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Petroșani

city in Hunedoara County, Romania
Organization municipality_of_romania Q746041

Facts

22 properties

Identity

Instance of
municipality of Romania, city[4]
Official website
www.petrosani.ro, www.primariapetrosani.ro[10][11]
Native label
Petroșani, Petrozsény, Petroschen, Petroșeni[30][31][32]
Official name
Petroșani, Petroșeni[29]

Status and dates

Inception
1640[9]

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[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 45.412°, 23.373°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Hunedoara County[1]
Postal code
335700[8]
Street address
Str. 1 Decembrie 1918, Nr. 93, 332019, Petrosani, Hunedoara[36]
More facts +12
Area
+195.560000, +210.800000[34][35]
Capital
Petroșani[5]
Contains settlement
Petroșani, Dâlja Mare, Dâlja Mică, Peștera, Slătinioara[24][25][26][27][28]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23]
Elevation above sea level
+615.000000[33]
Head of government
Tiberiu Iacob-Ridzi[3]
Historical region
Transylvania[37]
Office held by head of government
mayor of Petroșani[21]
Phone number
+40-254541220[22]
Population
31k (14k–52k, n=9)[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
Population by native language
+1038[38]
Twinned administrative body
Várpalota, Smedjebacken[6][7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Petroşani en Petrozsény en Petroschen en Petroșani ar بيتروشاني de Petrozsény de Petroșani de Petroşani el Πετροσάνι es Petroschen es Petroşani es Petrozsény fa پتروشن fr Petroşani fr Petroschen fr Petrozsény he פטרוז'ן hu Petroşani hu Petroșani hu Petroschen
🔖 Identifiers · 20
GND ID
7526012-8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Petrosani Town.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
14310
De Agostini ID
Petrosani
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--4984
Email address
mailto:primarie@primariapetrosani.ro
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Petrosani
Facebook location ID
108471015850658
FactGrid item ID
Wikidata item
Freebase ID
/m/045b6j
GeoNames ID
8334898
INaturalist place ID
103781
Show all 20 identifiers +8
Museum-digital place ID
79978
NL CR AUT ID
ge718260
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3956319
OpenStreetMap node ID
1642378439
SIRUTA code
86990
SNARC ID
Vegetius
Topic's main category
Category:Petroșani
Who's on First ID
101751987

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🔗 Connections
People born here 14
Călin Peter Netzer, Cristina Adela Foișor, Dacian Varga, Patricia Vizitiu, Marian Savu, Monica Iacob Ridzi, Raluca Haidu, Răzvan Oaidă +6 more
Country 9
Romania, Austria–Hungary, Austrian Empire, Habsburg monarchy, Kingdom of Romania, Socialist Republic of Romania, Principality of Transylvania, First Hungarian Republic +1 more
Contained subdivisions 4
Slătinioara, Dâlja Mare, Dâlja Mică, Peștera
Contains settlement 4
Slătinioara, Dâlja Mare, Dâlja Mică, Peștera
Instance of 2
city, municipality of Romania
Located in time zone 2
UTC+03:00, UTC+02:00
Twinned administrative body 2
Várpalota, Smedjebacken
← Category combines topics 2
Category:People from Petroșani, Category:Births in Petroșani
← Primary destinations 2
DN66, DN7A
Category for people born here 1
Category:Births in Petroșani
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Petroșani
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Historical region 1
Transylvania
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Hunedoara County
People who died here 1
Ferenc Gillemot
SNARC ID 1
Vegetius
Topic's main category 1
Category:Petroșani
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Petroșani
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Hunedoara County
← Headquarters location 1
FC Jiul Petroșani
← Significant place 1
Defileul Jiului National Park
← Twinned administrative body 1
Várpalota
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Related Entities

Austria–Hungary Austrian Empire city Kingdom of Romania Romania Transylvania Vegetius

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  9. [9] ↑ . România Geografică. Retrieved . romaniadategeografice.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  20. [20] ↑ . 2021 Romanian census. wikidata.org.
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  22. [22] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  35. [35] ↑ . Data.Gov.Ro. Retrieved . data.gov.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  38. [38] ↑ . 2021 Romanian census. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Slartibot · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ Area: 210.800000 square kilometre"
  2. 1d ago · Slartibot · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+195.560000'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+210.800000'}
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  3. 1d ago · Slartibot · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Area: 195.56±0.01 square kilometre"
  4. 12w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Historical region → Transylvania
    Population by native language → —
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+195.560000'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+210.800000'}
    De Agostini ID → Petrosani
    + 95 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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