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Victoria, Brașov

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Country
  
Romania

Status
  
Town

Area
  
6.47 km²

Local time
  
Monday 3:44 AM

County
  
Brașov County

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Population
  
7,067 (2011)

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Website
  
http://www.primariavictoria.ro/

Weather
  
7°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 50% Humidity

Victoria ([vikˈtori.a]; German: Viktoriastadt; Hungarian: Viktóriaváros) is a town in the western part of Brașov County, Romania, near the Făgăraş Mountains. It had a population of 7,067 at the 2011 census.

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Map of Victoria, Romania

In 1939, the Romanian state signed a contract with the German company Ferrostaal of Essen to build a factory (called "Ucea") on the site of what is now Victoria. The contract was canceled after Romania declared war on Germany in 1944, during World War II.

The building of the town began in 1949 and it had the provisional names of "Colonia Ucea" and "Ucea Roşie" (Red Ucea), only to be changed in November 1954 to Victoria.

Twin towns

  • Chevilly-Larue, France (1994)
  • Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Netherlands (2005)
  • Lariano, Italy (2007)

    • References

    Victoria, Brașov Wikipedia
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