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Toplița

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Also known as Topliţa, Toplita, Maroshévíz, Töplitz, Marosheviz

Toplița (; , ) is a city in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania.

Key facts

Romanian subdivision.type
municipality
Romanian subdivision.county
Harghita
Romanian subdivision.population_total
auto
Romanian subdivision.official_name
Toplița
Romanian subdivision.other_name
Maroshévíz
Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
Toplita.jpg
Romanian subdivision.image_caption
General view of Toplița
Romanian subdivision.image_shield
ROU_HR_Toplita_CoA.jpg
Romanian subdivision.image_map
Toplita jud Harghita.png
Romanian subdivision.map_caption
Location of Toplița in Harghita County
Romanian subdivision.leader_party
PNL
Romanian subdivision.leader_name
Victor Sebastian Buzilă
Romanian subdivision.leader_term
2024–2028
Romanian subdivision.elevation
650
Romanian subdivision.area_total
338.3
Romanian subdivision.postal_code
535700

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
city
Official name
Toplița
Country
Romania
Population
12609
Area
338.3
Elevation
650.000000
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Official website
www.toplita.info
Image
Toplita.jpg
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contains settlement
Măgheruș
twinned administrative body
Budapest District XV
Commons category
Toplița
postal code
535700
native label
Maroshévíz
inception
1382-00-00
phone number
+40-266341871
street address
Str. Nicolae Bălcescu, nr.14 mun. Topliţa
P8168
Nei
population by native language
2136
email address
mailto:[email protected]
historical region
Transylvania
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Demographics
  • Geography
  • History
  • Buildings
  • Natives
  • References

Toplița (; , ) is a city in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania.

The settlement has had multiple name changes: Taplócza, Toplicza, Gyergyó-Toplicza, from 3 February 1861 Oláh-Toplicza, or "Romanian Toplița", then from 1 January 1907 Maroshévíz, until 1918, when it received the Romanian name Toplița Română. Topliță is a Romanian word of Slavic origin and has the same meaning as the Hungarian word hévíz: "hot water spring".

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

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