Lugoj
Sign in to saveLugoj (; ; ; ; ; ) is a city in Timiș County, Romania. The Timiș River divides the city into two halves: the "Romanian Lugoj" that spreads on the right bank, and the "German Lugoj" on the left bank. The city administers two villages, Măguri and Tapia.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- municipality
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Timiș
- Romanian subdivision.official_name
- Lugoj
- Romanian subdivision.image_flag
- ROU TM Lugoj.png
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- ROU TM Lugoj CoA.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Lugoj jud Timis.svg
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Timiș County
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Călin-Ionel Dobra
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2024–2028
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- PSD
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 124
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 98.03
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 305500–305502
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- (+40) 02 56
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- Etymology
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- Relief
- Hydrography
- Climate
- Flora and fauna
- History
- German colonization
- Jewish history
- Demographics
- Politics and administration
- Economy
- Culture
- Music
- Performing arts
- Written press
- Education
- Architecture
- Religious buildings
- Transport
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- Twin towns and sister cities
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Lugoj (; ; ; ; ; ) is a city in Timiș County, Romania. The Timiș River divides the city into two halves: the "Romanian Lugoj" that spreads on the right bank, and the "German Lugoj" on the left bank. The city administers two villages, Măguri and Tapia.
== Etymology == The origin of the toponym Lugoj has generated a series of controversies over time. claims that it derives from the Latin word "lucus" (grove, small forest). Iorgu Iordan, in his Romanian Toponymy, accepts the origin of the name from the Slavic prefix "lug-" or "luh-" (swamp forest) and the Hungarian suffix "-os". However, linguist Simion Dănilă claims that the name of the city has its origin in the word "logos," a Banat doublet for "rogoz" (sedge, a hydrophilous plant). All these hypotheses refer to the swampy areas that once surrounded the city.