Balș

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Country Romania Status Town Website http://www.bals.ro/ Population 18,164 (2011)		County Olt County Time zone EET (UTC+2) Area 37 km² Local time Wednesday 3:09 PM

Weather 18°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 44% Humidity

Balș ([balʃ]) is a town in Olt County, Romania. The town administers three villages: Corbeni, Româna and Teiș.

Map of Bal%C8%99, Romania

There are three hypotheses about the town's name:

The locality was named after the Balșița brook.
The name comes from the Turkish word "Baliş" (honey) as there is a large apiculture area there.
A boyar named Balș settled here in the 5th or 6th century.

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 Romani* 27 others

The composition from the last census, sorted by religion:

* 21,043 Eastern Orthodox* 47 Seventh-Day Adventists* 36 Baptists* 19 Pentecostalists* 8 Roman-Catholics* 5 Atheists* 32 other religion

1450 - The estimated date when Balș was established.

1564 - First mention of Balș in a document

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