Șilindia

Șilindia Silingyia Selénd
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Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Screeching area
Circle :	Arad
Coordinates :	46 ° 20 '  N , 21 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 20 '22 "  N , 21 ° 54' 57"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Area :	69.22  km²
Residents :	904 (2011)
Population density :	13 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	317330
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 57
License plate :	AR
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Șilindia, Camna , Iercoșeni , Luguzău and Satu Mic
Mayor :	Mariș Rovin ( PNL )
Postal address :	Str. Principală, no. 384 loc. Șilindia, jud. Arad, RO-317330

Location of Șilindia in Arad County

Șilindia on the Josephine land survey

Șilindia (German: Silingyia , Hungarian: Selénd ) is a municipality in the Arad district , in the Kreischgebiet , in western Romania . The villages of Camna , Iercoșeni , Luguzău and Satu Mic also belong to the municipality of Șilindia .

Geographical location

Șilindia is located in the center of the Arad district, 64 km from the district capital Arad .

Neighboring places

Satu Mic	Bocsig	Voivodeni
Chier		Cuied
Târnova	Dew	Luguzau

history

The first written mention of Selend comes from the year 1332.

Johannis de Solend is mentioned as the namesake in 1334. Over the centuries different spellings of the place name appeared: 1475 Selend , 1598 Selind , 1715 Silingyia , 1722 Silingyia , 1808 Silingyia , Selind , 1828 Silingia , 1839, 1851 Silingyia , 1863 Szilingyia , 1877 Silingyia , 1882 Silingyia , 1886 Silingyia , 1893 , 1900 Silingyia , 1909 Şilindia , Silingya , 1910, 1913 Selénd , Seléndliget , 1921 Şilindia , Selénd , 1932, 1956 Şilindia .

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 Szillingije 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 Selénd . The Treaty of Trianon on June 4, 1920 resulted in border regulation, whereby Șilindia fell to the Kingdom of Romania .

In 1967 archaeological excavations in Șilindia revealed Dacian coins from the 3rd century BC. Discovered. There are 800 silver coins weighing 10-11 kg. The silver coins are partly in the Arad museum complex (366 coins) and partly in the museum in Oradea (361 coins). Two coins are kept in the Lyceum in Ineu .

Population development

census		Ethnicity
year	Residents	Romanians	Hungary	German	Other
1880	2067	1703	312	28	24
1910	3921	2137	1617	156	11
1930	3420	2124	1207	47	42
1977	1494	1123	360	3	8th
1992	1031	829	188	4th	10
2002	959	794	143	2	20th

Web links

Commons : Șilindia  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ghidulprimariilor.ro , Șilindia town hall
• virtualarad.net , Șilindia on VirtualArad

Individual evidence

1. ↑ citypopulation.de , census October 20, 2011
2. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
3. ↑ e-primarii.ro , Șilindia
4. ↑ arcanum.hu , Szabó M. Attila : Historical and administrative place names book of Transylvania, Banat and Partium
5. ↑ turism4you.ro , The Treasure of Șilindia
6. ↑ facebook.com , The Treasure of Șilindia
7. ↑ e-primarii.ro , Șilindia
8. ↑ kia.hu , E. Varga: Statistics of the population by ethnic group in the Arad district according to censuses from 1880 - 2002