Oravița
Oravița (Romanian pronunciation: [oˈravit͡sa]; Hungarian: Oravicabánya; German: Orawitz; Czech: Oravice; Serbo-Croatian: Oravica/Оравица) is a town in the Banat region of Romania, in Caraș-Severin County, with a population of 9,346 in 2021. Its theater is a fully functional scaled down version of the old Burgtheater in Vienna.
Oravița | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Caraș-Severin County | |
  Oravița Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 45°2′25″N 21°41′7″E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Caraș-Severin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2024) | Dumitru Ursu[1] (PSD) |
| Area | 162.64 km2 (62.80 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 253 m (830 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[2] | 9,346 |
| • Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Postal code | 325600 |
| Vehicle reg. | CS |
| Website | www |
Six villages are administered by the town: Agadici (Agadics; Agaditsch), Brădișoru de Jos (until 1960 Maidan; Majdán), Broșteni (Brostyán), Ciclova Montană (Csiklóbánya; Montan-Tschiklowa), Marila (Marillavölgy; Marillathal) and Răchitova (Rakitova).
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 9,585 | — |
| 1948 | 6,974 | −27.2% |
| 1956 | 8,175 | +17.2% |
| 1966 | 9,912 | +21.2% |
| 1977 | 14,987 | +51.2% |
| 1992 | 15,293 | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 15,222 | −0.5% |
| 2011 | 10,225 | −32.8% |
| 2021 | 9,346 | −8.6% |
| Source: Census data | ||
Etymology
The name of the town is derived from the Slavic word orah(ov), meaning "(of) walnut" with suffix -ița.[3]
Villages
Agadici
The history of Agadici can be traced back to at least the 17th century, when records noted a population of "800 souls". Today, there are fewer than 200 people living in Agadici. Agadici is a word derived from Turkish: Aga meaning 'colonel' and dici meaning 'daughter'. Therefore, Agadici means "daughter of the colonel". The town was supposedly named after a colonel's daughter when the Ottoman Empire occupied the land that is now the Banat (see the Temeşvar Eyalet).
Ciclova Montană
The second-oldest beer in what is now Romania was produced in Ciclova; it is first attested in a document of 1728. In the beginning, production was under the management and patronage of the local Catholic monastery. Known as "bere Ciclova" in later years, the firm went bankrupt in 1996.[4]
Natives
- Florin Bătrânu (born 1971), footballer
- Cristian Boldea (born 1985), footballer
- Radu Pavel Gheo (born 1969), fiction writer and essayist
- Adolf Humborg (1847–1921), Austrian painter
- Kálmán Kerpely (1864–1940), Hungarian agronomist
- András Lévai (1908–2003), Hungarian engineer and academic
- Simeon Mangiuca (1831–1890), folklorist
- Kálmán Mihalik (1896–1922), Hungarian physician and composer
Climate
Oravița has a humid continental climate (Cfb in the Köppen climate classification).
| Climate data for Oravița | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 2.7 (36.9) |
4.7 (40.5) |
10.1 (50.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
20.4 (68.7) |
23.8 (74.8) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.1 (79.0) |
20.8 (69.4) |
15.4 (59.7) |
9.9 (49.8) |
4 (39) |
15.0 (58.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.6 (30.9) |
1 (34) |
5.6 (42.1) |
11.2 (52.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
19.4 (66.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.5 (70.7) |
16.6 (61.9) |
11.3 (52.3) |
6.3 (43.3) |
1 (34) |
10.9 (51.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −3.8 (25.2) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
1.1 (34.0) |
6.2 (43.2) |
10.8 (51.4) |
14.3 (57.7) |
16.4 (61.5) |
16.5 (61.7) |
12.5 (54.5) |
7.5 (45.5) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
6.7 (44.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 66 (2.6) |
62 (2.4) |
68 (2.7) |
90 (3.5) |
93 (3.7) |
110 (4.3) |
92 (3.6) |
75 (3.0) |
79 (3.1) |
65 (2.6) |
63 (2.5) |
74 (2.9) |
937 (36.9) |
| Source: https://en.climate-data.org/europe/romania/caras-severin/oravita-15644/ | |||||||||||||
Anina–Oravița railway
The rail line from Anina to Oravița was the first mountain railway in Hungary and today's Romania. Opened in 1863, it is still in use today for touristic purposes, and it is one of the most beautiful railways in Europe due to very picturesque landscapes, viaducts, and long tunnels.
References
- "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
- Iordan, Iorgu (1963). Toponimia romînească. Bucharest: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne. p. 84. OCLC 460710897.
- (in Romanian) Cristian Franț, "Berea Ciclova, un brand extrem de puternic care a murit subit", Adevărul, June 24, 2013
