Orșova

For the village in Mureş County, see Gurghiu, Mureş.
Orșova
Municipality

Coat of arms
Orșova

Location of Orșova

Coordinates: 44°43′31″N 22°23′46″E / 44.72528°N 22.39611°E / 44.72528; 22.39611Coordinates: 44°43′31″N 22°23′46″E / 44.72528°N 22.39611°E / 44.72528; 22.39611
Country  Romania
County Mehedinți County
Status Municipality
Government
  Mayor Constantin Brăgaru (PDL)
Population (2011)
  Total 9,692
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Website http://primariaorsova.lx.ro/

Orșova (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈorʃova]; German: Orschowa, Hungarian: Orsova, Serbian: Оршава/Oršava, Bulgarian: Орсово, Polish: Orszawa, Czech: Oršava, Turkish: Adakale) is a port city on the Danube river in southwestern Romania's Mehedinți County. It is one of four localities in the county located in the Banat historical region. It is situated just above the Iron Gates, on the spot where the Cerna River meets the Danube.[1][2]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1930 8,159    
1948 5,107−37.4%
1956 6,527+27.8%
1966 8,112+24.3%
1977 13,701+68.9%
1992 16,009+16.8%
2002 15,379−3.9%
2011 9,692−37.0%
Source: Census data

At the 2011 census, 95.2% of inhabitants were Romanians, 1.3% Czechs, 1% Roma, 0.9% Germans, 0.7% Serbs and 0.5% Hungarians.

History

Economy

The town is a center for the extraction of bentonite, chromium, and granite. The industry is centered on energy production (the hydroelectric plant), shipbuilding and engine manufacturing, assembly parts for electricity production, textiles, and the processing of feldspar, asbestos, quartz, talc, wood, etc.

The Orșova shipyard was constructed in 1890 and like a small reparation shop for the vessels which participated to the navigable channel from Iron Gate Romania- Sip Yugoslavia and had a continuously development along time, with a spectacular development after the year 1991 when was changed the name and also the organizational profile.[4]

A wind farm is being developed in the city territory, on a hill nearby (at 4.5 km from the agglomeration); the first turbines became active there in 2009.[5][6]

Natives

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References

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  1. http://www.orsova.ro
  2. http://www.restromania.com/Geografie/CountyMehedinti.htm
  3. D. Tănase - E. Gáll, Aplice de centură şi de îmbrăcăminte din secolul X p.Chr. din colecţia Muzeului Banatului Timişoara, Studii de istorie a Banatului (Timişoara), XXI, 2001, pp. 243-255.
  4. http://www.snorsova.ro/html/about.html
  5. http://www.green-report.ro/stiri/prima-turbina-eoliana-fost-montata-la-orsova
  6. http://www.drobetaturnuseverin.net/parc-eolian-apropiere-de-orsova?page=1212
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