Turnu Severin
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| Coordinates: 44°34′N 22°40′E / 44.567°N 22.667°ECoordinates: 44°34′N 22°40′E / 44.567°N 22.667°E | ||
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| County | Mehedinți County | |
| Status | County capital | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Marius Screciu (Social Democratic Party) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 55 km2 (21 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011 census) | ||
| • Total | 106.000 | |
| • Density | 1,572/km2 (4,070/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | severinean, severineancă (ro) | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Climate | Cfb | |
| Website | http://www.primariadrobeta.ro/ | |
Drobeta-Turnu Severin (Romanian pronunciation: [droˈbeta ˈturnu seveˈrin]; Latin: Drobeta; Hungarian: Szörényvár, Szörénytornya; Bulgarian: Северин; Serbian: Дробета-Турн Северин/Drobeta-Turn Severin) is a city in Mehedinți County, Oltenia, Romania, on the left bank of the Danube, below the Iron Gates.
The city administers three villages: Dudașu Schelei, Gura Văii, and Schela Cladovei. The city's population is 92,617 (2011), up from 18,628 in 1900.
It is situated in western Oltenia, at the edge of the Topolnița depression, 220 km south-east of Timişoara, 113 km west of Craiova and 353 km west of Bucharest.
The region's climate gives Severin warm summers and mild winters, meaning the city is home to magnolia trees, Caucasian nut trees, and ginkgo biloba as well as the almond trees, figs, lilacs, lindens, and chestnut trees more common throughout Europe. The climate in the region can be classified as a "sub-Mediterranean climate".
The city was originally linked by historians with the Roman Emperor Severus; however, its name is in fact derived from Old Church Slavonic severno ("northern"), from , "north", being the "city of the north". The name of Turnu ("Tower") refers to a tower on the north bank of the Danube built by the Byzantines.
The first written document, mentioning the city 1,870 years earlier, was commemorated in 1992.
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