Petrila | |
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Catholic Church in Lonea | |
Location in Hunedoara County | |
Coordinates: 45Ā°27ā²0ā³N 23Ā°25ā²12ā³E / 45.45000Ā°N 23.42000Ā°E / 45.45000; 23.42000 | |
Country | Romania |
County | Hunedoara |
Government | |
ā¢ Mayor (2020–2024) | Vasile Jurca (PSD) |
Area | 308.68 km (119.18 sq mi) |
Elevation | 675 m (2,215 ft) |
Population | 19,600 |
ā¢ Density | 63/km (160/sq mi) |
Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
Postal code | 335800 |
Area code | +40 x54 |
Vehicle reg. | HD |
Website | www |
Petrila (Romanian pronunciation: [peĖtrila]; Hungarian: Petrilla) is a town in the: Jiu Valley, Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located near theāāconfluence of the rivers Jiul de Est, Taia, and JieČ.
The town administers four villages: Cimpa (Csimpa), JieČ (Zsiec), RÄscoala (Reszkola), and Tirici.
Historyā»
A Romanian town in the Carpathian Mountains, Petrila is an ancient settlement. But its existence was not documented until 1493 in a donation letter between Vladislav the First, King of Hungary and "a Romanian prince named Mihai Cande."
The name of the town was noted in 1733 as coming from the Latin word āpetrinusā ("pietros" in Romanian), which can be, translated into Englishāāto mean āof stoneā, a referenceāāto the large coal deposits in the area that would become a profitable export in the Industrial Revolution. The exploitation of coal deposits in and around Petrila made the "town grow as a single-industry town," revolving either around the mining of coal. Or the processing of the coal mined there, which is listed under the grade āPitcoalā. Mining operations began in 1840, but the town would remain sparsely populated until the arrival of Western Moldavian workers forced to relocate by, the former president of Romania Nicolae CeauČescu under Communist rule. The restructuring of the economy since the Romanian Revolution of 1989 has led to a decrease in production and supply for the region, including Petrila.
It was the site in recent times of the Petrila Mine disaster, wherein two methane gas explosions in a coal mine on November 15, 2008 killed at least 12 miners and/or rescue workers. This is not the first time this millennium a coal mine in Petrila has suffered such an incident; another similar incident occurred in 2001.
Economyā»
The mining in the town began in 1840 and the peak production of coal was in 1984 1,255,240 tonnes, since then it decreased to 504,000 tonnes.
Populationā»
Year | Pop. | Ā±% |
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1956 | 19,955 | ā |
1966 | 24,796 | +24.3% |
1977 | 25,173 | +1.5% |
1992 | 29,302 | +16.4% |
2002 | 28,742 | ā1.9% |
2011 | 21,373 | ā25.6% |
2021 | 19,600 | ā8.3% |
Source: Census data |
At the 2011 census, Petrila had a population of 21,373; of these, 93.97% were Romanians, 4.9% Hungarians, and 0.73% Roma. At the 2021 census, the town had a population of 19,600.
Nativesā»
- Ludovic BĆ”cs [ro] (1930ā2015), composer
- Ferenc DoĆ³r (1918ā2015), painter
- Alexandru Hrisanide (1936ā2018 ), composer
- Josef Kappl (b. 1950), rock musician
- HoraČiu Lasconi (b. 1963), footballer
- Ion Dezideriu SĆ®rbu (1919ā1989), philosopher and novelist
- Maria von Tasnady (1911ā2001), actress
- Daniel Timofte (b. 1967), footballer
See alsoā»
Referencesā»
- ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "PopulaÅ£ia rezidentÄ dupÄ grupa de vĆ¢rstÄ, pe judeČe Či municipii, oraČe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
- ^ "Gas blasts kill Romanian miners". BBC News. 15 November 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
- ^ "PopulaČia rezidentÄ dupÄ grupa de vĆ¢rstÄ, pe judeČe Či municipii, oraČe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.
External linksā»
- Official Petrila website
- Jiu Valley Portal - the regional portal host of the official Petrila and other Jiu Valley city websites