Timiș County

Timiş
—  County   —
Coat of arms
Country	Romania
Development region	Vest
Historic region	Banat
Capital	Timişoara
Area
• Total	8,697 km2 (3,357.9 sq mi)
Area rank	1st
Population (2002)
• Total	677,926
• Rank	9th
• Density	77.9/km2 (201.9/sq mi)
Telephone code	(+40) 256 or (+40) 356[1]
ISO 3166 code	RO-TM
Website	County Council Prefecture

Timiș (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈtimiʃ], Hungarian: Temes, Serbian: Tamiš (Тамиш), Ukrainian: Ті́міш, Banat Bulgarian: Timiš) is a county (județ) of western Romania, in the historical region Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the largest county in Romania in terms of land area.

The name of the county comes from the river Timiș, known in Roman antiquity as river Tibisis or Tibiscus.

The county is also part of the Danube-Kris-Mureș-Tisza euroregion.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 2.1 Neighbours 3 Economy 4 Tourism 5 People 6 Administrative divisions 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

Demographics

In 2000, it had a population of 684,506 and the population density was 79/km².

In 2006, it had a population of 685,901 and the population density was 79.8/km².

• Romanians - 83.4%^[2]
• Hungarians - 7.5%
• Roma - 2.4%
• Germans - 2.1%
• Serbs - 2%
• Ukrainians - 1.1%
• Bulgarians - 0.8%
• other - 0.7%

Year	County population[3]
1948	588,936
1956	568,881
1966	607,596
1977	696,884
1992	700,033
2002	677,926
2006	685,901

Geography

This county has a total area of 8,697 km² (3,6% of Romania). It is the largest county in Romania.

In the eastern extremity are the Poiana Ruscăi Mountains from the Southern Carpathians group. Elevations decrease to the west, passing through the Lipova Hills to the Western Romanian Plain, the eastern part of the Pannonian Plain.

The county is crossed by many rivers, the most important being the Bega River and the Timiş River.

Neighbours

• Hunedoara County to the east.
• Hungary to the northwest - Csongrád County.
• Arad County to the north.
• Caraş-Severin County to the south.
• Serbia to the southwest - Vojvodina Autonomous Province - North Banat District and Central Banat District.

Economy

Timiş County has one of the most dynamic economies in Romania, being a region with among the highest ratings of foreign investment due to its tradition and its position.

The predominant industries in the county are:

• Mechanical manufacturing
• Food
• Chemicals
• Textiles
• Electronic components
• Wood

Tourism

The main tourist attractions in the county are:

• The city of Timişoara.
• Lugoj
• Buziaş Resort.
• Castles at Banloc and Carani.
• The area around Făget.

There are also a lot of places for hunting and fishing.

People

• Ana Blandiana
• Béla Lugosi
• Lavinia Miloşovici
• Traian Vuia
• Johnny Weissmuller
• Tiberiu Brediceanu
• Iosif Constantin Drăgan
• Béla Bartók
• Dositej Obradović
• Nikolaus Lenau
• Ted Junker
• Herta Müller

Administrative divisions

Timiş County has 2 municipalities, 8 towns and 89 communes

• Municipalities
  • Timişoara - capital city; population: 312.113 (as of 2009)
  • Lugoj - population: 46,189 (as of 2004)
• Towns
  • Sânnicolau Mare - population: 13,298 (as of 2004)
  • Jimbolia - population: 11,605 (as of 2004)
  • Recaş - population: 8,188 (as of 2004)
  • Buziaş - population: 7,738 (as of 2004)
  • Făget - population: 7,356 (as of 2004)
  • Deta - population: 6,582 (as of 2004)
  • Gătaia - population: 6,101 (as of 2004)
  • Ciacova - population: 4,939 (as of 2004)

Communes Balinţ Banloc Bara Bârna Beba Veche Becicherecu Mic Belinţ Bethausen Biled Birda Bogda Boldur Brestovăţ Bucovăţ Cărpiniş

Cenad Cenei Checea Chevereşu Mare Comloşu Mare Coşteiu Criciova Curtea Darova Denta Dudeştii Noi Dudeştii Vechi Dumbrava Dumbrăviţa Fârdea

Fibiş Foeni Gavojdia Ghilad Ghiroda Ghizela Giarmata Giera Giroc Giulvăz Gottlob Iecea Mare Jamu Mare Jebel Lenauheim

Liebling Livezile Lovrin Margina Maşloc Mănăştiur Moraviţa Moşniţa Nouă Nădrag Niţchidorf Ohaba Lungă Orţişoara Otelec Parţa Pădureni

Peciu Nou Periam Pesac Pietroasa Pişchia Racoviţa Remetea Mare Sacoşu Turcesc Saravale Satchinez Săcălaz Sânandrei Sânmihaiu Român Sânpetru Mare

Secaş Şag Şandra Ştiuca Teremia Mare Tomeşti Tomnatic Topolovăţu Mare Tormac Traian Vuia Uivar Variaş Vălcani Victor Vlad Delamarina Voiteg

See also

• Lion and Sun#Other (non-Iranian) variants

References

External links

Google earth file (kmz) with information about the Timis Bega catchment and the 2005 flood event Download the kmz file

Timiș County, Romania Cities Timișoara (county seat) Lugoj Towns Buziaș Ciacova Deta Făget Gătaia Jimbolia Recaş Sânnicolau Mare Communes Balinţ Banloc Bara Bârna Beba Veche Becicherecu Mic Belinţ Bethausen Biled Birda Bogda Boldur Brestovăţ Bucovăţ Cărpiniş Cenad Cenei Checea Chevereşu Mare Comloşu Mare Coşteiu Criciova Curtea Darova Denta Dudeştii Noi Dudeştii Vechi Dumbrava Dumbrăviţa Fârdea Fibiş Foeni Gavojdia Ghilad Ghiroda Ghizela Giarmata Giera Giroc Giulvăz Gottlob Iecea Mare Jamu Mare Jebel Lenauheim Liebling Livezile Lovrin Margina Maşloc Mănăştiur Moraviţa Moşniţa Nouă Nădrag Niţchidorf Ohaba Lungă Orţişoara Otelec Parţa Pădureni Peciu Nou Periam Pesac Pietroasa Pişchia Racoviţa Remetea Mare Sacoşu Turcesc Saravale Satchinez Săcălaz Sânandrei Sânmihaiu Român Sânpetru Mare Secaş Şag Şandra Ştiuca Teremia Mare Tomeşti Tomnatic Topolovăţu Mare Tormac Traian Vuia Uivar Variaş Vălcani Victor Vlad Delamarina Voiteg

Counties (județe) of Romania Alba Arad Argeș Bacău Bihor Bistrița-Năsăud Botoșani Brașov Brăila Buzău Caraș-Severin Călărași Cluj Constanța Covasna Dâmbovița Dolj Galaţi Giurgiu Gorj Harghita Hunedoara Ialomița Iași Ilfov Maramureș Mehedinţi Mureș Neamț Olt Prahova Satu Mare Sălaj Sibiu Suceava Teleorman Timiș Tulcea Vaslui Vâlcea Vrancea