# Mehedinți: places, data and stories

Explore Mehedinți through projects about its places and county-level data. Then choose a town for its own profile.

- Projects covering this county (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/county/mehedinti/#proiecte)

- Towns and communes (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/county/mehedinti/#localitati)

- Compare two places (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/compare-places/)

- Download a county chart (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/reusable-charts/?county=mehedinti)

## What you can explore here

- The Turkish island under the Danube (https://mariuscomper.uk/ada-kaleh/en/)

A few hundred people lived on Ada Kaleh until the late 1960s. The island is rebuilt in 3D in its real gorge; you lower the Danube by 25 metres, walk it, and watch it pulled down and covered by the reservoir.

- The Empty House — 1 in 4 Dwellings Stands Empty (https://mariuscomper.uk/casele-goale/en/)

The 2021 Census counts 2.53 million unoccupied dwellings — 25.5% of the housing stock. In Mehedinți 36.3% are empty. County map, breakdown and why the rural empty stock does not solve city rents.

- Danube Cazane gorge: Orsova cruises, museum, 2026 fares and hours (https://mariuscomper.uk/cazane-dunarii/en/)

The Danube gorge with published fares: Orsova cruises T5/T6 (80–120 lei), charter 720 lei, Iron Gates Museum (40 lei). Hours and measured drives.

- 100 places in Romania you won't find anywhere else in the world (https://mariuscomper.uk/o-suta-de-locuri-unice/en/)

An interactive bilingual atlas of 100 singular places, natural anomalies, ice caves, archaic relics, and unique engineering in Romania with map and documented cards.

- The gorge that swallowed an island (https://mariuscomper.uk/portile-de-fier/en/)

At the Cazane narrows the Danube squeezes to some 150 metres and digs some 53 deep: the Roman road with the plaque of year 100, the face of Decebalus carved in 1993–2004, and Ada Kaleh island with its 511 people, drowned by the dam. Raise the water from the Roman level to today's lake, in schematic 3D.

- Romanian villages left without a school, 2013–2026 (https://mariuscomper.uk/trei-din-patru/en/)

Of 6,833 villages with a school on the Ministry of Education's 2013–14 list, 1,329 have none in 2025–26. A map of every village over 13 years, and why the official count of rural schools (−76%) does not mean as many schools closed.

- How old is your town? (https://mariuscomper.uk/varsta-localitatii/en/)

The median age of each of Romania’s 3,181 localities, computed from the registered population by single year of age (INS, POP107D), on a map with every real boundary. Search your locality, see how old it is against the country and the county, its age fingerprint in one hundred squares, its pyramid by sex and its path from 1992 to 2026. In 528 localities there are now more registered people aged 80 or over than children under 10; in 1992 there were 9.

## Places documented in the projects

- The Danube Gorge (Cazane)

- Orșova

- Orșova

- Topolnița Cave

- God's Bridge at Ponoarele

- Iron Gates I Dam

## What the county data measures

Measure | Value | Period and meaning

Median age of the population by domicile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/varsta-localitatii/en/) | 46.1 years | 2026Half the population registered by domicile is younger, half older.

Dwellings with no enumerated residents ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/casele-goale/en/) | 36.3% | 2021 censusOf conventional dwellings. This does not establish abandonment or availability.

Geocoded villages with a listed school structure ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/trei-din-patru/en/) | 108 | 2025-26Counts villages in the analysed dataset, not schools or pupils.

Periods and definitions differ. Each project explains its source, unit and data limitations.

## Choose your locality

România ta profiles bring together nine calculated facts about each locality, with links to their sources.

- Baia de Aramă (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=109924)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/109924/)

- Bala (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=110296)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/110296/)

- Balta (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=110456)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/110456/)

- Bălăcița (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=110535)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/110535/)

- Bâcleș (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=110571)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/110571/)

- Bâlvănești (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=110688)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/110688/)

- Braniștea (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=114060)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/114060/)

- Breznița-Motru (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=110740)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/110740/)

- Breznița-Ocol (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=110820)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/110820/)

- Broșteni (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=110875)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/110875/)

- Burila Mare (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=110946)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/110946/)

- Butoiești (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=111006)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/111006/)

- Căzănești (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=111097)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/111097/)

- Cireșu (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=111220)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/111220/)

- Corcova (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=111275)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/111275/)

- Corlățel (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=111417)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/111417/)

- Cujmir (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=111444)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/111444/)

- Dârvari (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=111550)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/111550/)

- Devesel (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=111480)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/111480/)

- Drobeta-Turnu Severin (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=109773)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/109773/)

- Dubova (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=112904)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/112904/)

- Dumbrava (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=111587)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/111587/)

- Eșelnița (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=112245)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/112245/)

- Florești (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=111685)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/111685/)

- Gârla Mare (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=111783)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/111783/)

- Godeanu (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=111818)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/111818/)

- Gogoșu (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=111863)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/111863/)

- Greci (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=111916)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/111916/)

- Grozești (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=111989)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/111989/)

- Gruia (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=112030)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/112030/)

- Hinova (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=112076)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/112076/)

- Husnicioara (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=112129)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/112129/)

- Ilovăț (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=112263)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/112263/)

- Ilovița (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=112334)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/112334/)

- Isverna (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=112370)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/112370/)

- Izvoru Bârzii (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=112469)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/112469/)

- Jiana (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=112548)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/112548/)

- Livezile (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=112600)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/112600/)

- Malovăț (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=112664)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/112664/)

- Obârșia de Câmp (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=112744)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/112744/)

- Obârșia-Cloșani (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=110027)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/110027/)

- Oprișor (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=112771)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/112771/)

- Orșova (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=110063)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/110063/)

- Pădina (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=112806)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/112806/)

- Pătulele (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=112879)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/112879/)

- Podeni (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=112959)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/112959/)

- Ponoarele (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=112995)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/112995/)

- Poroina Mare (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=113153)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/113153/)

- Pristol (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=113206)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/113206/)

- Prunișor (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=113233)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/113233/)

- Punghina (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=113395)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/113395/)

- Rogova (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=113466)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/113466/)

- Salcia (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=113493)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/113493/)

- Stângăceaua (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=113518)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/113518/)

- Strehaia (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=110116)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/110116/)

- Svinița (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=113607)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/113607/)

- Șimian (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=109826)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/109826/)

- Șișești (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=113625)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/113625/)

- Șovarna (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=113698)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/113698/)

- Tâmna (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=113732)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/113732/)

- Vânători (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=113849)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/113849/)

- Vânju Mare (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=110232)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/110232/)

- Vânjuleț (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=113894)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/113894/)

- Vlădaia (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=113929)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/113929/)

- Voloiac (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=113974)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/113974/)

- Vrata (https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/?loc=114079)Locality profile ↗ (https://mariuscomper.uk/romania-ta/en/l/114079/)

Search and saving use JavaScript. Collections, county pages and project links remain readable without it.

Marius Comper · https://mariuscomper.uk/en/places/county/mehedinti/