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Oradea ( UK: / ɒˈrɑːdiə /, US: / ɔːˈr -, - djɑː /, [5] [6] [7] Romanian: [oˈrade̯a]; German: Großwardein [ˌɡʁoːsvaʁˈdaɪn]; Hungarian: Nagyvárad [ˈnɒɟvaːrɒd]) is a city in Romania, located in the Crișana region. The seat of Bihor County, Oradea is one of the most important economic, social and cultural centers in the ...
In the 11th century when St. King Ladislaus I of Hungary founded a bishopric settlement near the city of Oradea, the present Roman Catholic Diocese of Oradea. [6] The city flourished during the 13th century in particular. The Citadel of Oradea, the ruins of which remain today, was first mentioned in 1241 during the Mongol invasion of Europe.
Oradea Airport ( IATA: OMR, ICAO: LROD) is an international airport located 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest [1] of Oradea in northwestern Romania, Bihor County, near one of the main road and rail border crossings to Hungary. Its location near the European route E60 and the future Transylvania motorway as well as the county's high tourist potential ...
Bihor County ( Romanian pronunciation: [biˈhor] ⓘ, Hungarian: Bihar megye) is a county ( județ) in western Romania. With a total area of 7,544 km 2 (2,913 sq mi), Bihor is Romania's 6th largest county geographically and the main county in the historical region of Crișana. Its capital city is Oradea .
Oradea metropolitan area (Romanian: Zona Metropolitană Oradea or short ZMO) is a metropolitan area located in Western Romania, in the County of Bihor, Crișana, Transylvania, Romania and was founded on 9 May 2005. According to Eurostat, in 2007 Oradea had a larger urban zone of 218,518 residents on an area of 125 km 2 (48 sq mi).
There are three tram lines in Oradea, and these run together for most of their journey. The lines are 1, 2 and 3. Lines 1 and 3 run together in a city loop, while Line 2 joins part of this loop in part of its journey. All quarters except Vie are served by trams. Trams do not actually run in the city centre, since this is a historic area with ...
Map of the Oradea ghettos. The Oradea ghetto was one of the Nazi-era ghettos for European Jews during World War II.It was located in the city of Oradea (Hungarian: Nagyvárad) in Bihor County, Transylvania, now part of Romania but administered as part of Bihar County by the Kingdom of Hungary from the 1940 Second Vienna Award's grant of Northern Transylvania until late 1944.
Vie is situated in the hills overlooking Oradea, in the northern part of the town. It spans quite a large area, from a part just north of the hills but the centre extending quite far into the Oradea hills. Vie is bounded in the south by Republicii Street ( Strada Republicii ), the mainline railway tracks crossing Oradea and the Oradea central ...