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City Facts

Location
Petrila is situated at 673 m above sea level, at the junction of East Jiu with Taia Creek and Jiet Creek. The City is built on a meadow, and it is the first municipality on the river. The National Road DN 66 is the easiest access route to Petrila.

Petrila's boundaries are: in the East the Surianu Mountain; North Patru's Peek; South the Parâng Mountain and West Petrosani's limits.

The City has four component villages: Tirici, Jiet, Rascoala and Cimpa. Cimpa and Jiet almost merged, the border between the two is visible only on the road signs. Trough The Taia Valley and the Auselul Valley you can cross the mountains in the Sebes Valley or the Cibin Valley.

Acces at the main communication ways
The National Road DN 66 assures the easy access to the west side of Petrila. The latter intersects DN 7A in the city.

Most of the traffic is on the Republicii Street which is a second category and it crosses the city from the West to the East insuring the connection between Petrila and Cimpa and Jiet. The Republicii Street is part of DN 7 which connects Petrila with Vâlcea County.

The railroad network has only industrial lines. (The railway passes through residential areas. This increases the difficulty of the traffic.) Pietonal accidents with children involved are possible. Some halts are situatide on rivers' courses and are surrounded by houses.

Difficulties:
· a major point of circulation depositing is the crossing of the CF passage at at level, line which assures the link between the Preparation Petrila and the Petrosani train station through the CF tunnel
· another point of circulation strangulation is in the area of the CF depot, where there is a level crossing, this being the most fluent link with Jiet and DN 7.

Weather
The weather in Jiu Valley is characteristic for a mountain region. The average temperatures for January are between -6/-3°C and for August between 14/18 °C.
The monthly average of the relative humidity is higher in winter (84/88%) and lower during the summer (72/80%).
Most clear days are recorded during the August - September period, and the rainiest month is June with an average of 120-140 ml. The main wind direction is South, with relatively small average speeds.

From a climatic and microclimatic point of view, because of the situation of the towns in Jiu Valley, there is the possibility of termic inversions happening which under the conditions of a reduced air circulation creat favorable conditions for noxes to staying at small altitudes above the ground.
In order to reduce the air pollution degree measures to retain the noxes at the sources can be taken.