Târgu Cărbuneşti

Târgu Cărbuneşti
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Little Wallachia
Circle :	Gorj
Coordinates :	44 ° 58 '  N , 23 ° 30'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 57 '35 "  N , 23 ° 30' 26"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	200  m
Area :	137  km²
Residents :	8,034 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	59 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	215500
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 53
License plate :	GJ
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	city
Structure :	10 districts / cadastral communities: Blahnița de Jos , Cărbuneşti-Sat , Cojani , Crețeşti , Curteana , Floreşteni , Măceşu , Pojogeni , Rogojeni , Ștefăneşti
Mayor :	Dănuț Birău ( PSD )
Postal address :	Str. Trandafirilor, no. 41 loc. Târgu Cărbuneşti, jud. Gorj, RO-215500
Website :	www.primariacarbunesti.ro

Târgu Cărbuneşti is a small town in Gorj County in Romania .

location

Târgu Cărbuneşti is located in the foothills of the Southern Carpathians , in the foothills of the Parâng Mountains in the historical region of Little Wallachia . On both sides of the Gilort , a left tributary of the Jiu , and the national road ( drum național ) DN 67B, Târgu Cărbuneşti is located about 20 km east of the district capital Târgu Jiu .

history

Archaeological finds have shown that the present-day urban area has been settled since the Neolithic and the Bronze Age . The village arose at the crossroads of several trade routes and was first mentioned in 1480 under the name Târgul Gilort . In 1504, the Wallachian prince Radu cel Mare named the market place in a document Petreşti . This name or Petreştii de Sus remained until the beginning of the 20th century. The development of the place was favored by the commissioning of the railway line from Filiași to Târgu Jiu in 1888. 1968 Târgu Cărbuneşti received the status of a city.

Important branches of the city are the timber and construction industries as well as the extraction of coal and oil.

population

At the 2002 census, the city had 8,699 people, including 8,185 Romanians and 511 Roma .

traffic

Târgu Cărbuneşti has had a railway connection since 1888. In the direction of Târgu Jiu and Filiași , there are currently (2009) around four express and five local trains each day. There are also bus connections to the district capital Târgu Jiu . In 1983 a 23 km long railway line to Seciuri was put into operation from the city , which only serves the transport of goods (mainly coal).

Attractions

• Wooden churches Cuvioasa Paraschiva (1698) and Adormirea Maicii Domnului (1832)
• Monastery of Sf. Ioan Botezătorul (1780)
• Historic town center
• The Tudor Arghezi Museum

Born in Târgu Cărbuneşti

• Florin Cioabă (1954–2013), Roma leader and self-proclaimed "International King of the Gypsies"
• Luminița Cioabă (* 1957), Roma writer
• Lidia Șimon (* 1973), silver medalist in the marathon run at the 2000 Olympic Games

Web links

Commons : Târgu Cărbuneşti  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
2. ↑ List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
3. ^ City website, accessed February 4, 2009
4. ↑ ^{a b} CFR website, accessed on February 4, 2009 ( Memento of March 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ 2002 census, accessed February 4, 2009
6. ↑ The Tudor Arghezi Museum. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 12, 2016 ; accessed on March 30, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ Luminița Mihai-Cioabă: Zigeunerinnenfluch at sevenbuerger.de