Buziaș is a town in Timiş County

Timis County

Timiș , , Banat Bulgarian: ) is a county of western Romania, in the historical region Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the largest county in Romania in terms of land area....

, 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...

. As of 2004, it had a population of 7,738, or 7,714 according to the 2002 census.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1321 in a document of Charles I of Hungary

Charles I of Hungary

Charles I , also known as Charles Robert , was the first King of Hungary and Croatia of the House of Anjou. He was also descended from the old Hungarian Árpád dynasty. His claim to the throne of Hungary was contested by several pretenders...

. It was declared a city in 1956. It administers two villages, Bacova and Silagiu.

Health spa

Buziaș is an old health spa

Spa town

A spa town is a town situated around a mineral spa . Patrons resorted to spas to "take the waters" for their purported health benefits. The word comes from the Belgian town Spa. In continental Europe a spa was known as a ville d'eau...

, the first establishments being built in 1819. In 1839 was declared a spa. The mineral waters of Buziaș are used in the treatment of a wide range of diseases. They are also bottled for common use.

Dendrological park

The park of Buziaș, with a surface of over 20 ha, is a dendrological park with many rare species of trees, the most important being the plane (Platanus

Platanus

Platanus is a small genus of trees native to the Northern Hemisphere. They are the sole living members of the family Platanaceae....

). The architectural symbolic element of the spa is the covered colonnade of the park built in Turkish-Byzantine style, unique to Romania. The only two other similar promenades in Europe are found in Karlovy Vary

Karlovy Vary

Karlovy Vary is a spa city situated in western Bohemia, Czech Republic, on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá, approximately west of Prague . It is named after King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, who founded the city in 1370...

 and Baden-Baden

Baden-Baden

Baden-Baden is a spa town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos River, in the region of Karlsruhe...

.

Transport

Train services to Gataia

Gataia

Gătaia is a town in Timiş County, Banat, western Romania. It is located on the Bârzava River at 52 km from Timişoara and 47 km from Reşiţa. It administers five villages: Butin, Percosova, Sculia, Şemlacu Mare and Şemlacu Mic...

 and Jamu Mare

Jamu Mare

Jamu Mare is a commune in Timiş County, Banat, Romania. In Romanian the name means "Greater Jam/Žam". On the other side of the border, in Serbia, there is a village called Mali Žam ....

 are operated by Regiotrans

Regiotrans

Regiotrans is a private rail company headquartered in Brașov, Romania. It was founded in 2005 and is exclusively active in the passenger transport sector.-Routes:Regiotrans primarily runs local trains...

.

Demographics

Ethnic group	Number	Percentage
Romanians Romanians The Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania....	6,674	86.5%
Hungarians	364	4.7%
Germans Germans The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....	358	4.6%
Roma	186	2.4%
Other	132	1.7%
Total	7,714	100%

Historical population of Buziaş
Year	Population	Romanians	Hungarians	Germans
1880	6,091	40.5%	10.3%	42.3%
1890	6,776	41.7%	10.5%	46.4%
1900	7,191	41.1%	12.5%	45.4%
1910	7,141	41.6%	15.5%	41.6%
1920	6,651	41.6%	9%	47.7%
1930	6,764	39.6%	10.6%	46.6%
1941	6,547	41.6%	7.7%	47.2%
1956	7,203	54.5%	8.1%	34.4%
1966	7,310	60.7%	7.4%	30.7%
1977	7,976	65.8%	6.1%	24.7%
1992	8,041	84.1%	4.8%	6.4%
2002	7,772	87.4%	4.1%	3.6%