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This is a list of cities and towns in Romania, ordered by population (largest to smallest) according to the 2002, 2011 and 2021 censuses. [1] For the major cities, average elevation is also given. Cities in bold are county capitals.
Transylvania is known for the scenery of its Carpathian landscape and its rich history, coupled with its multi-cultural character. It also contains Romania's second-largest city, Cluj-Napoca, and other very well preserved medieval iconic cities and towns such as Brașov, Sibiu, Târgu Mureș, Bistrița, Alba Iulia, Mediaș, and Sighișoara.
This list enumerates the changes made from 1921 onwards. Not included are the names of localities in the Banat, in Transylvania, and in Bukovina that were changed from Hungarian and/or German to Romanian immediately after World War I, the names of localities in Northern Transylvania that were changed back to Hungarian from 1940 to 1944, and those of localities in Greater Romania that today no ...
Romania's administration is relatively centralized and administrative subdivisions are therefore fairly simplified. According to the Constitution of Romania, its territory is organized administratively into communes, cities and counties: [1] At the county level: 41 counties, and one city with special status (Bucharest, the national capital)
Bucharest's public transport system is the largest in Romania and one of the largest in Europe. It is made up of the Bucharest Metro , run by Metrorex , as well as a surface transport system run by STB ( Societatea de Transport București , previously known as the RATB), which consists of buses, trams , trolleybuses , and light rail .
After Bucharest, the capital city, Romania has a number of major cities that are roughly equal in size: Constanța, Iași, Cluj-Napoca, and Timișoara. The metropolitan area of Constanța has a permanent population of 425,916 inhabitants (2011), [ 38 ] i.e. 61% of the total population of the county, and a minimum average of 120,000 per day ...
Romania is the largest country in Southeastern Europe and the twelfth-largest in Europe, having an area of 238,397 square kilometres (92,046 sq mi). [ 130 ] : 17 It lies between latitudes 43° and 49° N and longitudes 20° and 30° E .
Roznovanu Palace, today Iași City Hall. As of 2021 census, with 271,692 inhabitants, Iași is the country's third most populous city. [5] With a population of 500,668 residents (2018), the Iași urban area is the second largest in Romania. [18]