Balș

Balș
Town
Balș Location of Balș
Coordinates: 44°21′0″N 24°5′58″E / 44.35000°N 24.09944°E / 44.35000; 24.09944Coordinates: 44°21′0″N 24°5′58″E / 44.35000°N 24.09944°E / 44.35000; 24.09944
Country	Romania
County	Olt County
Status	Town
Government
• Mayor	Vitalie Staicu (Social Democratic Party)
Area
• Total	41.13 km2 (15.88 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	18,164
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	http://www.bals.ro/

Balș (Romanian pronunciation: [balʃ]) is a town in Olt County, Romania. The town administers three villages: Corbeni, Româna and Teiș.

There are three hypotheses about the town's name:

The composition from the last census, sorted by nationality:

The composition from the last census, sorted by religion:

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