Mehadia

Key facts

Romanian subdivision.type: commune
Romanian subdivision.county: Caraș-Severin
Romanian subdivision.population_total: auto
Romanian subdivision.map_caption: Location in Caraș-Severin County
Romanian subdivision.name: Mehadia
Romanian subdivision.image_skyline: Mehadia.jpg
Romanian subdivision.image_caption: Mehadia, 1842
Romanian subdivision.image_map: Mehadia jud Caras-Severin.png

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History
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Mehadia (; ; ) 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. It had a population of 2492 in 1900, 4118 in 2011 and 3512 in 2021. Fluctuations in populations are partly due to major flooding, to which the area is prone. The 1838 floods destroyed some 2,000 houses in the valley and the 1841 floods in Mehadia were also devastating. It experienced major flooding in May 2005 and September 2014.

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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mehadia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.