Welcome to County Timiş in the Banat region of Romania! Discover historic Timişoara and surrounding villages, and understand the rich Banat culture unfolding in beautiful Timis. Rest Romania will help you find the perfect hotel or B&B in our Timiş Accommodation section, or a guest house or pensiune in a village nestled in the mountains. Explore all of Timiş from Timişoara to Lugoj and Sânnicolau Mare, with smaller towns being Jimbolia, Recaş,
Buziaş, Făget, Deta, Gătaia, and character-filled Ciacova!
Travel by rental car or tour bus and train through the Timiş region of Banat in Romania. Hotels in Timişoara are well-priced, and great travel and tourism activities from shopping, to exploring the villages, folk art, castles, mountains and forests. See all of County Timiş, from Timişoara to Lugoj and Sânnicolau Mare, with smaller towns being Jimbolia, Recaş,
Buziaş, Făget, Deta, Gătaia, and character-filled Ciacova!
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Timişoarais the the largest town, well over
300,000, and functions as a regional capital for the Banat region.
Lugoj follows at a distant second with 46,000 inhabitants, the only other
municipality in County Timiş.
The name of the county comes from
the river Timiş, known in Roman antiquity as river Tibisis or Tibiscus.
Nearby resort town of Buziaş offers Banatian
hospitality in a world-class renown resort area.
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County Timiş is shares the Banat region with County
Caraş-Severin to the south, and borders County Hunedoara to the
east, County Arad in the Crişana region, and to the
northwest, Hungary's Csongrád County.
The Vojvodina Autonomous Province's North Banat District and Central
Banat District border to the west and south, parts of Serbia.
County Timiş is also part of the
Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa euroregion.
With an area of 8,697 km˛ (making up almost 4% of all Romania), County
Timiş is the largest county in Romania. In the eastern extremity are the
Poiana Ruscăi Mountains from the Southern Carpathians group. Elevations
decrease to the west, passing through the Lipova Hills to the Western
Romanian Plain, the eastern part of the Pannonian Plain.
The county is crossed by many rivers, the most important being the
Bega River and the Timiş River.
Demographics
Like almost all counties in Romania, the population in Timiş is slowly
declining. In 2000, it had a population of 684,506 and in 2004,
659,512, with a population density was 75.8/km˛.
The county's population is diverse and is made up of mostly of
Romanians (83%), although being a border county with Hungary, Hungarians
make up 7.5%, Germans - 2%, Serbs - 2%, Rroma - 2%, Banat Bulgarians and
Ukrainians under 1%.
Economy
Timiş County has one of the most dynamic economies in Romania, being a
region with among the highest ratings of foreign investment due to its
tradition and its position.
The predominant industries in the county include mechanical
manufacturing, food, chemicals, food, textiles, electronic components, and
wood products.
Towns
Timişoara is the the largest town, well over
300,000, and functions as a regional capital for the Banat region.
Lugoj follows at a distant second with 46,000 inhabitants, the only other
municipality in County Timiş.
Timiş is well populated, with eight smaller
towns, from Sânnicolau Mare and Jimbolia at over
10,000 people each, then Recaş, Buziaş, Făget, Deta,
Gătaia, and Ciacova all between 5,00 and 8,000.
Major communes include Becicherecu Mic, Dudeştii
Vechi and Remetea Mare, with Ianova being a notable village.
All of the phone numbers in the county, including
the main city of Timişoara with
(256) or (356), depending on whether
the service is through the old state-run operator RomTelecom, or
from one of the newer entrants into the market in Romania.
Dialling into anywhere in County
Timiş, you must
remove any leading zero from the county code portion of the phone
number, so that (0256) becomes (256). Dialling a mobile
number (Vodaphone, Zapp, Orange, Cosmote, etc), you do the same, dropping the zero from the (07XX) part of
the number, to make it (7XX). Both landlines and mobiles
have 6 digits following the initial county code.
Buziaş on the road to Oltenia from the Banat makes for a great
stopping off point for a bit of wireless and a snack!
We're really not sure about these ones, both sites are in the Alsax
company, a French-Romanian company which promotes agrotourism from
their 37 A. Şaguna Street head offices.
Alsax Pesticides 1 Griviţei
Street in Buziaş
Weed and Feed and Wi-Fi. Don't laugh, if
you need the bandwidth, you'll be there in the parking lot. +40
(256) 321 184 or (740) 111 601
Continental Hotel
to or Weekly
to or Weekly
to or Weekly
Timişoara International Airport
Timişoara International Airport
Timişoara Downtown
Timişoara Downtown
Buziaş