Mehadia

Mehadia
Mehadia, 1842
Mehadia, 1842
Location in Caraș-Severin County
Location in Caraș-Severin County
Mehadia is located in Romania
Mehadia
Mehadia
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 44°54′N 22°22′E / 44.900°N 22.367°E / 44.900; 22.367
CountryRomania
CountyCaraș-Severin
Population
 (2021-12-01)[1]
3,512
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.CS

Mehadia (Hungarian: Mehádia; German: Mehadia; Turkish: Mehadiye) is a small market town and commune in Caraș-Severin County, Banat, Romania. It lies on the European route E70, in the Cerna River valley. The town is located on the site of the ancient Roman colony Ad Mediam and was noted for its Hercules baths.[2][3] It had a population of 2,492 in 1900, and of 4,118 in 2011. The commune is prone to major recurring flooding. The 1838 floods destroyed some 2,000 houses in the valley and the 1841 floods in Mehadia were also devastating.[4] It experienced major flooding more recently in May 2005.

The commune is composed of four villages: Globurău (Golbor), Mehadia, Plugova (Ekés), and Valea Bolvașnița (Bolvásvölgy).

  1. ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  2. ^ Kohl, Johann Georg (1844). Austria: Vienna, Prague, Hungary, Bohemia, and the Danube; Galicia, Styria, Moravia, Bukovina, and the Military Frontier. Chapman and Hall. pp. 279–. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  3. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Mehádia" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 78.
  4. ^ Nolte, Vincent (4 May 2005). The Memoirs of Vincent Nolte. Kessinger Publishing. pp. 448–. ISBN 978-1-4191-4358-8. Retrieved 26 March 2011.