Petroșani
Petroșani | |
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View of the city I. D. Sîrbu Theater Railway station | |
![]() Location in Hunedoara County | |
Coordinates: 45°24′44″N 23°22′24″E / 45.41222°N 23.37333°E | |
Country | Romania |
County | Hunedoara |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2024) | Tiberiu Iacob-Ridzi[1] (PNL) |
Area | 195.56 km2 (75.51 sq mi) |
Elevation | 431 m (1,414 ft) |
Population (2021-12-01)[2] | 31,044 |
• Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) |
Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
Postal code | 330001 |
Area code | (+40) 02 54 |
Vehicle reg. | HD |
Website | www |
Petroșani (Romanian pronunciation: [petroˈʃanʲ]; Hungarian: Petrozsény; German: Petroschen) is a city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania, with a population of 31,044 as of 2021.[3] The city has been associated with mining since the 19th century.
History
"Pietros" means "stony, rocky" in Romanian. The city of Petroșani was founded in the 17th century (around 1640) with the name Petrozsény. In 1720, an Austrian cartographer mentions that the entire Jiu Valley was intensely populated and settlements could be seen from one end to the other.
At the 1818 census, Petroșani had 233 inhabitants, while the entire Valley counted 2,550. During this time, the main activity of the people was
After Romania joined the
After the collapse of
The population experienced massive growth only in the 20th century during the
As other cities from the Jiu Valley, throughout the second half of the 19th century and most of the 20th century, most activities in the city revolved around the mines. But after the
Geography
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Petroșani is located in the Jiu Valley, which is the entrance to the Retezat National Park and provides access to the Vâlcan, Parâng, and Retezat mountains. The city administers four villages: Dâlja Mare (Nagydilzsa), Dâlja Mică (Kisdilzsa), Peștera (Zsupinyászuvölgy) and Slătinioara (Szlatinova községrész).
Landmarks
- Sfinții Arhangeli Church ("Holy Archangels Church"), built in the 18th century.
- The "Ion G. Duca" school, built in 1935
- The Hungarian school, built in 1873 by Germans and inhabited by a group of 50 Catholic nuns from a monastery near Munich
- The Old Theater, built in 1886
- The Lutheran Church, built between 1892 and 1896
- The Mining Museum, built in 1920
- The actual Sports School building, built in 1919
- The "I. D. Sîrbu" Theater Hall, built in 1905
- The Justice Court building, built in 1910
- The actual Students theater, built in 1922
- The Unitarian Church, built between 1924 and 1928
- The University of Petroșani, built in 1948
- The Jiul Shopping Center, re-opened in December 2007 after renovation, initially built in the early 1980s
Social events
The following social events take place in Petroșani:
- the Dramatic Theater offers a wide variety of performance every week
- the annual international folklore festival
- the Folk Music Festival Cântecul Adâncului... ("Song of the Deep")
- artistic summer camps organized by the Petroșani University
- art, numismatic and caricatures exhibitions
- piano and violin recitals, offered by the Music School
- the Petroșani Days festival, usually organized in autumn
- the annual Underground Valley Graffiti Fest
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1850 | 581 | — |
1880 | 2,096 | +260.8% |
1900 | 7,765 | +270.5% |
1910 | 12,193 | +57.0% |
1930 | 15,405 | +26.3% |
1948 | 14,138 | −8.2% |
1956 | 23,052 | +63.0% |
1966 | 35,187 | +52.6% |
1977 | 40,664 | +15.6% |
1992 | 52,390 | +28.8% |
2002 | 45,447 | −13.3% |
2011 | 34,331 | −24.5% |
2021 | 31,044 | −9.6% |
Source: Census data |
In 1850, Petroșani was a small village, the vast majority of its 581 inhabitants being Romanian.[5]
According to the 1910 census, from 12,193 inhabitants 7,748 (63.54%) were Hungarian, 3,250 Romanian (26.65%) and 831 (6.82%) German.
Notable people
- Gabriel Apetri (born 1981), footballer
- Cosmin Chetroiu (born 1987), luger
- Aristică Cioabă (born 1971), football player and manager
- Iuliu Farkaș (1923–1984), footballer
- Cristina Adela Foișor (1967–2017), international chess master
- Raluca Haidu (born 1994), artistic gymnast
- Monica Iacob Ridzi (born 1977), politician
- Cornel Irina (born 1976), footballer
- Iosif Kalai (born 1980), footballer
- Alex Leon (1907–after 1944), graphic artist and painter
- Cătălin Mulțescu (born 1976), footballer
- Călin Peter Netzer (born 1975), film director
- Răzvan Oaidă (born 1998), footballer
- Anamaria Ocolișan (born 1997), artistic gymnast
- Mircea Popa (born 1962), footballer
- Cosmin Rațiu (born 1979), rugby union player
- Lóránd Szatmári (born 1988), footballer
- Andreea Țîrle (born 2002), handball player
- Marin Tudorache (born 1968), football player and manager
- Vlad Tudorache (born 1995), footballer
- Dacian Varga (born 1984), footballer
- Patricia Vizitiu (born 1988), handball player
Gallery
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Petroșani railway station (1867)
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View of Petroșani c. 1910
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Nicolae Ceaușescu in Petroșani shortly after the 1977 miners’ strike
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City center
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St. George wooden church in Sălătruc neighborhood (1788)
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.
- ^ "Hartă Interactivă. Populația României în fiecare localitate din țară - Recensământul 2021 vs. 2011 / Cele mai mari creșteri, cele mai drastice scăderi". HotNews (in Romanian).
- ^ "Topul localităților cu cea mai dramatică scădere a populației". HotNews. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ a b "ERDÉLY ETNIKAI ÉS FELEKEZETI STATISZTIKÁJA" (PDF).
- ^ "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
Petroșani travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Jiu Valley Portal - the regional portal host of the official Petroșani municipal website