Baia de Criș
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Baia de Criș | |
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.JPG?lang=en) Bust of Avram Iancu in Baia de Criș | |
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 Location in Hunedoara County | |
  Baia de Criș Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 46°10′N 22°43′E / 46.167°N 22.717°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Hunedoara |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2024) | Mihaiu Liviu Gorcea[1] (PSD) |
Area | 89.72 km2 (34.64 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 250 m (820 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[2] | 2,176 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (63/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Postal code | 337005 |
| Area code | +40 x54 |
| Vehicle reg. | HD |
| Website | www |
Baia de Criș (German: Altenburg; Hungarian: Körösbánya) is a commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania, close to the small town of Brad. It is composed of nine villages: Baia de Criș, Baldovin (Báldovin), Căraci (Karács), Cărăstău (Karasztó), Lunca (Lunka), Rișca (Riska), Rișculița (Riskulica), Țebea (Cebe), and Văleni.
The village of Țebea is where the Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan started in 1784, and marks the death place and burial site of Avram Iancu.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1850 | 4,288 | — |
| 1920 | 4,880 | +13.8% |
| 1941 | 5,398 | +10.6% |
| 1977 | 4,574 | −15.3% |
| 2002 | 3,031 | −33.7% |
| 2011 | 2,611 | −13.9% |
| 2021 | 2,176 | −16.7% |
| Source: Census data | ||
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Budaörs, Hungary (2022)
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
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