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- "Bals" redirects here. For the Japanese retails company see BALSBalsBalş is a town in Olt County, Romania. The town administers three villages: Corbeni, Româna and Teiş.-Etymology:There are three hypotheses about the town's name:# The locality was named after the Balşiţa brook....
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Balş (balʃ) is a town in Olt County
Olt County
Olt is a county of Romania, in the historical regions of Oltenia and Muntenia . The capital city is Slatina.- Demographics :In 2002, it had a population of 489,274 and the population density was 89/km²....
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. The town administers three villages: Corbeni, Româna and Teiş.
Etymology
There are three hypotheses about the town's name:- The locality was named after the Balşiţa brook.
- The name comes from the TurkishTurkish languageTurkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
word "Baliş" (honey) as there is a large apiculture area there. - A boyarBoyarA boyar, or bolyar , was a member of the highest rank of the feudal Moscovian, Kievan Rus'ian, Bulgarian, Wallachian, and Moldavian aristocracies, second only to the ruling princes , from the 10th century through the 17th century....
named Balş settled here in the 5th or 6th 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.
The composition from the last census, sorted by nationality:
- * 20,552 Romanians
- * 619 Romas
- * 27 others
The composition from the last census, sorted by religion:
- * 21,043 Eastern Orthodox
- * 47 Seventh-Day AdventistsSeventh-day Adventist ChurchThe Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
- * 36 Baptists
- * 19 PentecostalistsPentecostalismPentecostalism is a diverse and complex movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on a direct personal experience of God through the baptism in the Holy Spirit, has an eschatological focus, and is an experiential religion. The term Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost, the Greek...
- * 8 Roman-CatholicsRoman Catholic ChurchThe Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
- * 5 AtheistsAtheismAtheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities...
- * 32 other religion
History
- 1450 - The estimated date when Balş was established.
- 1564 - First mention of Balş in a document