Balș
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Balș | |
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Location in Olt County | |
Balș Location in Romania | |
Coordinates: 44°21′0″N 24°5′58″E / 44.35000°N 24.09944°ECoordinates: 44°21′0″N 24°5′58″E / 44.35000°N 24.09944°E | |
Country | Romania |
County | Olt |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2024) | Cătălin-Ștefan Rotea[1] |
Area | 41.13 km2 (15.88 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | 18,164 |
• Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
Vehicle reg. | OT |
Website | www |
Balș (Romanian pronunciation: [balʃ] (listen)) is a town in Olt County, Oltenia, Romania. The town administers three villages: Corbeni, Româna and Teiș.
Etymology[]
There are three hypotheses about the town's name:
- The locality was named after the Balșița brook.
- The name comes from the Turkish word "Baliş" (honey) as there is a large apiculture area there.
- A boyar named Balș settled here in the 5th or 6th century.
Population[]
- 1864 - 1,700 inhabitants.
- 1884 - 2,500 inhabitants.
- 1921 - 5,000 inhabitants.
- 1938 - 5,300 inhabitants.
- 1948 - 6,128 inhabitants.
- 1973 - 11,578 inhabitants.
- 1992 - 24,560 inhabitants.
- 2002 - 21,195 inhabitants.
The composition from the last census, sorted by nationality:
- * 20,552 Romanians
- * 619 Romani
- * 27 others
The composition from the last census, sorted by religion:
- * 21,043 Eastern Orthodox
- * 47 Seventh-Day Adventists
- * 36 Baptists
- * 19 Pentecostalists
- * 8 Roman-Catholics
- * 5 Atheists
- * 32 other religion
History[]
- 1450 - The estimated date when Balș was established.
- 1564 - First mention of Balș in a document
References[]
- ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
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Categories:
- Towns in Romania
- Populated places in Olt County
- Localities in Oltenia
- Monotowns in Romania
- Olt County geography stubs