{{About||the river in Gorj County|Tismana (river)|the village in Mehedinți County|Devesel}} {{Redirect|Celei|the former village in Olt County|Corabia}} {{Infobox Romanian subdivision |type = town |county = Gorj |name = Tismana |subdivisions = Celei, Costeni, Gornovița, Isvarna, Pocruia, Racoți, Sohodol, Topești, Vâlcele, Vânăta |image_shield = ROU_GJ_Tismana_CoA.jpg |shield_alt = |image_skyline = RO GJ Tismana monastery 9.jpg |imagesize = |image_alt = |image_caption = {{ill|Tismana Monastery|ro|Mănăstirea Tismana}} |image_map = Tismana jud Gorj.png |map_caption = Location in Gorj County |leader_name = Narcis-Petre Remetea<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale09062024v2/ |title=Results of the 2024 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=18 December 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> |leader_term = 2024–2028 |leader_party = PSD |coordinates = {{coord|45|03|02|N|22|56|56|E|type:city|display=inline,title}} |established_date = |elevation = |elevation_min = 198 |elevation_max = 1946 |area_total = 307.7879 |area_footnotes = |population_as_of = |population_total = auto |population_footnotes = |postal_code = 217495 |area_code = (+40) 02 53 |website = {{URL|https://primariatismana.ro/}} |footnotes = }} '''Tismana''' is a town in Gorj County, Oltenia, Romania. It administers ten villages: Celei, Costeni, Gornovița, Isvarna, Pocruia, Racoți, Sohodol, Topești, Vâlcele, and Vânăta.
==History== During the Byzantine period, Tismana was a major center of hesychasm when Nicodemus of Tismana built a monastery in Tismana during the 1300s.<ref>{{cite book | last=Speake | first=Graham | title=A history of the Athonite Commonwealth: the spiritual and cultural diaspora of Mount Athos | publication-place=New York | date=2018 | isbn=978-1-108-34922-2 | oclc=1041501028}}</ref>
==Demographics== At the 2021 census, Tismana has a population of 6,359.<ref name="RPL2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=INSSE|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}</ref> This marked a decrease from the 2011 census, when the population was 6,862, and from 2002, when it was 7,894.
{{Historical populations |source = Census data |2002 |7894 |2011 |6862 |2021 |6359 }}
==Notable people== *Nicodemus of Tismana ({{circa|1320}} – 1406)
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{{Gallery |File:Biserica "Buna Vestire" din oraşul Tismana - img0170.jpg|Church of the Annunciation in Tismana |File:Ansamblul schitului Cioclovina de Jos img-0366.jpg|Cioclovina de Jos hermitage |File:RO GJ Gornovita 14.jpg|Nativity of Mary wooden church in Gornovița }}
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Category:Towns in Romania Category:Populated places in Gorj County Category:Localities in Oltenia Category:Places associated with hesychasm
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