Timiș County
Timiș County
Județul Timiș | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
| Etymology: Timiș River | |
Location of Timiș County in Romania | |
Interactive map of Timiș County | |
| Coordinates: 45°41′34.08″N 21°24′19.8″E / 45.6928000°N 21.405500°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| Historical region | Banat |
| Development region | West |
| Established | 1968 |
| County seat | Timișoara |
| Government | |
| • Body | Timiș County Council |
| • President | Alfred Simonis (PSD) |
| • Prefect | Cornelia Micicoi (USR) |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,696.7 km2 (3,357.8 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 1st |
| Population (2021-12-01) | |
• Total | 650,533 |
| • Rank | 6th |
| • Density | 74.802/km2 (193.74/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | timișean (male), timișeană (female) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| SIRUTA code | 350 |
| Registration plate | TM |
| GDP (nominal) | US$ 19.150 billion (2025) |
| GDP per capita | US$ 29,437 (2025) |
| Website | County Council County Prefecture |
Timiș (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈtimiʃ]) is a county (județ) of western Romania on the border with Hungary and Serbia, in the historical region of Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Romania in terms of land area. The county is also part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion.