Șicula

Șicula sikula
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Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Screeching area
Circle :	Arad
Coordinates :	46 ° 26 '  N , 21 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 26 '7 "  N , 21 ° 45' 32"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Area :	131.18  km²
Residents :	4,301 (2011)
Population density :	33 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	317325
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 57
License plate :	AR
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Șicula, Chereluș , Gurba
Mayor :	Căprar Duțu ( PSD )
Postal address :	Str. Principală No. 200 loc. Șicula, jud. Arad, RO-317325
Website :	sicula.ro

Location of Șicula in Arad County

Șicula on the Josephine land survey

Șicula (Hungarian: Sikula ) is a municipality in Arad County , in the Kreischgebiet , in western Romania . The villages of Chereluș and Gurba also belong to the municipality of Gemeindeicula .

Geographical location

Șicula is located in the Kreisch area , on the national road DN 79A , six kilometers from Ineu , 12 kilometers from Pâncota and 22 kilometers from Chișineu-Criș , at the foot of the Zărand Mountains .

Neighboring places

Țipar	Șepreuș	Gurba
Cintei		Ineu
Zǎrand	Iermata	Mocrea

history

The first written mention of Sycula comes from 1334.

In the course of the centuries different spellings of the place name appeared: 1334 Sicula , Sycula , 1335 Sicula , 1459 Sicula , 1715 Sikula , 1808 Sikula , 1839, 1851 Sikula , 1858, 1863 Sikula , 1877 Sikula , 1882 Sikula , 1893 Sikula , 1909 Şicula , Sikula , 1913 Sikula , 1921 Şicula , Sikula , 1932, 1956 Şicula .

After the Peace of Karlowitz (1699), Arad and the Maroscher Land came under Austrian rule , while the Banat south of the Marosch remained under Turkish rule until the Peace of Passarowitz (1718) . On the Josephine land survey is Sikula entered. As a result of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise (1867), the Arad region, like the whole of Banat and Transylvania, was annexed to the Kingdom of Hungary within the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy . The official place name was Sikula . The Treaty of Trianon on June 4, 1920 resulted in the regulation of borders , whereby Șicula fell to the Kingdom of Romania .

Population development

census		Ethnicity
year	Residents	Romanians	Hungary	German	Other
1880	6247	5808	383	29	27
1910	8163	7477	587	83	16
1930	8457	7697	281	201	278
1977	6024	5923	43	21st	37
1992	4974	4910	32	2	30th
2002	4591	4523	18th	3	47

Web links

• ghidulprimariilor.ro , Șicula citizens' office
• virtualarad.net , Șicula on VirtualArad

Individual evidence

1. ↑ citypopulation.de , census October 20, 2011
2. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
3. ↑ arcanum.hu , Szabó M. Attila : Historical and administrative place names book of Transylvania, Banat and Partium
4. ↑ kia.hu , E. Varga: Statistics of the population by ethnic group in the Arad district according to censuses from 1880 - 2002