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Petrila

town in Hunedoara County, Romania
Place town_in_romania Q390156

Facts

20 properties

Identity

Instance of
town in Romania
Inception
1493[6]
Official website
www.orasulpetrila.ro[7]
Native label
Petrila, Petrilla[25][26]
Official name
Petrila[24]

Location

Country
Romania, Socialist Republic of Romania, Romanian People's Republic, Kingdom of Romania, First Hungarian Republic, Austria–Hungary, Austrian Empire, Habsburg monarchy, Principality of Transylvania, Eastern Hungarian Kingdom, Kingdom of Hungary[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 45.451°, 23.398°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Hunedoara County[1]

Population and size

Area
+308.680000, +315.350000[28][29]
Elevation above sea level
+675.000000[27]
Population
20k (10k–29k, n=9)[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
More facts +9
Capital
Petrila[4]
Contains settlement
Petrila, Cimpa, Jieț, Răscoala, Tirici[19][20][21][22][23]
Head of government
Ilie Păducel, Vasile Jurca[3]
Historical region
Transylvania[31]
Office held by head of government
mayor of Petrila[17]
Phone number
+40-254550760[18]
Population by native language
+473[32]
Street address
str. Republicii nr.196, cod 335800[30]
Twinned administrative body
Szentgotthárd[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Sankt Petri en Petrila en Petrill en Petrilla en Sankt Peterel de Sankt Peterel de Sankt Petri de Petrill de Petrilla es Petrill es Petrilla es Sankt Peterel es Sankt Petri fa پتریلا fr Petrill fr Petrilla fr Sankt Peterel fr Sankt Petri hu Sankt Petri hu Petrila
🔖 Identifiers · 11
GND ID
1283680610
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Lonyaytelep02.jpg ↗
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--4984
Email address
mailto:primaria.petrila2008@yahoo.com
FactGrid item ID
Altenbekener Damm
Freebase ID
/m/04nts6
GeoNames ID
8334880
INaturalist place ID
103779
Quora topic ID
Petrila
SIRUTA code
87077
Topic's main category
Category:Petrila
📚 Sources · 1
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Located in time zoneP421
Europe/Bucharest 2026-09-26 A/ADM2 · RO GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze
1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
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CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
🔗 Connections
Country 11
Romania, Austria–Hungary, Austrian Empire, Habsburg monarchy, Kingdom of Romania, Socialist Republic of Romania, Principality of Transylvania, First Hungarian Republic +3 more
Contained subdivisions 4
Jieț, Cimpa, Răscoala, Tirici
Contains settlement 4
Jieț, Cimpa, Răscoala, Tirici
Located in time zone 2
UTC+03:00, UTC+02:00
People born here 2
Maria von Tasnady, Ferenc Doór
Historical region 1
Transylvania
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Hunedoara County
Twinned administrative body 1
Szentgotthárd
← Category combines topics 1
Category:People from Petrila
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Hunedoara County
← FactGrid item ID 1
Metsamor site
← Primary destinations 1
DN7A
← Significant place 1
Grădiştea Muncelului-Cioclovina Natural Park
← Twinned administrative body 1
Szentgotthárd
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Related Entities

Austria–Hungary Austrian Empire Kingdom of Romania Romania Transylvania

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . 2016bec.ro. 2016bec.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [6] ↑ . România Geografică. Retrieved . romaniadategeografice.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . recensamantromania.ro. Retrieved . recensamantromania.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . 2021 Romanian census. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . Data.Gov.Ro. Retrieved . data.gov.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . 2021 Romanian census. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Slartibot · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ Area: 315.350000 square kilometre"
  2. 1d ago · Slartibot · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+308.680000'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+315.350000'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Area: 315.350000 square kilometre"
  3. 1d ago · Slartibot · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Reason for deprecated rank: cannot be confirmed by the authoritative source"
  4. 1d ago · Slartibot · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 36
    Wikipedia languages → ['ace', 'azb', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fr'
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+308.680000'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+315.350000'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Area: 308.680000 square kilometre"
  5. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    GND ID → 1283680610
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56499|batch #56499]]: Import GND IDs via DNB dump"
  6. 12w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46776|batch #46776]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  7. 24w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → town in Romania
    Country → Romania, Socialist Republic of Romania, Romanian People's Republic +8
    Contains settlement → Petrila, Cimpa, Jieț +2
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 45.451111111111, 'lon': 23.398055555556}
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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