Vulcan
Vulcan 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 and Jiu-Paroșeni.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Paroșeni Power Station
Power station
Photo: Bogdan Muraru, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Paroșeni Power Station is a large electricity producer and one of the largest thermal power plants in Romania with one unit and an installed capacity of 150 MW.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jiu-Paroșeni and Aninoasa.
Aninoasa
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Aninoasa is a town in Hunedoara County in the Transylvania region of Romania. The town is located in the Jiu Valley, which is a coal basin, and many of the towns residents are coal miners.
Lupeni
Photo: Bogdan Muraru, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lupeni is a mining city in the Jiu Valley in Hunedoara County, Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. It is one of the oldest and largest cities in the Jiu Valley.
Vulcan
- Categories: municipality of Romania and locality
- Location: Municipiul Vulcan, Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.37486° or 45° 22′ 30″ northLongitude
23.29409° or 23° 17′ 39″ eastPopulation
32,200Elevation
757 metres (2,484 feet)United Nations Location Code
RO VULOpen location code
8GQ597FV+WJOpenStreetMap ID
node 139921758OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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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”
- 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”
- Vietnamese: “Vulcan, Hunedoara”
- Vietnamese: “Vulcan”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Primăria Vulcan and Biserica Duminica Sfinților Români Vulcan (2013).
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