Caransebeș
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Caransebeș (; ; , Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a city in Caraș-Severin County, part of the Banat region in southwestern Romania. One village, Jupa (), is administered by the city.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- municipality
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Caraș-Severin
- Romanian subdivision.name
- Caransebeș
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- ROU CS Caransebes CoA.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_flag
- Flag of Caransebes.gif
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Caransebes jud Caras-Severin.png
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Caraș-Severin County
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Felix Borcean
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2024–2028
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- PSD
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 70.08
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 325400
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- (+40) 02 55
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Romania
- Official name
- Caransebeș
- Country
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Located in
- Caraș-Severin County
- Population
- 21714
- Area
- 73.580000
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Banate of Lugos and Karánsebes
- Shares border with
- Nădrag
- Official website
- www.primaria-caransebes.ro
- Image
- RO CS Biserica Sfantul Ioan Botezatorul din Caransebes (44).jpg
- Dialing code
- 2 55
- Licence plate code
- CS
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- topic's main category
- Category:Caransebeș
- Commons category
- Caransebeș
- contains settlement
- Jupa
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Caransebeș
- postal code
- 325400
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Caransebeș
- inception
- 1290-00-00
- located in/on physical feature
- Banat
- native label
- Karánsebes
- phone number
- +40-255514885
- street address
- Piaţa Revoluţiei Nr. 1, Caransebeş, Judeţul Caraş-Severin
- population by native language
- 66
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- historical region
- Banat
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Caransebeș (; ; , Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a city in Caraș-Severin County, part of the Banat region in southwestern Romania. One village, Jupa (), is administered by the city.
The city is located at the confluence of the Timiș River with the Sebeș River, the latter flowing from the Țarcu Mountains. To the west, it is in direct contact with the Banat Hills. It is an important railroad node, being located approximately 40 km from the county seat, Reșița, 21 km from Oțelu Roșu, 70 km from Hațeg, and about 25 km from the Muntele Mic ski resort, in the Țarcu Mountains.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Caransebeș” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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