Turceni

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Turceni
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Turceni (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Little Wallachia
Circle : Gorj
Coordinates : 44 ° 41 '  N , 23 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 40 '46 "  N , 23 ° 22' 23"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 160  m
Area : 78.93  km²
Residents : 7,269 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 92 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 217520
Telephone code : (+40) 02 53
License plate : GJ
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : city
Structure : 5 districts / cadastral communities: Gârbovu , Jilțu , Murgeşti , Strâmba-Jiu , Valea Viei
Mayor : Cristina Cilibiu ( PSD )
Postal address : St. Muncii, no. 452
loc. Turceni, jud. Gorj, RO-217520
Website :
Others
City Festival : July

Turceni is a small town in Gorj County in Romania .

location

Turceni is located in the foothills of the Southern Carpathians , at the mouth of the Jil J River in the Jiu ( Schil ). The district capital Târgu Jiu is about 40 km north.

history

A settlement at the site of today's city with the name Câmpul Turcilor (about "Turks' field") has been documented since 1499; the first mention of the place name Turceni took place in 1529. A year later, the Wallachian prince Vlad Înecatul confirmed the rule of Turceni to the monastery Tismana . In 1569 a division of the place into an upper and a lower part is documented; two noble families became owners of Turceni. In 1634 the Tismana monastery was again given control of the entire village.

A school has been attested since 1840.

Until the agrarian reform in 1864, the vast majority of residents consisted of families of landless farmers. Even after that the economic situation of the rural population remained difficult, so that residents of Turceni also took part in the peasant uprising in Romania in 1907 .

In the First World War , 122 residents of today's city were killed.

In 1961 the arable land was collectivized. The long rural location changed its character through the industrialization that began after the Second World War . In 1978 the Turceni power plant went into operation with the first 330 MW unit; by 1987, seven units with a total output of 2310 MW had been built. This is one of the 30 largest CO 2 emitters in the European Union. A hydroelectric power station was also built.

In 2004 Turceni received city status.

Besides energy generation, important branches of the economy are agriculture and trade.

population

At the 2002 census, the city had 8,559 people, including 8,556 Romanians . 4,780 lived in Turceni, the rest in the five incorporated towns.

traffic

Turceni is located on the railway line from Filiași to Târgu Jiu, which opened in 1967 . Currently (2009) around seven local trains run each day in both directions. There are also bus connections to Motru .

Attractions

  • Strâmba Church (1518–1620) in the Strâmba-Jiu district
  • Wooden church Sf. Ioan Botezătorul (1730)
  • Strâmba Monastery (16th – 18th centuries) in the Strâmba-Jiu district

Web links

Commons : Turceni  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
  2. ↑ Thomson Reuters Foundation, accessed July 24, 2009
  3. ↑ City website, accessed on February 15, 2009 (PDF; 204 kB)
  4. ↑ 2002 census, accessed February 15, 2009