A municipiu (from Latin municipium ; English: municipality ) is a level of administrative subdivision in Romania and Moldova , roughly equivalent to city in some English-speaking countries .
10-587: Urziceni ( Romanian pronunciation: [urziˈt͡ʃenʲ] ) is a city in Ialomița County , Muntenia , Romania , located around 60 km (37 mi) north-east of Bucharest . The city is situated at the western edge of the Bărăgan Plain , on the banks of the Ialomița River and its tributary, the river Cotorca . It is located in the northwestern part of Ialomița County, 62 km (39 mi) from
20-443: A medium wave transmitter with a 102 m (335 ft) tall radio mast working on 531 kHz. This Ialomița County location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Municipiu In Romania, this status is given to towns that are large and urbanized; at present, there are 103 municipii . There is no clear benchmark regarding the status of municipiu even though it applies to localities which have
30-527: A sizeable population, usually above 15,000, and extensive urban infrastructure. Localities that do not meet these loose guidelines are classified only as towns ( orașe ), or if they are not urban areas, as communes ( comune ). Cities are governed by a mayor and local council. There are no official administrative subdivisions of cities even though, unofficially, municipalities may be divided into quarters/districts ( cartiere in Romanian ). The exception to this
40-574: A written document on 23 April 1596, during the reign of Michael the Brave . It gained in 1831 the status of market town and in 1895 the city status. For 117 years (between 1716 and 1833), it was the capital of Ialomița County. As the census of 2011 results showed, Urziceni was ranked in 3rd place in Ialomița County , after Slobozia and Fetești . It had a population of 14,053, of which 93.1% were ethnic Romanians , 4.6% Roma , and 1.6% Hungarians . Moreover, there were 6,765 males and 7,288 females. At
50-637: Is Bucharest , which has a status similar to that of a county, and is officially subdivided into six administrative sectors . In Moldova, which has thirteen municipii , a 2002 law provides that the status applies to the cities that play an important role in the country's economic, social, cultural, scientific, political and administrative life. † lost status in 1938 Of the seventeen municipii created in 1925, three are no longer in Romania: Cernăuți , Cetatea Albă , and Chișinău . Additionally, Bălți became one in 1929; together with Cetatea Albă, it lost
60-719: The 2021 census , the city had 13,380 inhabitants; of those, 82.35% were Romanians and 4.4% Roma. A little town by any standards, Urziceni is perhaps best known for its football team, Unirea Urziceni . Urziceni holds the record for the smallest town to have a team in the UEFA Champions League . The team wound up a year later. In Urziceni, there is at 44°43′7″N 26°36′41″E / 44.71861°N 26.61139°E / 44.71861; 26.61139 an underground storage for natural gas operated by Romgaz and at 44°42′35″N 26°36′39″E / 44.70972°N 26.61083°E / 44.70972; 26.61083
70-506: The county seat, Slobozia . Urziceni is an important transportation hub in Romania. It is crossed by national road DN2 (part of European route E85 ), which runs from Bucharest towards Buzău and on towards Suceava and the border with Ukraine at Siret . Road DN1D [ ro ] connects Urziceni to Ploiești , 63 km to the northwest, while road DN2A [ ro ] runs eastward towards Slobozia and continues all
80-502: The status from 1998 to 2002, and regained it in 2016. Additionally, Căușeni , Taraclia , Dubăsari , and Rîbnița held the status from 1998 to 2002. Ora%C8%99 This is a list of cities and towns in Romania , ordered by population (largest to smallest) according to the 2002, 2011 and 2021 censuses . For the major cities, average elevation is also given. Cities in bold are county capitals. The list includes major cities with
90-692: The title in 1938. Cluj and Oradea temporarily lost the title in 1940 as a result of the Second Vienna Award , while it was granted to Odessa and Tiraspol during the Transnistria Governorate period. The status was not used between 1950 and 1968, so that cities which lost it in 1950 were reassigned it in 1968. The most recent municipii were created in 2003. Chișinău, Tiraspol, Bălți, and Bender/Tighina have been municipii continuously since 1995, and Comrat since 1998. Cahul, Edineț, Hîncești, Orhei, Soroca, and Ungheni held
100-521: The way to Constanța , on the Black Sea coast. The Urziceni train station serves the CFR Main Line 700 , which connects Bucharest to Brăila , Galați and the border with Moldova at Giurgiulești , as well as Line 701 , which connects it to Ploiești. Founded by Romanian shepherds, the name of the city is derived from the word "urzică" ( nettle ). It was mentioned for the first time in
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