Lugoj

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

|official_name=Lugoj


image_caption=Baroc Orthodox Cathedral| image_shield=Lugoj.png

subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Timiş County
subdivision_type2=Status
subdivision_name2=Autolink|Municipality
settlement_type=Municipality|
leader_title=Mayor
leader_name=Francisc Boldea
|leader_party=Democratic Party
area_total_km2=88.05
population_as_of=2004
population_total=46189|latd=45|latm=41|lats=10|latNS=N|longd=21|longm=54|longs=2|longEW=E|
website=http://www.primarialugoj.ro/

Lugoj ( _de. Lugosch, _sr. "Lugoš" (Лугош), _hu. Lugos, _tr. Logoş) is a city in Timiş County, Banat, western Romania, situated on both banks of the Timiş River (which divides the city in two quarters, the Romanian on the right and the German on the left bank). It is the seat of the Eparchy of Lugoj in the Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic.

History

Lugoj was once a strongly fortified place and of greater relative importance than at present. In August 1849 it was the last seat of the Hungarian revolutionary government, and the last refuge of Lajos Kossuth and several other leaders of the Revolution prior to their escape to the Ottoman Empire.

In modern times, it was the home town of famous Dracula actor Bela Lugosi. Lugosi's real family name was Blasko; the stagename "Lugosi" is the adjective form of "Lugos", the town's Hungarian name.

Population

*1900: 16,126
*2000: 44,571
*2004: 46,189

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, Lugoj has the following ethnic breakdown:

Education

Colegiul National Coriolan Brediceanu, Colegiul National Iulia Hasdeu and Grupul Scolar Aurel Vlaicu are the high profile high-schools in Lugoj.

ister cities

*flagicon|Hungary Szekszárd
*flagicon|France Orléans
*flagicon|Germany Jena
*flagicon|Greece Assos-Lecheo
*flagicon|Moldova Nisporeni
*flagicon|Serbia Vršac
*flagicon|Italy Monopoli

Natives

*Filaret Barbu composer
*Valeriu Braniste
*Caius Brediceanu,diplomat
*Coriolan Brediceanu politician and journalist
*Tiberiu Brediceanu composer
*Aurel Ciupe painter
*Georges Devereux ethnopsychologist
*Iosif Constantin Drăgan businessman and author
*Traian Grozavescu tenor
*György Kurtág composer
*Béla Lugosi actor
*Lavinia Miloşovici gymnast
*Victor Neumann historian
*Dumitru Pirvulescu wrestler
*Aurel Popovici politician
*Josef Posipal soccer player
*Camelia Voin soprano

External links

* [http://www.primarialugoj.ro/ City Hall site]
* [http://www.lugojul.ro/ Lugojul - local info site]
* [http://www.lugoj.ro/index.htm/ Lugoj]
* [http://www.lugojnet.ro/ Lugoj Net]
* [http://www.redesteptarea.ro/ Redeşteptarea, weekly newspaper]
* [http://www.ziarulactualitatea.ro Actualitatea, weekly newspaper]
* [http://www.deu.ro/ Universitatea Europeană Drăgan, Lugoj]
* [http://www.novafm.ro/ Radio Nova FM Lugoj]
* [http://www.brediceanu.ro/ Colegiul National "Coriolan Brediceanu"]
* [http://www.music.ucr.edu/people/instructors/voin/index.html]

References