Cluj-Napoca : Romania

Cluj-Napoca (Hungarian: Kolozsvar; German: Klausenburg; Latin: Claudiopolis), the seat of Cluj county, is one of the most important academic, cultural and industrial centers in Romania. Regarded as the historic capital of Transylvania, the city is located in northwestern Romania, and is approximately 480 km (200 miles) northwest of Bucharest in the Somesul Mic valley.

History

Cluj-Napoca has a very rich historical and cultural heritage. The city stands on the site of an ancient Dacian settlement, Napoca, which the Romans first made a municipium and later a colonia. From the 3rd century it was the seat of the procurator of Provincia Porolissensis. (more…)

Isaccea : Romania

Isaccea (population: 5,614) is a small town in the Tulcea county, in Dobruja, Romania, on the right bank of the Danube, 35 km north-west of Tulcea.
Geography
The town has in administration 96.71 km², of which 3.69 km² are inside the residential areas. The town includes two other settlements: Revărsarea and TichileÅŸti. The Tulcea – Brăila roadway crosses the town.
Many lakes could once be found in the town, but the Communist authorities desiccated them in order to use the terrain for agriculture. This initiative lacked success, since the soil of the area proved to be not very fertile. (more…)

Iasi : Romania

IaÅŸi (also known as Jassy) is a city and a county (see Iasi (county)) in north-eastern Romania, in the historic region of Moldavia.
The city of IaÅŸi lies on the Bahlui river, a tributary of the Prut river.
The surrounding country is one of uplands and woods, among which rise the monasteries of Cetăţuia, Frumoasa, and Galata with its mineral springs, and the dendrologic park of Repedea. Iaşi itself stands pleasantly amid vineyards and gardens, partly on two hills, partly in the hollow between.
Population
1900: 78,000
1992: 344,425
2002: 320,888
Population density as of 2002: 3417/km&sup2 (more…)

Ianca : Romania

Ianca is a town in Brăila county, Romania. It has a population of 12,886. The area administrated by the city has 186 km 2, of which 10,92 have the residential area status and is divided in seven administrative areas:
Ianca
PeriÅŸoru
Plopu
BerleÅŸti
OpriÅŸeneÅŸti
Târlele Filiu

Husi : Romania

Huşi is a city in the county of Vaslui, Romania on a branch of the Iaşi-Galaţi railway, 9 miles West of the river Pruth and the Moldovan frontier.
History
HuÅŸi is an episcopal see. The cathedral was built in 1491 by Åžtefan cel Mare of Moldavia. The city is said to have been founded in the 15th century by a colony of Hussites led by Jan Huss, from whom its name is derived. The Treaty of the Pruth between Russia and Turkey was signed here in 1711.
Population
1900: 15,404 of which one fourth were Jews
2000: 33,320

Hunedoara : Romania

Hunedoara (Hungarian: Vajdahunyad, German: Eisenmarkt) is a city in Hunedoara county, Transylvania, Romania.
The city of Hunedoara has the most important Gothic-style secular building in Romania: the castle, which is closely connnected with the Hunyadi family. The castle was originally a small royal citadel and was given to Vajk (Romanian: Voicu) by King Sigismund of Hungary in 1409. Vajk’s son, John Hunyadi, began enlargement of the castle into a Gothic residence in 1446. The castle was damaged by fire many times, but underwent successive renovations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by the architects Imre Steindl, Frigyes Schulek and István Möller.. (more…)

Huedin : Romania

Huedin (Hungarian: Bánffyhunyad) is a town in Cluj county, Romania.
Location and Administration
Huedin is located in the Apuseni Mountains and surrounded by the villages of Nearsova, Domosu de Cris, Horlacea, etc. Recently, it is becoming an important ecotourism hub for the mountains. The Town of Huedin, administred by the municipal council, is made up of Huedin (the urban area) and the village of Bicalatu (Magyarbikal in Hungarian).
Population
The city has a population of 9955 people (as of 2003). Of these, 32.5% are ethnic Hungarians (more…)

Horezu : Romania

Horezu is a town located in the Vâlcea county, Romania, about 43km from Râmnicu Vâlcea. The town is well known for its people who make vases. There are special traditions which have been well preserved.
The town has about 7000 inhabitants, most of them work in agriculture and services.

Harsova : Romania

Hârşova is a city in Constanţa county, Romania, with a population of 11.000.
In ancient times, it was a Roman town named Carsium, in the Scythia Minor province. The current name has a Slavic ending “-ova� and it is still under debate whetever it is in any way linked with the ancient name.

Hârlau : Romania

Hârlău is a town in Iaşi county, Moldavia, Romania. As of 2004 a recent census gives a population of 11,271.

Gura Humorului : Romania

Gura Humorului is a town located in northern Romania, Suceava County in southern Bukovina (47°33’ 25°54’). It was formerly in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and was a Jewish shtetl. It has a population of 15,837

Giurgiu : Romania

Giurgiu (former names: Genoese:San Giorgio; Bulgarian: Giurgevo; Turkish:Yerkoekoe) is a city in Giurgiu county, Wallachia, Romania in the region once called Vlashca. It is situated amid mud-flats and marshes on the left bank of the Danube. Three small islands face the town, and a larger one shelters its port, Smarda. The rich corn-lands on North are traversed by a railway to Bucharest, the first line opened in Romania, which was built in 1869 and afterwards extended to Smarda.
Population
Now it has a population of 69,000. In 1900 its population was 13,977.
History
The area around Giurgiu was densily populated in the time of the Dacians as archeological evidence shows and even the capital of Burebista was in this area (it is thought to be in PopeÅŸti on the ArgeÅŸ river). During the Roman times this was the site of Theodorapolis, a city built by the Roman emperor Justinian (483-565). (more…)

Gherla : Romania

Gherla (Hungarian: Szamosújvár; German: Armenierstadt) is a town in Cluj county, Romania, located 45 km from Cluj-Napoca, with a population of 24,232.
A reference to village was first recorded in 1291 under the name Gherlahida, probably derived from the Slavic word grle, meaning “ford�. Later, the name of Szamosújvár was used in official Hungarian records, meaning “the new town on the Someş�.
A fortress was built here and in 1785, it was transformed into a prison, which, during the Communist regime, was used for political detainees.

Gheorgheni : Romania

Gheorgheni (Hungarian: Gyergyószentmiklós) is a town in Harghita county, Romania. The town lies in the north of the former Székely county of Csíkszék.
It was first mentioned in 1332 and was part of Kingdom of Hungary, then to the Principate of Transylvania (1557-1765), to the Grand Duchy of Transylvania (1765-1867), later again to Hungary (1867-1918) and finally to Romania (since 1918).
Nearby are two spectacular natural sites, the Lacu Roşu (Gyilkos-tó) a beatutiful lake in the mountains, and in close proximity is the Cheile Bicazului (Békási-szoros) which is a dramatic narrow canyon through the Eastern Carpathian Mountains forming the border with Neamţ (Nemc) county.
Demographics
It has a population of 20,018, of which 87.6% (17,527) are Hungarians and is part of the traditional land of the Székely Hungarian people. (Census 2002)
1910: 8,905
2002: 20,018

Fagaras : Romania

Făgăraş (Hungarian: Fogaras, German: Fogarasch) is a city in central Romania, county Braşov. It lies on the river Olt. It has 35.400 inhabitants (2004).