Old Theater, built in 1886 The Lutheran Church, built between 1892 and 1896 The Mining Museum, built in 1920 The actual Sports School building, built in 1919 The "I. D. Sîrbu" Theater Hall, built in 1905 The Justice Court building, built in 1910 The actual Students theater, built in 1922 The Unitarian Church, built between 1924 and 1928 The University of Petroșani, built in 1948 The Jiul Shopping Center, re-opened in December 2007 after renovation, initially built in the early 1980s Social events The following social events take place in Petroșani: the Dramatic Theater offers a wide variety of performance every week the annual international folklore festival the Folk Music Festival Cântecul Adâncului... ("Song of the Deep") artistic summer camps organized by the Petroșani University art, numismatic and caricatures exhibitions piano and violin recitals, offered by the Music School the Petroșani Days festival, usually organized in autumn the annual Underground Valley Graffiti Fest Demographics In 1850, Petroșani was a small village, the vast majority of its 581 inhabitants being Romanian. According to the 1910 census, from 12,193 inhabitants 7,748 (63.54%) were Hungarian, 3,250 Romanian (26.65%) and 831 (6.82%) German. At the 2011 census, 90.59% of inhabitants were Romanians, 6.54% Hungarians, 1.82% Roma, and 0.35% Germans. At the 2002 census, 83.3% were Romanian Orthodox, 7.2% Roman Catholic, 3.7% Reformed, 2.2% Pentecostal, 0.9% belonged to another religion and 0.8% Greek-Catholic. Notable people Cristina Adela Foișor, international chess master Călin Peter Netzer, film director Gallery References External links Jiu Valley Portal - the regional portal host of the official Petroșani municipal website Populated places in Hunedoara County Localities in Transylvania Jiu Valley Cities in Romania Monotowns in Romania