Caransebeș
Caransebeș | |
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Caransebeș City Hall Roman Catholic Church Caransebeș post office The pedestrian center | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Caraș-Severin County | |
  Caransebeș Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 45°25′17″N 22°13′19″E / 45.42139°N 22.22194°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Caraș-Severin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2024) | Felix Borcean[1] (Ind.) |
| Area | 70.08 km2 (27.06 sq mi) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[2] | 21,714 |
| • Density | 310/km2 (800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Postal code | 325400 |
| Area code | (+40) 02 55 |
| Vehicle reg. | CS |
| Website | www |
Caransebeș (Romanian pronunciation: [karanˈsebeʃ] ⓘ; German: Karansebesch; Hungarian: Karánsebes, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkɒraːnʃɛbɛʃ]) is a city in Caraș-Severin County, part of the Banat region in southwestern Romania. One village, Jupa (Hungarian: Zsuppa), is administered by the city.
The city is located at the confluence of the
Climate
Caransebeș has a oceanic climate (Cfb in the Köppen climate classification), with an average of 0–15 °C (32–59 °F), but summers can be warm, with an average of 20–24 °C (68–75 °F). Rainfall can be quite abundant throughout the year.
| Climate data for Caransebeș (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.7 (69.3) |
21.9 (71.4) |
26 (79) |
31.3 (88.3) |
32.8 (91.0) |
36.2 (97.2) |
40.3 (104.5) |
39.4 (102.9) |
38.6 (101.5) |
32.1 (89.8) |
25.4 (77.7) |
19.1 (66.4) |
40.3 (104.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.1 (39.4) |
6.6 (43.9) |
11.9 (53.4) |
17.8 (64.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
26.0 (78.8) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.6 (83.5) |
23.0 (73.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
11.3 (52.3) |
5.1 (41.2) |
16.9 (62.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.1 (32.2) |
1.7 (35.1) |
6.0 (42.8) |
11.5 (52.7) |
16.0 (60.8) |
19.6 (67.3) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.2 (70.2) |
16.1 (61.0) |
11.3 (52.3) |
6.6 (43.9) |
1.5 (34.7) |
11.1 (52.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.0 (26.6) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
1.6 (34.9) |
6.3 (43.3) |
10.3 (50.5) |
13.5 (56.3) |
14.9 (58.8) |
15.1 (59.2) |
11.2 (52.2) |
7.1 (44.8) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
6.4 (43.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.4 (−2.9) |
−21 (−6) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
3.2 (37.8) |
5 (41) |
6 (43) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
−7 (19) |
−10 (14) |
−18.6 (−1.5) |
−22 (−8) |
−22 (−8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 44.5 (1.75) |
42.5 (1.67) |
46.4 (1.83) |
68.7 (2.70) |
87.5 (3.44) |
104.3 (4.11) |
86.1 (3.39) |
73.5 (2.89) |
69.0 (2.72) |
59.2 (2.33) |
47.6 (1.87) |
50.6 (1.99) |
779.9 (30.70) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 8.8 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 102.6 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 73.0 | 95.0 | 141.2 | 180.5 | 215.3 | 236.7 | 267.7 | 267.4 | 178.9 | 154.5 | 99.5 | 60.4 | 1,970.1 |
| Source: NOAA[3] | |||||||||||||
History
The first traces of habitation here might date as far as Dacian times. Dacian ruins have been discovered recently near
During the
After railroads began to appear, the role of Caransebeș grew continuously. In the late 19th century, the Romanian people of the settlement elected to the Parliament of Hungary the Hungarian Lajos Mocsáry, who was a progressive democratic politician fighting for the cultural and administrative rights of all nationalities (including the Romanians) living in the Hungarian Kingdom of that time.
In late October 1918, near the close of
After the rise of the
Education
The city's two leading high schools are the
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1912 | 7,999 | — |
| 1930 | 8,704 | +8.8% |
| 1948 | 10,106 | +16.1% |
| 1956 | 15,195 | +50.4% |
| 1966 | 18,194 | +19.7% |
| 1977 | 27,190 | +49.4% |
| 1992 | 31,985 | +17.6% |
| 2002 | 31,199 | −2.5% |
| 2011 | 21,932 | −29.7% |
| 2021 | 21,714 | −1.0% |
| Source: Census data | ||
At the 2021 Romanian census, Caransebeș had a population of 21,714.[5] At the previous census, from 2011, the city had a population of 21,932, mainly Romanians (93.48%), with Ukrainians (1.56%), German (1.17%), and Hungarian (0.78%) minorities present, but in decline.
Notable people
- Dan Alexa (born 1979), football player
- Lucian Buzan (born 1999), football player
- Nicolae Corneanu (1923–2014), Orthodox metropolitan bishop
- Corneliu Dragalina (1887–1949), World War II lieutenant general
- Ion Dragalina (1860–1916), World War I general, commander of the Romanian First Army
- René Fülöp-Miller (1891–1963), Austrian cultural historian and writer
- Sorin Grindeanu (born 1973), politician, Prime Minister of Romania (2017)
- Emanoil Ionescu (1887–1949), World War II squadron general, commander of the 1st Air Corps
- Damian Isac (born 2001), football player
- Gustav Jaumann (1863–1924), Austrian physicist (1863–1924)
- Wilhelm Klein (1850–1924), Hungarian-Austrian archaeologist
- Patricia Maria Țig (born 1994), tennis player
References
- ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
- ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Caransebeș". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ (in Romanian) History at the Caransebeș City Hall site
- ^ "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.
External links
- (in Romanian) Official Website of the Caransebeș City Hall
- (in Romanian) Unofficial website about Caransebeș
- (in Romanian) Banaterra - Information about the Caransebeș Region
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