Its name comes from Calea Circumvalațiunii, one of the city's most important roads, which crosses it and is so named because it surrounds the historic center and the former fortress.
[1][a] Circumvalațiunii is one of the most expensive residential areas in Timișoara.
[2] Most of the buildings are from the 1970s when 11,400 homes were built for about 40,000 residents.
[3] The location of the district was directly related to the proximity to the industrial platform developed north of the railway.
[4] This Timiș County location article is a stub.