LUGOJ

'Lugoj' (, , , ) is a city in Timiş County, Banat, western Romania, situated on both banks of the Timiş River (which divides the city 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 Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic.

Contents

History

Population

Demographics

Education

Sister cities

Natives

External links

History

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 refuge of Lajos Kossuth and several other leaders of the Revolution prior to their escape to the Ottoman Empire.
In modern times, it was the home town of famous Dracula actor Bela Lugosi. Lugosi's real family name was Blasko and the stagename ''Lugosi'' means ''One From Lugos'', Lugos being the towns Hungarian name.

Population

★ 1900: 16,126

★ 2000: 44,571

★ 2004: 46,189

Demographics

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

Ethnic group	Number	Percentage
Romanians	36,968	82.9%
Hungarians	4,262	9.6%
Germans	1,279	2.9%
Roma	1,075	2.4%
Ukrainians	705	1.6%
Other	282	0.6%
'Total'	'44,571'	'100%'

Education

Colegiul National Coriolan Brediceanu and Colegiul National Iulia Hasdeu are the high profile high-schools in Lugoj, but Hasdeu is better because it's a collage with a lot of "special" teachers...

Sister cities

★ Szekszárd

★ Orléans

★ Jena

★ Assos-Lecheo

★ Nisporeni

★ Vršac

★ Monopoli

Natives

★ Filaret Barbu composer

★ Valeriu Braniste

★ Caius Brediceanu

★ Coriolan Brediceanu politician and journalist

★ Tiberiu Brediceanu composer

★ Aurel Ciupe painter

★ Georges Devereux ethnopsychologist

★ Iosif Constantin Drăgan businessman and author

★ Traian Grozavescu tenor

★ György Kurtág composer

★ Béla Lugosi actor

★ Lavinia Miloşovici gymnast

★ Victor Neumann historian

★ Aurel Popovici politician

★ Josef Posipal

External links

★ City Hall site

★ Lugojul - local info site

★ Lugoj

★ Lugoj Net

★ Redeşteptarea, weekly newspaper

★ Actualitatea, weekly newspaper

★ Universitatea Europeană Drăgan, Lugoj

★ Radio Nova FM Lugoj

★ Colegiul National "Coriolan Brediceanu"