Timiș County: County of Romania
Timiș is a county (județ) of Romania.
It is in the historical region of Banat. The capital city is Timișoara.
Timiș County Județul Timiș | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
| Etymology: Timiș River | |
 Location of Timiș County in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 45°41′34.08″N 21°24′19.8″E / 45.6928000°N 21.405500°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| Historical region | Banat |
| Development region | West |
| Established | 1968 |
| County seat | Timișoara |
| Government | |
| • Body | Timiș County Council |
| • President | Alin Nica (PNL) |
| • Prefect | Mihai Ritivoiu (PSD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,696.7 km2 (3,357.8 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 1st |
| Population () | |
| • Rank | 3rd |
| Demonym(s) | timișean (male), timișeană (female) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| SIRUTA code | 350 |
| Registration plate | TM |
| Website | cjtimis |
The county is named after the Timiș River.
Geography
Timiș has an area of 8,696.7 km2 (3,357.8 sq mi). It is the largest county in Romania by area. It is on the border with Hungary and Serbia.
Divisions
Timiș County has 2 municipalities, 8 towns and 89 communes:
Municipalities
- Timișoara – capital city
- Lugoj
Towns
- Sânnicolau Mare
- Jimbolia
- Recaș
- Buziaș
- Făget
- Deta
- Gătaia
- Ciacova
Communes
- Balinț
- Banloc
- Bara
- Bârna
- Beba Veche
- Becicherecu Mic
- Belinț
- Bethausen
- Biled
- Birda
- Bogda
- Boldur
- Brestovăț
- Bucovăț
- Cărpiniș
- Cenad
- Cenei
- Checea
- Chevereșu Mare
- Comloșu Mare
- Coșteiu
- Criciova
- Curtea
- Darova
- Denta
- Dudeștii Noi
- Dudeștii Vechi
- Dumbrava
- Dumbrăvița
- Fârdea
- Fibiș
- Foeni
- Gavojdia
- Ghilad
- Ghiroda
- Ghizela
- Giarmata
- Giera
- Giroc
- Giulvăz
- Gottlob
- Iecea Mare
- Jamu Mare
- Jebel
- Lenauheim
- Liebling
- Livezile
- Lovrin
- Margina
- Mașloc
- Mănăștiur
- Moravița
- Moșnița Nouă
- Nădrag
- Nițchidorf
- Ohaba Lungă
- Orțișoara
- Otelec
- Parța
- Pădureni
- Peciu Nou
- Periam
- Pesac
- Pietroasa
- Pișchia
- Racovița
- Remetea Mare
- Sacoșu Turcesc
- Saravale
- Satchinez
- Săcălaz
- Sânandrei
- Sânmihaiu Român
- Sânpetru Mare
- Secaș
- Șag
- Șandra
- Știuca
- Teremia Mare
- Tomești
- Tomnatic
- Topolovățu Mare
- Tormac
- Traian Vuia
- Uivar
- Variaș
- Vălcani
- Victor Vlad Delamarina
- Voiteg
References
This article uses material from the Wikipedia Simple English article Timiș County, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki Simple English (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.