Vulcan

Vulcan is a city in , , . With a population of 19,772 as of 2021, it is the second-largest city in the . It administers two villages, Dealul Babii and Jiu-Paroșeni.
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  • Type: City with 32,200 residents
  • Description: city in Hunedoara County, Romania
  • Also known as: “Vulcan, Hunedoara”, “Vulkán”, “Wolkersdorf”, “Wulkan”, “Zsilyvajdejvulkán”, and “Zsilyvajdejvulkány”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Paroșeni Power Station.

Power station
Photo: Bogdan Muraru, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a large electricity producer and one of the largest thermal power plants in with one unit and an installed capacity of 150 MW.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jiu-Paroșeni and Aninoasa.

Village
Photo: Bogdan Muraru, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Town
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is a town in in the region of . The town is located in the , which is a coal basin, and many of the towns residents are coal miners.

Photo: Bogdan Muraru, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a mining city in the in , , in the historical region of . It is one of the oldest and largest cities in the Jiu Valley.

Vulcan

Latitude
45.37486° or 45° 22′ 30″ north
Longitude
23.29409° or 23° 17′ 39″ east
Population
32,200
Elevation
757 metres (2,484 feet)
United Nations Location Code
RO VUL
Open location code
8GQ597FV+WJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 139921758
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
662432
Wiki­data ID
Q837964
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Vietnamese—“Vulcan” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Vulcan, Rumania”
  • Achinese: “Vulcan”
  • Armenian: “Վուլկան (Ռումինիա)”
  • Armenian: “Վուլկան”
  • Bulgarian: “Вулкан”
  • Catalan: “Vulcan”
  • Cebuano: “Municipiul Vulcan”
  • Chinese: “武尔坎”
  • Chinese: “武爾坎”
  • Czech: “Jiu-Vaidei-Vulcan”
  • Czech: “Vulcan”
  • Danish: “Vulcan”
  • Dutch: “Vulcan”
  • Dutch: “Vulkán”
  • Dutch: “Wolkersdorf”
  • Dutch: “Wulkan”
  • Dutch: “Zsilyvajdejvulkán”
  • Dutch: “Zsilyvajdejvulkány”
  • Esperanto: “Vulcan”
  • Esperanto: “Vulkán”
  • Esperanto: “Wolkersdorf”
  • Esperanto: “Wulkan”
  • Esperanto: “Zsilyvajdejvulkán”
  • Esperanto: “Zsilyvajdejvulkány”
  • Estonian: “Vulcan (Rumeenia)”
  • Estonian: “Vulcan”
  • French: “Vulcan”
  • French: “Vulkán”
  • French: “Wolkersdorf”
  • French: “Wulkan”
  • French: “Zsilyvajdejvulkán”
  • French: “Zsilyvajdejvulkány”
  • German: “Vulcan”
  • German: “Vulkán”
  • German: “Wolkersdorf”
  • German: “Wulkan”
  • German: “Zsilyvajdejvulkán”
  • German: “Zsilyvajdejvulkány”
  • Hungarian: “Vulcan”
  • Hungarian: “Vulkán”
  • Hungarian: “Wolkersdorf”
  • Hungarian: “Wulkan”
  • Hungarian: “Zsilyvajdejvulkán”
  • Hungarian: “Zsilyvajdejvulkány”
  • Indonesian: “Vulcan, Rumania”
  • Indonesian: “Vulcan”
  • Irish: “Vulcan”
  • Italian: “Vulcan”
  • Italian: “Vulkán”
  • Italian: “Wolkersdorf”
  • Italian: “Wulkan”
  • Italian: “Zsilyvajdejvulkán”
  • Italian: “Zsilyvajdejvulkány”
  • Japanese: “ヴルカン”
  • Malay: “Vulcan, Romania”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vulcan i Romania”
  • Persian: “وولکان”
  • Persian: “وولکن”
  • Polish: “Vulcan”
  • Portuguese: “Vulcan (Roménia)”
  • Portuguese: “Vulcan”
  • Portuguese: “Vulkán”
  • Portuguese: “Wolkersdorf”
  • Portuguese: “Wulkan”
  • Portuguese: “Zsilyvajdejvulkán”
  • Portuguese: “Zsilyvajdejvulkány”
  • Romanian: “Vulcan”
  • Romanian: “Vulkán”
  • Romanian: “Wolkersdorf”
  • Romanian: “Wulkan”
  • Romanian: “Zsilyvajdejvulkán”
  • Romanian: “Zsilyvajdejvulkány”
  • Russian: “Вулкан”
  • Serbian: “Vulcan”
  • Serbian: “Vulkan”
  • Serbian: “Вулкан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Vulcan, Hunedoara”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Vulcan”
  • Slovak: “Vulcan”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وولکن ، (رومانی)”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وولکن ،”
  • Spanish: “Vulcan”
  • Spanish: “Vulkán”
  • Spanish: “Wolkersdorf”
  • Spanish: “Wulkan”
  • Spanish: “Zsilyvajdejvulkán”
  • Spanish: “Zsilyvajdejvulkány”
  • Swedish: “Vulcan, Hunedoara”
  • Swedish: “Vulcan”
  • Tajik: “Вулкан”
  • Turkish: “Vulcan (Hunedoara)”
  • Turkish: “Vulcan”
  • Ukrainian: “Вулкан”
  • Urdu: “ولکن، ہونیڈوارا”
  • Vietnamese: “Vulcan, Hunedoara”
  • Vietnamese: “Vulcan”
  • “Vulcan”

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Notable Places Nearby

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