Timiș County
Timiș is a Romanian district ( Județ ) in the historical Banat region , with Timișoara as the district capital. The license plate number and the common abbreviation for the circle are TM.
Timiș County borders Arad County in the north , Hunedoara County in the east, Caraș-Severin County in the south-east and south-east, Serbia in the south and south- west and Hungary in the west and north-west .
Demographics
In 2002 the district had 677,926 inhabitants and a population density of 78 inhabitants per km².
At the 2011 census, the Timiș County had 683,540 inhabitants and thus a population density of 79 inhabitants per km².
geography
With a total area of 8,697 km² Timiș is the largest of the 41 districts. This corresponds to 3.63% of the area of Romania.
cities and communes
The Timiș County officially consists of 325 localities. 10 of them have the status of a city , 89 that of a municipality and the rest are administratively assigned to cities and municipalities.
Biggest places
City / municipality | Residents |
---|---|
Timișoara ( German Temeswar or Temeschburg , Hungarian Temesvár ) | 319.279 |
Lugoj (German Lugosch , Hungarian Lugos ) | 40,361 |
Sânnicolau Mare (German Grand Saint Nicholas , Hungarian Nagyszentmiklós ) | 12,312 |
Jimbolia (German Hatzfeld , Hungarian Zsombolya ) | 10,808 |
Giroc (German Girock , Hungarian Gyüreg ) | 8,388 |
Recaș (German Rekasch , Hungarian Temesrékás , Croatian / Serbian Rekaš / Рекаш ) | 8,336 |
Dumbrăvița (German Neuszentes , Hungarian Ujszentes ) | 7,522 |
Săcălaz (German Sackelhausen , Hungarian Szakálháza ) | 7.204 |
Buziaș (German Busiasch , Hungarian Buziásfürdő ) | 7,023 |
Făget (German Fatschet , Hungarian Facsád ) | 6,761 |
Giarmata (German fair , Hungarian Temesgyarmat ) | 6,502 |
Deta (German and Hungarian Detta ) | 6,260 |
Moșnița Nouă (German Neumoschnitza , Hungarian Újmosnica ) | 6,203 |
Ghiroda ( Ger . Giroda , Hungarian Győröd ) | 6,200 |
Sânmihaiu Român (German Romanian Sankt Michael , Hungarian Oláh-Szentmihály ) | 6.121 |
(As of October 20, 2011) |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
Web links
- Timiș County Council website
- Maps of Timiș County: timis-county.map2web.eu ; harta-turistica.ro