Râmnicu Vâlcea

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Râmnicu Vâlcea
Coat of arms of Râmnicu Vâlcea
Râmnicu Vâlcea (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Little Wallachia
Circle : Vâlcea
Coordinates : 45 ° 6 ′  N , 24 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 6 ′ 7 ″  N , 24 ° 22 ′ 19 ″  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Area : 89.52  km²
Residents : 98,776 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 1,103 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 240xxx
Telephone code : (+40) 02 50
License plate : VL
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : Municipality
Mayor : Mircea Gutau ( PER )
Postal address : Str. General Praporgescu, no. 14
loc. Râmnicu Vâlcea, jud. Vâlcea, RO-240182
Website :
Râmnicu Vâlcea (red square) - Romania - Neighboring towns: Piteşti , Sibiu

Râmnicu Vâlcea , old spelling Rîmnicu Vîlcea [ ˈrɨmniku ˈvɨlt͜ʃe̯a ] is the capital of the district of Vâlcea in Romania .

Râmnicu Vâlcea is located about 180 kilometers from Bucharest and is considered to be one of the oldest settlements in what is now Romania. It is located on the European route 81 , the north-south line ( Arad - Sibiu - Piteşti - Bucharest), the second most important main route in Romania. The license plate is VL.

Place name and location

The name has a Slavic origin (Râmnicu = pond, small pond) and Vâlcea (from vâlc = wolf). It does justice to the idyllic location of this town in the southernmost valley of the Southern Carpathians , which is surrounded by wooded mountain ridges to the south. In the immediate vicinity there are spas such as Călimăneşti , Băile Govora and Băile Olăneşti , as well as sights such as B. 'Masivul Cozia' with the monastery of the same name .

The Olt (German Alt , Latin Alutus ), a wide river and inlet of the Danube, flows through the city . It will be dammed twice within the urban area and, with its power stations, will provide the necessary electricity for the emerging city. Another body of water that flows through the city is the Olăneşti . Depending on the season, it turns into a raging body of water or a leisurely trickle flowing along it.

From a geographical point of view, Râmnicu Vâlcea belongs to southern Romania, to Wallachia , more precisely: Oltenia, the so-called Little Wallachia , the actual Romanian heartland. It was the starting point of the Romanian Revolution of 1848 . This event and the first intonation of the national anthem will be commemorated in the form of a monument at the historical location of the event in the Zavoy city ​​park .

economy

Economically, Râmnicu Vâlcea was not one of the most important Romanian cities for a long time. Only the chemical and food industries in the south (Oltchim, Raureni) and medium-sized shoe and furniture factories were worth mentioning.

For several years the city was considered a stronghold of international online and credit card fraud and has been nicknamed Hackerville ever since . This development was expressed in the cityscape, for example, in the existence of more than two dozen Western Union branches and the high prevalence of German luxury cars by Romanian standards.

Arts and Culture

Sports

The most successful sports club in the city is the former club CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea , whose women's handball team has been Romanian champions 19 times and cup winners 14 times, and in 2007 it won the European Cup Winners' Cup and the EHF Champions Trophy .

sons and daughters of the town

photos

  • Vâlcea County Administration Building

  • View of Tudor Vladimirescu Street

  • statue of Liberty

  • The Anton Pann Museum

  • Monument in Zavoy City Park

See also

broadcast

Web links

Commons : Râmnicu Vâlcea  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
  2. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
  3. ↑ Agerpres (ed.): Vâlcea - judeţ domnesc, judeţul celor trei necropole voievodale . Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  4. ↑ Patru zile de sărbătoare: Zilele Imnului Naţional 2019 - 171 de ani de la prima intonare a cântecului ”Deşteaptă-te, române!”, La 29 julie 1848, pe locul actualului Parc Zăvoi , Primăriaria, Municipality 22, Paul Vâlcea July 2019
  5. ^ "Deşteaptă-te române"! Este Ziua imnului naţional al României , Ziarul de Iasi, July 29, 2019
  6. ↑ Romania home base for EBay scammers . Posted by Ian Wylie in the Los Angeles Times December 26, 2007.
  7. ^ How a Remote Town in Romania Has Become Cybercrime Central . Contribution by Yudhijit Bhattacharjee in Wired , February 2011.
  8. ↑ The Neppermetropole ( Memento of 8 January 2012 at the Internet Archive ). Contribution by Andrzej Rybak on the website of the Financial Times Deutschland , January 5, 2012. (Only the introduction is accessible free of charge.)
  9. ↑ million dollar business: A city in Romania is the center of international hackers  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Contribution by SF correspondent Erwin Schmid in 10vor10 of February 28, 2012. ( Flash video , 5 minutes 40 seconds)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.srf.ch  
  10. ↑ Ripped off on the Internet - A small town full of criminals . Film by Holger Senft and Hanno di Rosa in the series die story . WDR television , September 3, 2012 (Flash video, 43 minutes 47 seconds)