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Vulcan (Romanian pronunciation: [vulˈkan]; formerly Jiu-Vaidei-Vulcan; Hungarian: Vulkán, Zsilyvajdejvulkán (Zsily-Vajdej-Vulkán); German: Wolkendorf, Wulkan) is a city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. With a population of 19,772 as of 2021, it is the second-largest city in the Jiu Valley. It administers two villages, Dealul Babii ("Old Woman's Hill" in Romanian; Hegyvulkán) and Jiu-Paroșeni (Zsilymacesdparoseny).




Name


The city is named after the Vulcan Pass that connects the Jiu Valley to Oltenia, itself being derived from Slavic "vlk", meaning "wolf" (even if "vulcan" means "volcano" in Romanian).




Geography


Vulcan is located at the southern extremity of Hunedoara County, about 100 km (62 mi) from the county seat, Deva, on the border with Gorj County. It is situated in a hilly area north of the Vâlcan Mountains, on the banks of the Jiul de Vest and its tributaries, the rivers Merișoara and Crevedia.
The city is crossed by national road DN66A, which connects it to nearby Aninoasa and to Petroșani, 11 km (6.8 mi) to the northeast, and to Lupeni, 7 km (4.3 mi) to the west. County road DJ664 leads to the Vulcan Pass, 8 kilometres (5 mi) to the south, and on to Schela, Gorj, while county road DJ666 leads north to Dealul Babii village and Bănița commune.
The Vulcan train station serves the CFR Line 214, a 17 km (11 mi) railway from Livezeni (in Petroșani) to Lupeni.




History


The coal resources of the region were discovered in 1788 while the Austrian General Landau defended Vulcan from the Ottoman Turks. One night the soldiers could not put out the camp fire they made, as the piles of coal underneath had caught fire. General Landau thought that he could stop the Turks without a fight by setting piles of coal on fire. The Turks noted the large numbers of fires on the heights and thought that the Austrian army was much larger than theirs and retreated.
In 1850, the first mine was set up by the Hoffman brothers of Brașov.




Demographics



At the 2021 census, Vulcan had a population of 19,772. This marked a decrease of 18.2% from the 2011 census, when the city had 24,160 inhabitants; of those, 92.91% were Romanians, 5.13%
Hungarians, 1.41% Romani, and 0.2% Germans.




People


Pius Brânzeu (1911–2002), doctor and member of the Romanian Academy
Ernő Csíki (1875–1954), Hungarian entomologist
Andrej Prean Nagy (1923–1997), Hungarian footballer
Ștefan Onisie (1925–1984), footballer and manager
Leonard Wolf (1923–2019), Romanian-American author




Sports


The local football team is CSM Vulcan, currently playing in Liga IV Hunedoara. Its home ground is Stadionul Central.




Twin cities


List of Vulcan's sister and twin cities:

Bor, Serbia




See also


Jiu Valley
Vulcan Pass
CS Vulcan




References






External links



"Jiu Valley Portal". www.jiuvalley.org. — the regional portal host of the official Jiu Valley municipal websites

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