Motru, Romania, Europe
Year 1966 latitude: ° 0' longitude: ° 0' Period Initiator(s) Planning organization Nationality initiator(s) Romania Designer(s) / Architect(s) Design organization Inhabitants 18,000 (2011) Target population Town website Town related links Literature type of New Town: > scale of autonomy New-Town-in-Town Satellite New Town Company Town > client Private Corporation Public Corporation > policy Capital Decentralization Industrialization Resettlement Economic
source: http://vederiro.blogspot. com/2011/05/motru.html Motru started to be built in 1960 as a coal miners town and grew rapidly to officially become a town in 1966. The area has lignite mines as well as one of the largest open pit coal mines in Romania. The number of inhabitants has shrunk from 26.000 people to 19.000 in 2011. source:
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