Tismana

Tismana

Tismana

Town in Gorj, Romania

For the river in Gorj County, see Tismana (river). For the village in Mehedinți County, see Devesel.
"Celei" redirects here. For the former village in Olt County, see Corabia.

Tismana is a town in Gorj County, Oltenia, Romania. It administers ten villages: Celei, Costeni, Gornovița, Isvarna, Pocruia, Racoți, Sohodol, Topești, Vâlcele, and Vânăta.

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History

During the Byzantine period, Tismana was a major center of hesychasm when Nicodemus of Tismana built a monastery in Tismana during the 1300s.[3]

Demographics

At the 2021 census, Tismana has a population of 6,359.[4] This marked a decrease from the 2011 census, when the population was 6,862, and from 2002, when it was 7,894.

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Notable people

References

  1. [1]
    "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
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    Speake, Graham (2018). A history of the Athonite Commonwealth: the spiritual and cultural diaspora of Mount Athos. New York. ISBN 978-1-108-34922-2. OCLC 1041501028.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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    "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.
  • Church of the Annunciation in Tismana
  • Cioclovina de Jos hermitage
  • Nativity of Mary wooden church in Gornovița

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