In 1920 by the
Treaty of Trianon most of the county was assigned to Romania, with
one small part which was assigned to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and
Slovenes. The north of the county (including Lugoj) is now part of the
Romanian county Timiş, except a 10 km
wide strip along the river Mureş, which is in the county
Arad. The rest now forms the county
Caraş-Severin, except the city Orşova, which is in Mehedinţi county.
Timis
Judet (Romanian) / Temes
Megye (Hungarian) / Tamiš
Okpry (Serbian), is a county of
western Romania, in the
historical region Banat, with
the county seat at
Timisoara
(Temeschburg/Temeswar
(German) / Temesvar
(Hungarian). It
is the largest county in
Romania.
Timis County has
2
municipalities, 8 towns and
89 villages. The name of the county
comes from the river Timis,
known in Roman antiquity as
river Tibisis or Tibiscus. This
county has a total area of
8,697 km˛ (3,6% of Romania).
In the eastern extremity are
the Poiana Ruscăi Mountains
from the Southern
Carpathians group.
Elevations decrease to the
west, passing through the
Lipova Hills to the Western
Romanian Plain, the eastern
part of the Pannonian Plain.
The county is crossed by
many rivers, the most
important being the
Bega
River and the Timis River.
Timis has 2 municipalities;
8
towns
& 89
villages:
Timisoara (Temeschburg/Temeswar) -
capital city;
population: 305,977 (as
of 2004)
Lugoj
-
Population: 46,189 (as
of 2004)
Towns Listed
by Official Name
Buziaş - population:
7,738 (as of 2004)
Ciacova - population:
4,939 (as of 2004)
Deta - population: 6,582
(as of 2004)
Făget - population:
7,356 (as of 2004)
Gătaia - population:
6,101 (as of 2004)
Jimbolia - population:
11,605 (as of 2004)
Recaş - population:
8,188 (as of 2004)
Sânnicolau Mare -
population: 13,298 (as
of 2004)
