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Oradea produces around 63% of the industrial production of Bihor County, while accounting for 34.5% of the population of the county. Its main industries are furniture, textiles and clothing, footwear, and food processing. Oradea's economy is sustained largely by small and medium business and the property taxes paid by citizens.
Oradea Airport (IATA: OMR, ICAO: LROD) is an international airport located 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest [1] of Oradea in northwestern Romania, Bihor County, near one of the main road and rail border crossings to Hungary.
The first documented mention of Oradea's name was in 1113 under the Latin name, Varadinum ("vár" means fortress in Hungarian). In the 11th century when St. King Ladislaus I of Hungary founded a bishopric settlement near the city of Oradea, the present Roman Catholic Diocese of Oradea. [6] The city flourished during the 13th century in particular.
Oradea metropolitan area (Romanian: Zona Metropolitană Oradea or short ZMO) is a metropolitan area located in Western Romania, in the County of Bihor, Crișana, Transylvania, Romania and was founded on 9 May 2005. [2] According to Eurostat, in 2007 Oradea had a larger urban zone of 218,518 residents on an area of 125 km 2 (48 sq mi). [3]
The University of Oradea (UO or U of O) (Romanian: Universitatea din Oradea) is an accredited public university located in Oradea in north-western Romania.. With 15 faculties, the university has a total of 123 fields of study for undergraduates and 151 post-graduate specialisation degrees.
Asociația Sportivă Înfrățirea Oradea, commonly known as Înfrățirea Oradea, or simply as Înfrățirea, was a Romanian football club based in Oradea, Bihor County. The club was established in 1948, as the football team of Înfrățirea Factory and during the 1970s and 1980s was a regular presence at the levels of Divizia B and Divizia C .
Bucharest–Ploiești (62.79 km), Râșnov–Brașov (6.30 km), Târgu Mureș–Nădășelu (113 km), Nușfalău - Suplacu de Barcău (13.554 km) and Oradea–Borș (5.35 km) sectors are operational. The exits to DN73 at Cristian (3.56 km) and DN15 at Târgu Mureș (4.70 km), although not part of A3, are built to expressway standards.
In 2008 and 2009 10 new Siemens ULF trams were introduced to the Oradea tram system. The first Siemens tram was put in service in April 2008. In 2018, Oradea took delivery of 10 Tatra KT4D trams from the Berlin transport operator BVG. The 10th European Tramdriver Championship was held in the city on the 3rd June 2023. [2] Grafic circulaţie ...