Lugoj (-Romanian, Hungarian: Lugos, German: Lugosch) (postal code: 305500) is a city in Timiş county, Transylvania, Romania, situated on both banks of the Timiş River, which divides the town in two quarters, the Romanian on the right and the German on the left bank. It is the seat of a bishopric of the Romanian Greek-Catholic Uniate Church. Administrative map of Romania with TimiÅŸ county highlighted Note: there is also a river called TimiÅŸ. TimiÅŸ is a Romanian county (JudeÅ£) in Banat, with the capital city at TimiÅŸoara (population: 305,977 - January 1st 2004). ... Jump to: navigation, search Transylvania (Romanian: Transilvania or Ardeal, Hungarian: Erdély, German: Siebenbürgen, see also List of European regions with alternative names) forms the western and central parts of Romania. ... The TimiÅŸ river (Hungarian: Temes, Serbian: TamiÅ¡) is a river rising in the Semenic Mountains, southern Carpathian Mountains, CaraÅŸ-Severin county, Romania. ... The Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic (in Romanian: Biserica Română Unită cu Roma, Greco-Catolică) is a Catholic Church of the Eastern Rite. ...

Lugoj was once a strongly fortified place and of greater relative importance than at present. In August 1849 it was the last seat of the Hungarian revolutionary government, and the last resort of Lajos Kossuth and several other leaders of the national cause, previous to their escape to the Ottoman Empire. 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Lajos (Louis) Kossuth (September 19, 1802 - March 20, 1894), was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, one of the most significant politicians, and for a time was regent. ... Jump to: navigation, search Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (the Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital Bursa (1335 - 1365), Edirne (1365-1453), İstanbul (Constantinople) (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanli...

A very common myth about Lugoj is that the population is mainly female. It is said that there are "7 women to 1 man". This is because before 1989 there were many textile factories here and the workers were mostly women.

Also, many workers went to and from the factory by bicycle, so Lugoj became famous for it's many bicycles.

Population

• 1900: 16,126
• 2000: 44,571
• 2004: 46,189

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Demographics

According to the 2002 census, Lugoj has the following ethnic breakdown:

The Roma people (pronounced rahma, singular Rom, sometimes Rroma, and Rrom) along with the closely related Sinti people are commonly known as Gypsies in English, and as Tsigany in most of Europe. ...

Lugoj people

1. Bela Lugosi
2. Coriolan Brediceanu
3. György Kurtág
4. Paul Grangure, http://www.paulgrangure.ro, painting, igo game, engineering page, images from Romania, Thailand, life in Japan.