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Temisvar

Timișoara
City
Timisoara collage.jpg
Coat of arms of Timișoara
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Little Vienna, City of Flowers, Heart of Banat
(Romanian: Mica Vienă, Orașul Florilor, Inima Banatului)
Timișoara is located in Romania
Timișoara
Timișoara
Location of Timișoara within Romania
Coordinates: 45°45′35″N 21°13′48″E / 45.75972°N 21.23000°E / 45.75972; 21.23000Coordinates: 45°45′35″N 21°13′48″E / 45.75972°N 21.23000°E / 45.75972; 21.23000
Country  Romania
County ROU Timis County CoA.svg Timiș
Status County capital
First official record 1212 (as Temesiense)
Government
 • Mayor Nicolae Robu (PNL)
 • Deputy Mayor Dan Diaconu (PNL)
 • Deputy Mayor Imre Farkas (UDMR)
Area
 • City 130.5 km2 (50.4 sq mi)
 • Metro 1,570 km2 (610 sq mi)
Elevation 90 m (300 ft)
Population (2011 census)
 • City 319,279 Increase
 • Estimate (2016) 332,983
 • Rank 3rd (98th in EU)
 • Density 2,447/km2 (6,340/sq mi)
 • Metro 359,443
Demonym(s) timișoreantimișoreancă (ro)
temesvári (hu)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 300001-300990
Tel. code 0256 / 0356
Car Plates TM
Climate Cfb
Website www.primariatm.ro
xTimișoara metropolitan area is a proposed project.

Timișoara (Romanian pronunciation: [timiˈʃo̯ara] (About this sound listen); German: Temeswar, also formerly Temeschburg or Temeschwar; Hungarian: Temesvár, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈtɛmɛʃvaːr] (About this sound listen); Yiddish: טעמשוואר‎; Serbian: Темишвар, Temišvar; Banat Bulgarian: Timišvár; Turkish: Temeşvar; Slovak: Temešvár) is the capital city of Timiș County, and the main social, economic and cultural centre in western Romania.


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