Tismana
Town in Gorj, Romania
Coat of arms
Location in Gorj County
(2021-12-01)[2]
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Tismana is a town in Gorj County, Oltenia, Romania. It administers ten villages: Celei, Costeni, Gornovița, Isvarna, Pocruia, Racoți, Sohodol, Topești, Vâlcele, and Vânăta.
History
During the Byzantine period, Tismana was a major center of hesychasm when Nicodemus of Tismana built a monastery in Tismana during the 1300s.[3]
Demographics
At the 2021 census, Tismana has a population of 6,359.[4] This marked a decrease from the 2011 census, when the population was 6,862, and from 2002, when it was 7,894.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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2002 | 7,894 | — |
2011 | 6,862 | −13.1% |
2021 | 6,359 | −7.3% |
Source: Census data |
Notable people
- Nicodemus of Tismana (c. 1320 – 1406)
References
- ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
- ^ Speake, Graham (2018). A history of the Athonite Commonwealth: the spiritual and cultural diaspora of Mount Athos. New York. ISBN 978-1-108-34922-2. OCLC 1041501028.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.
- Church of the Annunciation in Tismana
- Cioclovina de Jos hermitage
- Nativity of Mary wooden church in Gornovița
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Gorj County, Romania
- Albeni
- Alimpești
- Aninoasa
- Arcani
- Baia de Fier
- Bălănești
- Bălești
- Bâlteni
- Bărbătești
- Bengești-Ciocadia
- Berlești
- Bolboși
- Borăscu
- Brănești
- Bumbești-Pițic
- Bustuchin
- Câlnic
- Căpreni
- Cătunele
- Ciuperceni
- Crasna
- Crușeț
- Dănciulești
- Dănești
- Drăgotești
- Drăguțești
- Fărcășești
- Glogova
- Godinești
- Hurezani
- Ionești
- Jupânești
- Lelești
- Licurici
- Logrești
- Mătăsari
- Mușetești
- Negomir
- Padeș
- Peștișani
- Plopșoru
- Polovragi
- Prigoria
- Roșia de Amaradia
- Runcu
- Săcelu
- Samarinești
- Săulești
- Schela
- Scoarța
- Slivilești
- Stănești
- Stejari
- Stoina
- Țânțăreni
- Telești
- Turburea
- Turcinești
- Urdari
- Văgiulești
- Vladimir
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