Buziaş

Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = ROU
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3
map_caption = Location of Buziaş

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subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Timiş County
subdivision_type2=Status
subdivision_name2=Autolink|Town
settlement_type=Town|
leader_title=Mayor
leader_name=Alger Viorel Ilas
|leader_party=Social Democratic Party
area_total_km2=105.2
population_as_of=2004
population_total=7738|latd=45|latm=39|lats=0|latNS=N|longd=21|longm=36|longs=0|longEW=E|
website=http://www.primbuzias.rdstm.ro/

Buziaş ( _de. (Bad) Busiasch, _hu. Buziás or "Buziasfürdö") is a town in Timiş County, Romania. As of 2004, it had a population of 7,738, or 7,714 according to the 2002 census.

The town was first mentioned in 1321 in a document of Charles I of Hungary. It was declared a city in 1956.

Buziaş is an old health spa, the first establishments being built in 1819. In 1839 was declared a spa. The mineral waters of Buziaş are used in the treatment of a wide range of diseases. They are also bottled for common use.

The park of Buziaş, with a surface of over 20 ha, is a dendrological park with many rare species of trees, the most important being the plane ("Platanus"). The architectural symbolic element of the spa is the covered colonnade of the park built in Turkish-Byzantine style, unique to Romania. The only two other similar promenades in Europe are found in Karlovy Vary and Baden-Baden.

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