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NXS-GRX-ROU · Eastern Europe · Regions

GORJ

First-level unit, Romania: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Map All 42 first-level units
Page GRX-ROU-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO ROU / ROStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
317,711
people (GHSL 2025)
5,571 km²
area
1.6%
of Romania
70
units inside

01Ramani

Inside GORJ

The 70 ADM2 units of GORJ.

FIG 1 · 70 units inside GORJ
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
Lowest fifthLow fifthMiddle fifthHigh fifthHighest fifthNo data
Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

Watu · GHSL 2025

317,711

1.6% of Romania.

Watu · WorldPop 2025

299,618

-6% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

5,571 km²

57 people per km².

Code

RO-GJ

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

03Units

70 units inside GORJ

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Unit Code People (GHSL) People (WorldPop) Area km² Per km² Share Coast ≤ 10 m
ALBENI – 2,941 3,078 45.39 65 0.9% 0
ALIMPESTI – 3,817 3,802 34.85 110 1.2% 0
ANINOASA – 3,178 2,892 92.21 34 1% 0
ARCANI – 949 1,090 27.11 35 0.3% 0
BAIA DE FIER – 4,453 4,427 125.07 36 1.4% 0
BALANESTI – 2,363 2,649 61.66 38 0.7% 0
BALESTI – 10,319 11,283 78.49 131 3.2% 0
BALTENI – 6,376 6,130 91.42 70 2% 0
BARBATESTI – 161 131 37.64 4 0.1% 0
BENGESTI-CIOCADIA – 3,460 3,572 63.16 55 1.1% 0
BERLESTI – 2,957 2,573 57.66 51 0.9% 0
BOLBOSI – 3,404 3,380 41.88 81 1.1% 0
BORASCU – 2,307 2,074 72.8 32 0.7% 0
BRANESTI – 2,176 2,170 45.62 48 0.7% 0
BUMBESTI-JIU – 6,895 6,608 212.8 32 2.2% 0
BUMBESTI-PITIC – 2,032 2,133 36.85 55 0.6% 0
BUSTUCHIN – 2,601 2,555 59.47 44 0.8% 0
CALNIC – 3,372 4,694 64.01 53 1.1% 0
CAPRENI – 1,974 1,660 57.18 35 0.6% 0
CATUNELE – 1,256 1,200 32.03 39 0.4% 0
CIUPERCENI – 1,545 1,663 69.38 22 0.5% 0
CRASNA – 5,646 5,368 208.4 27 1.8% 0
CRUSET – 2,924 2,814 86.46 34 0.9% 0
DANCIULESTI – 1,440 1,318 59.03 24 0.5% 0
DANESTI – 2,988 4,373 80.89 37 0.9% 0
DRAGOTESTI – 3,497 3,110 28.7 122 1.1% 0
DRAGUTESTI – 4,280 4,904 61.94 69 1.3% 0
FARCASESTI – 10,876 8,569 84.02 129 3.4% 0
GLOGOVA – 1,935 2,040 42.4 46 0.6% 0
GODINESTI – 2,844 2,762 52 55 0.9% 0
HUREZANI – 1,045 998 38.21 27 0.3% 0
IONESTI – 1,585 1,585 41.2 38 0.5% 0
JUPANESTI – 3,797 3,442 57.7 66 1.2% 0
LELESTI – 2,437 2,398 30.14 81 0.8% 0
LICURICI – 1,299 1,077 58.56 22 0.4% 0
LOGRESTI – 1,923 2,011 68.09 28 0.6% 0
MATASARI – 4,650 4,909 46.29 100 1.5% 0
MOTRU – 13,669 11,045 49.54 276 4.3% 0
MUSETESTI – 2,711 2,563 93.1 29 0.9% 0
NEGOMIR – 2,272 2,247 53.7 42 0.7% 0
NOVACI – 3,285 4,172 168.94 19 1% 0
PADES – 2,245 2,143 382.86 6 0.7% 0
PESTISANI – 3,245 3,345 204.22 16 1% 0
PLOPSORU – 6,299 4,927 79.84 79 2% 0
POLOVRAGI – 1,995 2,148 84.84 24 0.6% 0
PRIGORIA – 2,664 2,385 66.79 40 0.8% 0
ROSIA DE AMARADIA – 2,343 2,279 41.84 56 0.7% 0
ROVINARI – 1,728 2,172 26.51 65 0.5% 0
RUNCU – 4,937 5,434 267.49 18 1.6% 0
SACELU – 865 788 42.09 21 0.3% 0
SAMARINESTI – 2,601 2,577 32.37 80 0.8% 0
SAULESTI – 2,302 2,302 55.74 41 0.7% 0
SCHELA – 1,686 1,843 86.92 19 0.5% 0
SCOARTA – 3,829 5,176 85.75 45 1.2% 0
SLIVILESTI – 1,746 1,598 61.03 29 0.5% 0
STANESTI – 278 292 100.27 3 0.1% 0
STEJARI – 3,207 3,148 74.08 43 1% 0
STOINA – 1,584 1,584 41.72 38 0.5% 0
TANTARENI – 3,391 2,860 44.42 76 1.1% 0
TARGU CARBUNESTI – 6,586 6,918 129.31 51 2.1% 0
TARGU JIU – 86,294 67,805 103.69 832 27.2% 0
TELESTI – 3,908 5,056 45.75 85 1.2% 0
TICLENI – 3,121 3,227 71.83 43 1% 0
TISMANA – 6,116 6,026 297.34 21 1.9% 0
TURBUREA – 3,170 3,463 67.33 47 1% 0
TURCENI – 3,431 4,398 78.24 44 1.1% 0
TURCINESTI – 2,811 2,436 30.08 93 0.9% 0
URDARI – 5,911 6,349 34.34 172 1.9% 0
VAGIULESTI – 1,948 1,647 48.11 40 0.6% 0
VLADIMIR – 3,798 3,777 58.92 64 1.2% 0
04Exposure

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
133.5 H3 cells
Bandari
None at this resolution
Viwanja vya ndege
None at this resolution
Major roads
527.1 H3 cells
Reli
434.8 H3 cells
Rivers and lakes
27.8 H3 cells
05Hatari

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for GORJ publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Romania.
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06Neighbours

Neighbouring units

07Vyanzo

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen ROU ADM1, source: World Bank, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) · source · represents 2017
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen ROU ADM2, source: Agentia Nationala de Cadastru si Publicitate Imobiliara, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) · source · represents 2016
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Nchi
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.

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