Bals
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Balş is a town in Romania, Olt county.
There are 3 hypotheses about its name :
- The locality was named after the Balşiţa brook.
- The name come from the Turkish word "Baliş" (honey) as there is an large apiculture area.
- A boyar named Balş settled here in V-VI century.
Population
- 1864 - 1,700 inhabitants.
- 1884 - 2,500 inhabitants.
- 1921 - 5,000 inhabitants.
- 1938 - 5,300 inhabitants.
- 1948 - 6,128 inhabitants.
- 1973 - 11,578 inhabitants.
- 1992 - 24,560 inhabitants.
- 2002 - 21,195 inhabitants.
Sorted by nationality :
- * 20,552 Romanians
- * 619 Gypsies
- * 16 Hungarians
- * 2 Germans
- * 1 Ukrainean
- * 1 Turk
- * 1 Chinese
- * 1 Bulgarian
- * 2 other nationalities
Sorted by religion :
- * 21,043 Ortodoxs
- * 47 Adventists of 7th day (sp?)
- * 36 Baptisti (sp?)
- * 19 Penticostali (sp?)
- * 8 Roman-catholics
- * 5 Atheists
- * 32 other religion
History
- 1450 - The estimate date when Bals was establish.
- 1564 - First mention of Bals in a document.
External Links
- [1] (http://www.bals.ro/portal/servlet/portal) (in English and Romanian)