Caransebeș (Romania)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
קראנסבס (רומניה)
Name (Latin)
Caransebeș (Romania)
Other forms of name
Karánsebes (Romania)
Carensebes (Romania)
Carancebeș (Romania)
קאראנסבש (רומניה)
Coordinates
22.22194444 22.22194444 45.42138889 45.42138889 (gooearth )
Associated country
Romania
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 155992599
Wikidata: Q33208
Library of congress: n 84186127
Sources of Information
  • BGN info 2-6-85(Caransebeș, ppl. 45°25ʹN 22°13ʹE; variants: Karánsebes and Carensebes)
  • Romania. Arhivele Statului. Filialele Caransebeș și Timișoara. Făurirea statului național român, 1983:t.p. (Caransebeș)
  • BGN info 2-6-85(Caransebeș, ppl. 45p0s25ʹN 22p0s13ʹE; variants: Karánsebes and Carensebes)
  • Mic dic. enc., 1978:p. 1169 (Caransebeș, oraș în județul Caraș-Severin)
  • Taraf de Carancebeș [SR] 1993:label (Caransebeș) insert (small town in eastern Banat between Timișoara and Turnu Severin)

Wikipedia description:

Caransebeș (Romanian pronunciation: [karanˈsebeʃ] ; German: Karansebesch, German pronunciation: [ˈkaːʁanzebɛʃ]; Hungarian: Karánsebes, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkɒraːnʃɛbɛʃ]) is a city in Caraș-Severin County, part of the Banat region in southwestern Romania. One village, Jupa (Hungarian: Zsuppa), is administered by the city. The city is located at the confluence of the Timiș River with the Sebeș River, the latter flowing from the Țarcu Mountains. To the west, it is in direct contact with the Banat Hills. It is an important railroad node, being located approximately 40 km from the county seat, Reșița, 21 km from Oțelu Roșu, 70 km from Hațeg, and about 25 km from the Muntele Mic ski resort, in the Țarcu Mountains.

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