Vulcan, Hunedoara

Vulcan (Romanian pronunciation: [vulˈkan]; formerly Jiu-Vaidei-Vulcan; Hungarian: Vulkán, Zsilyvajdejvulkán (Zsily-Vajdej-Vulkán); German: Wolkendorf, Wulkan) is a city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. With a population of 22,906, it is the second-largest city in the Jiu Valley. It administers two villages, Dealul Babii ("Old Woman's Hill" in Romanian; Hegyvulkán) and Jiu-Paroșeni (Zsilymacesdparoseny).

For the commune in Braşov County, see Vulcan, Brașov. For other uses, see Vulcan (disambiguation).
Vulcan
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location in Hunedoara County
Vulcan
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 45°22′52″N 23°17′29″E
Country Romania
CountyHunedoara
Government
 • MayorGheorghe Ile[1] (PSD)
Area
87.31 km2 (33.71 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
24,160
 • Density280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.HD
Websitewww.e-vulcan.ro

The city is named after the Vulcan Pass that connects the Jiu Valley to Oltenia, itself being derived from Slavic "vlk", meaning "wolf" (even if "vulcan" means "volcano" in Romanian).

The coal resources of the region were discovered in 1788 while the Austrian General Landau defended Vulcan from the Ottoman Turks. One night the soldiers could not put out the camp fire they made, as the piles of coal underneath had caught fire. General Landau thought that he could stop the Turks without a fight by setting piles of coal on fire. The Turks noted the large numbers of fires on the heights and thought that the Austrian army was much larger than theirs and retreated.

In 1850, the first mine was set up by the Hoffman brothers of Brașov.

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1956 14,859—    
1966 21,979+47.9%
1977 28,664+30.4%
1992 34,524+20.4%
2002 33,186−3.9%
2011 22,906−31.0%
Source: Census data

People

Twin cities

List of Vulcan's sister and twin cities:[3]

See also

References
  1. "Results of the 2016 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  3. "Grad Bor 3. oktobra slavi svoj dan. Dolaze gosti iz Ukrajine, Makedonije i Rumunije, ali ne i Francuzi, Crnogorci i Kinezi" (website). Istmedia. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  • Jiu Valley Portal - the regional portal host of the official Jiu Valley municipal websites
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