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Timiș County

Timiș County
Județul Timiș
County
Coat of arms of Timiș County
Coat of arms
Timiș county, territorial location
Timiș county, territorial location
Coordinates: 45°47′N 21°21′E / 45.78°N 21.35°E / 45.78; 21.35
Country  Romania
Development region Vest
Historical region Banat
County seat Timișoara
Government
 • Type County Council
 • President of the County Council Sorin Grindeanu (PSD)
 • Prefect Eugen Dogariu
Area
 • Total 8,697 km2 (3,358 sq mi)
Area rank 1st
Population (2011 census)
 • Total 683,540
 • Rank 6th
 • Density 78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Area code(s) (+40) 256 or (+40) 356
ISO 3166 code RO-TM
Car Plates TM
Website County Council
County Prefecture

Timiș (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈtimiʃ]) is a county (județ) of western Romania on the border with Hungary and Serbia, in the historical region Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Romania in terms of land area. The county is also part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion.

The name of the county comes from the river Timiș, known in Roman antiquity as river Tibisis or Tibiscus.

In Hungarian, it is known as Temes megye, German as Kreis Temesch, in Serbian as Тамиш / Tamiš, in Ukrainian as Ті́міш, and in Banat Bulgarian as Timiš.

In 2000, it had a population of 684,506 and the population density was 79/km².

In 2011, it had a population of 683,540 and the population density was 78/km².

This county has a total area of 8,697 km² (3,6% of Romania). It is the largest county in Romania.

In the eastern extremity are the Poiana Ruscă Mountains from the Western Romanian Carpathians group. Elevations decrease to the west, passing through the Lipova Hills to the Western Romanian Plain, the eastern part of the Pannonian Plain.


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