Pades

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Pades
Coat of arms of Pades
Padeș (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Wallachia
Circle : Gorj
Coordinates : 45 ° 1 '  N , 22 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 1 '11 "  N , 22 ° 51' 24"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 320  m
Area : 389.81  km²
Residents : 4,800 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 12 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 247405
Telephone code : (+40) 02 53
License plate : GJ
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Padeș, Apa Neagră , Călugăreni , Cerna-Sat , Cloșani , Motru Sec , Orzești , Văieni
Mayor : Serafim Antonie ( PNL )
Postal address : Loc. Călugăreni, jud. Gorj, RO-217327
Website :

Padeş is a municipality in Gorj County in Wallachia in Romania . The seat of the municipality is Călugăreni .

Geographical location

Location of Pades in Gorj County

Padeș is a municipality on the upper reaches of the Motru - a right tributary of the Jiu ( Schil ) - in the southern foothills of the Transylvanian Alps between the Mehedinți and Vâlcan mountain ranges , in the historical region of Little Wallachia , also called Oltenia . In the north-west of the Gorj County, the place is on the county road ( Drum județean ) DJ 671, 12 kilometers north of the small town of Baia de Aramă ( Kr. Mehedinți ); the district capital Târgu Jiu is located about 50 kilometers east of Pades.

history

In the area of ​​the municipality, south of the village of Călugăreni, finds of a settlement - called Peştera (English cave ) by the locals - which point to the Early Bronze Age , were made.

population

In 2002, 5160 people were registered in the municipality of Muereasca. 5158 of them were Romanians and two were Magyars . In the October 31, 2011 census, there were 5002 people in 2102 households in the municipality.

The main occupation of the population is forestry.

Attractions

Monument to the uprising of 1821
  • The wooden church Înălțarea Domnului ?? , Built in 1790 in the incorporated village of Cloșani , is a listed building.
  • The church of Sf. Atanasia și Chiril ?? , Built in 1883 and the house of the Constantin Nacu family in Padeș in the 19th century, are listed buildings.
  • The monument to the uprising of 1821 ( ⊙ ) under the leadership of Tudor Vladimirescu , erected 1921–1935, is a listed building.
  • The community is also the starting point for several caves in the region.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
  2. ↑ Călugăreni at Repertoriul Arheologic Național cimec.ro accessed on February 23, 2013 (Romanian)
  3. ↑ Padeș in the 2002 census at www.edrc.ro
  4. ↑ Result of the preliminary census on October 31, 2011 at antena3.ro (PDF; 176 kB)
  5. ↑ a b c List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
  6. ^ Website of the village of Motru Sec at weebly.com accessed on February 23, 2013 (Romanian)