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Oradea ranks ninth most populated among Romanian cities (as of the 2021 census). [2] [8] It covers an area of 11,556 hectares (28,560 acres), in an area of contact between the extensions of the Apuseni Mountains and the Crișana-Banat extended plain. Oradea has a high standard of living and ranks among the most livable cities in the country. [9]
After December 1989, Oradea aimed to achieve greater prosperity along with other towns in Central Europe. Both culturally and economically, Oradea's prospects are inevitably tied to the general aspiration of the Romanian society to freedom, democracy and a free market economy, with varied initiatives in all fields of endeavor. Due to its ...
Oradea (-Romanian, Hungarian: Nagyvárad, German: Großwardein) is a city located in the county of Bihor (BH), in Transylvania, Romania The main article for this category is Oradea . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oradea .
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 .
St. Nicholas Cathedral follows the Romanian Rite (Byzantine) and is in full communion the Pope in Rome. Its construction began in 1800, when the Greek Catholic Bishop Ignatius Darabant asked demolish the small Greek-Catholic church in the city and begin construction of the cathedral. The construction plan is cross-shaped design, vaulted ceiling ...
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 Diocese of Oradea (Latin: Dioecesis Magnovaradinensis Latinorum, Hungarian: Nagyváradi Római Katolikus Egyházmegye, Romanian: Dieceza Romano-Catolică de Oradea Mare) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Romania, named after its episcopal see in the city of Oradea.
The following is a timeline of Oradea, a city in western Romania, between the 9th and 16th centuries. 9th-10th centuries: According to Gesta Hungarorum , Menumorut ruled the area - with a citadel centered in Bihar - until the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin .