As a result of the construction of the Portile de Fier I reservoir, the old town was flooded in 1970, and the population was relocated to a new location, including the Danube and Cerna terraces and the southern slope of the Almaj Mountains, where a a completely new town (1966-1971), which included the villages of Jupalnic, Tufari and Coramnic.

Location
The distance from Orşova to Drobeta Turnu Severin is 29.1 km, on DN 57 and then DN 6. The neighboring towns are Eşelniţa (6 km) and Topleţ (10 km). Over the Danube, in Serbia, there is Tekija. The shortest road link between the two localities measures 35 km, over the Portile de Fier bridge. In a straight line the distance between the two localities is 2 km.

Historic

The history of Orsova is very old. The Romans built here the Dierna Castle, so the first documentary attestation of the locality dates back to the Roman period, the 2nd century BC. After the Early Middle Ages, it reappears in documents in the 14th century, being a stone fortress. Later, it will be an outpost of Austrians on the Danube, part of the Banat region.

In 1910 the shipyard was opened. After the Union of Banat with Romania, it was declared a town (1923). The economic development of Orsova during the interwar period took place around the coal extracted from Mehadia and used in the refinery built in the port. At the administrative-territorial reform of 1968, the city and the fencing area is passed into the administration of Mehedinti County.

He was part of the Roman province of Dacia. In the area of ​​the locality were discovered the traces of Roman Dierna, which was raised to the rank of the city in 193.
The settlement was mentioned in the Gesta Hungarorum under the name of Urscia on the occasion of the Romanians' Glad-led struggle against the Hungarian tribes in 934. The name of Urscia is disputed with the Serbian town of Vrshet, but the Serbs still believe that the name Vrsat is Serbian.
Subject of dispute between the Lithuanian prince and the Kingdom of Hungary, the village remains in the possession of the Wallachian princes, but passes once with the appointment of Iancu de Hunedoara as a banner of Severin in Hungarian possession.
In 1524 the Orsova fortress (including the locality) was conquered by the Turks and ruled by them until 1688. From 1664 Orsova became the administrative center of a bloodshed.
In 1688 the locality was conquered by the Austrians and in 1768 it became the headquarters of an Austrian border garrison, attacked and destroyed in 1819 by Tudor Vladimirescu following a Romanian-Austrian border incident.
In 1916 the settlement was briefly occupied (August-September) by the Romanian army, rejected and defeated in the counter-defense led by General Erich von Falkenhayn.
In 1919 the former Caraş-Severin County entered the composition of the Kingdom of Romania.
In 1923 Orsova was declared a town.
On the occasion of the 1968 administrative reform, Mehedinţi County was included.

Economy
The extractive industry is represented by exploitation of bentonite, chromium, granite and ballast. The main developed industries at the city level are: energy industry, river shipbuilding, engine industry, power generators and transformers, nonferrous ore processing industry (feldspar, asbestos, quartz, talc) and wood processing, textile industry.

Tourist spots

Relief of Orsova
Saint Ana Monastery, Orsova
The Catholic Church, Orşova
Head of DECEBAL REX
Danube Cluster
Gulf of the Danube
The Iron Gates Dam 1