thumb|300px|Towns of Romania
thumb|300px|Municipalities of Romania
This is a list of cities and towns in Romania, ordered by population (largest to smallest) according to the 2002, 2011 and 2021 censuses. For the major cities, average elevation is also given. Cities in bold are county capitals. The list includes major cities with the status of municipiu (103 in total), as well as cities and towns with the status of oraș (216 in total).
Romania has 319 cities and towns: one city with over 1 million inhabitants, 17 other cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, 153 cities with a population between 10,000 and 100,000 inhabitants, 110 towns between 5,000 and 10,000 inhabitants, and 38 towns with less than 5,000 inhabitants.
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! align="left" |City
! align="left" |County
! align="right" |Population (2021)
! align="right" |Population (2011)
! align="right" |Population (2002)
! align="right" |Elevation (m)
! align="right" |Year status<br/>granted (a) or<br/>first attested (b)
! align="right" |Image
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Bucharest
| —
| align="right" | 1,716,961
| align="right" | 1,883,425
| align="right" | 1,926,334
| 85
| 1459<sup>b</sup>
| 150x150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Cluj-Napoca
| Cluj
| align="right" | 286,598
| align="right" | 324,576
| align="right" | 317,953
| 360
| 1316<sup>a</sup>
| 150x150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Iași
| Iași
| align="right" | 271,692
| align="right" | 290,422
| align="right" | 320,888
| 95
| 1408<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Constanța
| Constanța
| align="right" | 263,688
| align="right" | 283,872
| align="right" | 310,471
| 25
| 260 BC<sup>b</sup> (as Tomis)
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Timișoara
| Timiș
| align="right" | 250,849
| align="right" | 319,279
| align="right" | 317,660
| 90
| 1342<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" |
| Brașov
| align="right" | 237,589
| align="right" | 253,200
| align="right" | 284,596
| 625
| 1235<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Craiova
| Dolj
| align="right" | 234,140
| align="right" | 269,506
| align="right" | 302,601
| 100
| 1475<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Galați
| Galați
| align="right" | 217,851
| align="right" | 249,432
| align="right" | 298,861
| 55
| 1445<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Oradea
| Bihor
| align="right" | 183,105
| align="right" | 196,367
| align="right" | 206,614
| 150
| 1113<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Ploiești
| Prahova
| align="right" | 180,540
| align="right" | 209,945
| align="right" | 232,527
| 150
| 1596<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" |
| Brăila
| align="right" | 154,686
| align="right" | 180,302
| align="right" | 216,292
| 20
| 1368<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Arad
| Arad
| align="right" | 145,078
| align="right" | 159,074
| align="right" | 172,824
| 107
| 1028<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Pitești
| Argeș
| align="right" | 141,275
| align="right" | 155,383
| align="right" | 168,458
| 287
| 1388<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Bacău
| Bacău
| align="right" | 136,087
| align="right" | 144,307
| align="right" | 175,500
| 165
| 1408<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Sibiu
| Sibiu
| align="right" | 134,309
| align="right" | 147,245
| align="right" | 154,892
| 415
| 1191<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" |
| Mureș
| align="right" | 116,033
| align="right" | 134,290
| align="right" | 149,577
| 330
| 1332<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Baia Mare
| Maramureș
| align="right" | 108,759
| align="right" | 123,738
| align="right" | 137,976
| 225
| 1329<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" |
| Buzău
| align="right" | 103,481
| align="right" | 115,494
| align="right" | 133,116
| 95
| 1431<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" |
|
| align="right" | 93,151
| align="right" | 98,776
| align="right" | 107,656
| 250
| 1388<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Satu Mare
| Satu Mare
| align="right" | 91,520
| align="right" | 102,411
| align="right" | 115,630
| 123
| 1213<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Botoșani
| Botoșani
| align="right" | 90,010
| align="right" | 106,847
| align="right" | 115,344
| 130
| 1439<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Suceava
| Suceava
| align="right" | 84,322
| align="right" | 92,121
| align="right" | 106,138
| 325
| 1388<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Drobeta-Turnu Severin
| Mehedinți
| align="right" | 79,865
| align="right" | 92,617
| align="right" | 104,035
| 65
| 121 AD<sup>b</sup>;<br>1833<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Piatra Neamț
| Neamț
| align="right" | 79,679
| align="right" | 85,055
| align="right" | 105,499
| 345
| 1491<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Bistrița
| Bistrița-Năsăud
| align="right" | 78,877
| align="right" | 75,076
| align="right" | 81,467
| 360
| 1349<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" |
| Gorj
| align="right" | 73,545
| align="right" | 82,504
| align="right" | 96,562
| 205
| 1406<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" |
|
| align="right" | 66,965
| align="right" | 79,610
| align="right" | 89,429
| 280
| 1396<sup>b</sup><br>2004<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Turda
| Cluj
| align="right" | 43,319
| align="right" | 47,744
| align="right" | 55,770
| 315
| 1075<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Slobozia
| Ialomița
| align="right" | 41,550
| align="right" | 45,891
| align="right" | 52,677
| 20
| 1614<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Alexandria
| Teleorman
| align="right" | 40,390
| align="right" | 45,434
| align="right" | 50,591
| 41
| 1840<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
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| Bragadiru
| Ilfov
| align="right" | 40,080
| align="right" | 15,329
| align="right" | 8,165
| 37
| 2005<sup>a</sup>
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Mediaș
| Sibiu
| align="right" | 39,505
| align="right" | 47,204
| align="right" | 55,203
| 330
| 1359<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Lugoj
| Timiș
| align="right" | 35,450
| align="right" | 40,361
| align="right" | 44,571
| 124
| 1334<sup>b</sup> (Sacerdos de Lucas);<br>1376<sup>b</sup> (as Castrum Lugas);<br>1542<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
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| Filiași
| Dolj
| align="right" | 15,031
| align="right" | 16,900
| align="right" | 20,159
|
| 1573<sup>b</sup>/1968<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
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| Breaza
| Prahova
| align="right" | 14,871
| align="right" | 15,928
| align="right" | 18,863
| 600
| 1431<sup>b</sup>/1952<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
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| Chitila
| Ilfov
| align="right" | 14,762
| align="right" | 14,184
| align="right" | 12,643
| 84
| 2005<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
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| Luduș
| Mureș
| align="right" | 14,757
| align="right" | 15,328
| align="right" | 18,647
|
| 1377<sup>b</sup>/1960<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Negrești-Oaș
| Satu Mare
| align="right" | 14,616
| align="right" | 11,867
| align="right" | 16,356
|
| 1965<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
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|
| Ilfov
| align="right" | 14,414
| align="right" | 11,041
| align="right" | 9,200
|
| 2005<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
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| Baia Sprie
| Maramureș
| align="right" | 14,329
| align="right" | 15,476
| align="right" | 15,735
| 500
| 1329<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Buhuși
| Bacău
| align="right" | 14,152
| align="right" | 14,562
| align="right" | 21,993
| 235
| 1438<sup>b</sup>/1930<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
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| Ovidiu
| Constanța
| align="right" | 13,968
| align="right" | 13,847
| align="right" | 13,458
|
| 1989<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
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|
|
| align="right" | 13,948
| align="right" | 14,436
| align="right" | 17,053
|
| 1251<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Calafat
| Dolj
| align="right" | 13,807
| align="right" | 17,336
| align="right" | 21,227
| 35
| 1424<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Marghita
| Bihor
| align="right" | 13,573
| align="right" | 15,770
| align="right" | 18,650
|
| 1216<sup>b</sup>/1967<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
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| Corabia
| Olt
| align="right" | 13,527
| align="right" | 16,441
| align="right" | 21,932
| 35
| 1596<sup>b</sup>/1871<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Urziceni
| Ialomița
| align="right" | 13,380
| align="right" | 15,308
| align="right" | 19,088
| 60
| 1596<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Gura Humorului
| Suceava
| align="right" | 13,278
| align="right" | 13,667
| align="right" | 16,740
|
| 1490<sup>b</sup>/1904<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
|
| Bacău
| align="right" | 13,069
| align="right" | 12,247
| align="right" | 14,232
|
| 1989<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
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| Mizil
| Prahova
| align="right" | 12,962
| align="right" | 14,312
| align="right" | 17,075
| 125
| 1585<sup>b</sup>/1830<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
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| Pucioasa
|
| align="right" | 12,953
| align="right" | 14,254
| align="right" | 16,489
| 350
| 1649<sup>b</sup> (as Piatra Pucioasa); 1929<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Bocșa
| Caraș-Severin
| align="right" | 12,949
| align="right" | 15,842
| align="right" | 19,023
| 170
| 1333<sup>b</sup>/1960<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Bolintin-Vale
| Giurgiu
| align="right" | 12,806
| align="right" | 12,929
| align="right" | 11,464
| 100
| 1426<sup>b</sup>/1989<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
|
| Ialomița
| align="right" | 12,761
| align="right" | 13,219
| align="right" | 14,591
|
| 1594<sup>b</sup>/1968<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Brad
| Hunedoara
| align="right" | 12,690
| align="right" | 14,495
| align="right" | 18,075
| 278
| 1445<sup>b</sup>/1941<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Toplița
| Harghita
| align="right" | 12,609
| align="right" | 13,929
| align="right" | 16,839
| 650
| 1567<sup>b</sup> (as Taplócza); 1956<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Zimnicea
| Teleorman
| align="right" | 12,589
| align="right" | 14,058
| align="right" | 16,787
| 48
| 1385<sup>b</sup> (as Dezimnikos)
| 150px
|-
|
|
| align="right" | 12,583
| align="right" | 13,317
| align="right" | 16,598
|
| 1498<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
|-
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Vatra Dornei
| Suceava
| align="right" | 12,578
| align="right" | 14,429
| align="right" | 17,864
| 802
| 1592<sup>b</sup>/1907<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Avrig
| Sibiu
| align="right" | 12,534
| align="right" | 12,815
| align="right" | 16,215
| 350
| 1364<sup>b</sup>/1989<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Ocna Mureș
| Alba
| align="right" | 12,480
| align="right" | 13,036
| align="right" | 15,697
|
| 1203<sup>b</sup> (as Uioara); 1956<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
|
| Arad
| align="right" | 12,460
| align="right" | 11,428
| align="right" | 12,936
|
| 2003<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
|
| Prahova
| align="right" | 12,044
| align="right" | 12,257
| align="right" | 13,898
| 350
| 1431<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Pecica
| Arad
| align="right" | 11,950
| align="right" | 12,762
| align="right" | 13,024
|
| 1329<sup>b</sup>/2004<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Darabani
| Botoșani
| align="right" | 11,948
| align="right" | 9,893
| align="right" | 12,002
|
| 1926<sup>a</sup>/1968<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
|
| Vrancea
| align="right" | 11,314
| align="right" | 10,671
| align="right" | 13,070
|
| 1392<sup>b</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Simeria
| Hunedoara
| align="right" | 11,268
| align="right" | 12,556
| align="right" | 14,571
|
| 1449<sup>b</sup> (as Piskitelep); 1956<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Beclean
| Bistrița-Năsăud
| align="right" | 11,260
| align="right" | 10,628
| align="right" | 12,033
| 252
| 1968<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
|
| Maramureș
| align="right" | 11,163
| align="right" | 11,744
| align="right" | 14,139
|
| 1968<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Comarnic
| Prahova
| align="right" | 11,106
| align="right" | 11,970
| align="right" | 13,532
| 500–580
| 1510<sup>b</sup>/1968<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Topoloveni
| Argeș
| align="right" | 9,373
| align="right" | 10,219
| align="right" | 10,329
|
| 1968<sup>a</sup>
|
|-
| Oravița
| Caraș-Severin
| align="right" | 9,346
| align="right" | 11,382
| align="right" | 15,222
|
|
| 150px
|-
| Titu
|
| align="right" | 9,291
| align="right" | 9,658
| align="right" | 10,711
|
| 1968<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Moldova Nouă
| Caraș-Severin
| align="right" | 9,278
| align="right" | 12,350
| align="right" | 15,112
|
| 1600<sup>b</sup>/1956<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Babadag
| Tulcea
| align="right" | 9,213
| align="right" | 8,940
| align="right" | 10,878
| 30–70
| 1330–1332<sup>b</sup> (as Baba-Saltik)
| 150px
|-
| Covasna
| Covasna
| align="right" | 9,208
| align="right" | 10,114
| align="right" | 12,306
| 550–600
| 1567<sup>b</sup>/1952<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Murfatlar
| Constanța
| align="right" | 9,173
| align="right" | 10,216
| align="right" | 10,857
|
| 1989<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Cajvana
| Suceava
| align="right" | 9,139
| align="right" | 6,901
| align="right" | 7,263
| 384
| 2004<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Sinaia
| Prahova
| align="right" | 9,071
| align="right" | 10,410
| align="right" | 14,636
|
| 1880<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Strehaia
| Mehedinți
| align="right" | 9,059
| align="right" | 10,506
| align="right" | 12,564
|
| 1921<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Podu Iloaiei
| Iași
| align="right" | 8,992
| align="right" | 9,573
| align="right" | 9,739
|
| 2005<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Ianca
| Brăila
| align="right" | 8,969
| align="right" | 10,343
| align="right" | 12,886
|
| 1989<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Valea lui Mihai
| Bihor
| align="right" | 8,969
| align="right" | 9,902
| align="right" | 10,665
|
| 1844<sup>a</sup>/1930<sup>a</sup>/1989<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Liteni
| Suceava
| align="right" | 8,878
| align="right" | 9,596
| align="right" | 9,851
|
| 2004<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Ineu
| Arad
| align="right" | 8,807
| align="right" | 9,260
| align="right" | 10,416
|
| 1967<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Cristuru Secuiesc
| Harghita
| align="right" | 8,797
| align="right" | 9,650
| align="right" | 11,291
| 393
| 1332<sup>b</sup> (Sacerdos de Sancta Croce); 1956<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
|
| Hunedoara
| align="right" | 8,793
| align="right" | 9,685
| align="right" | 12,507
|
|
| 150px
|-
|
| Constanța
| align="right" | 8,737
| align="right" | 9,642
| align="right" | 11,198
|
|
| 150px
|-
| Eforie
| Constanța
| align="right" | 8,630
| align="right" | 9,473
| align="right" | 9,294
|
|
| 150px
|-
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | Orșova
| Mehedinți
| align="right" | 8,506
| align="right" | 10,441
| align="right" | 15,379
|
|
| 150px
|-
|
| Caraș-Severin
| align="right" | 8,497
| align="right" | 10,510
| align="right" | 13,128
|
| 1960<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Iernut
| Mureș
| align="right" | 8,473
| align="right" | 8,705
| align="right" | 9,833
|
| 1989<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
|
| Maramureș
| align="right" | 8,463
| align="right" | 7,136
| align="right" | 6,713
|
| 2004<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
|
| Prahova
| align="right" | 8,368
| align="right" | 8,894
| align="right" | 11,787
| 880–940
| 1840<sup>b</sup>/1946<sup>a</sup>
| 1998<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
|
| Brăila
| align="right" | 3,008
| align="right" | 3,592
| align="right" | 4,626
|
| 1968<sup>a</sup>
|-
|
| Ialomița
| align="right" | 2,938
| align="right" | 3,271
| align="right" | 3,641
| 17
| 2004<sup>a</sup>
|
|-
| Berești
| Galați
| align="right" | 2,473
| align="right" | 2,916
| align="right" | 3,926
| 140
| 1968<sup>a</sup>
|
|-
| Solca
| Suceava
| align="right" | 2,405
| align="right" | 2,188
| align="right" | 4,687
|
| 1926<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Borsec
| Harghita
| align="right" | 2,391
| align="right" | 2,585
| align="right" | 3,109
| 860–880
| 1956<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
|
|
| align="right" | 2,158
| align="right" | 2,449
| align="right" | 3,147
| 360–380
| 1927<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
|
| Bihor
| align="right" | 2,025
| align="right" | 2,315
| align="right" | 3,032
|
| 1956<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
| Nucet
| Bihor
| align="right" | 1,987
| align="right" | 2,165
| align="right" | 2,851
|
| 1956<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|-
|
| Harghita
| align="right" | 1,372
| align="right" | 1,641
| align="right" | 1,802
| 650
| 1968<sup>a</sup>
| 150px
|}
See also
- Metropolitan areas in Romania
- List of cities in Europe
- List of city listings by country