ' N , 22 ° 53' E

[vz2011-1] 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de