Șincai (Mureș)

Șincai Mezősámsond
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Transylvania
Circle :	Mureș
Coordinates :	46 ° 39 '  N , 24 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 39 '15 "  N , 24 ° 23' 20"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	320  m
Area :	33.82  km²
Residents :	1,622 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	48 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	547595
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 65
License plate :	MS
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Șincai, Lechincioara , Pusta , Șincai-Fânațe
Mayor :	Grigore Huza ( PNL )
Postal address :	Str. Principală, no. 156 loc. Șincai, jud. Mureș, RO-547595
Website :	primariasincai.ro
Others
City Festival :	February 28th Day of Gheorghe Șincai

Şincai [ ʃinkai ] (deprecated Şamşudul de Campie ; Hungarian Mezősámsond ) is a commune in Mureş County , in the region of Transylvania in Romania .

The place is also known under the Romanian name Șamşond and the Hungarian Sámsond .

Geographical location

Location of Gemeindeincai municipality in Mureș County

The municipality Șincai is located in the Transylvanian Basin in the western part of the Mureș district. On the stream of the same name, a tributary of the Lechința , and the district road (Drum județean) DJ 154G, the place Șincai is located about 27 kilometers northwest of the district capital Târgu Mureș (Neumarkt am Mieresch) .

history

Șincai around 1868

The place Șincai, founded by Szekler , was first mentioned in 1332. In the 17th century the Hungarian noble family settled several Romanian serf families here. Remains on the mountain, called Cetatea Păgânilor (Hungarian Pogányvárdomb ) , point to a settlement of the place in the Bronze Age , called Patul dulce (Hungarian Érdes ágy ) and dating back to the Neolithic Age . Several archaeological finds have been assigned to different ages.

In the Kingdom of Hungary , the municipality belonged to the Maros Felső (Ober-Maros) district in Maros-Torda County and then to the historical Mureș District and, from 1950, today's Mureș District.

population

The population of Șincai municipality developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	1,630	947	579	-	104
1920	2,394	1,445	938	1	10
1956	3,011	1,892	1,119	-	-
2002	1,634	931	663	-	40
2011	1,622	887	538	-	197

Since 1880, the highest number of inhabitants and at the same time that of the Romanians and the Magyars in 1956 were registered in the area of ​​today's municipality. The highest number of Roma (165) was determined in 2011 and that of Romanian Germans (10) in 1910.

Attractions

• Except for the reformed church built in 1845 and a new wooden church in the community center, there are no sights to mention.
• The former Rhédey – Bethlen Castle, built in 1779, is not mentioned in the web presentation of the municipality.

Personalities

• Zoltán Hargitai (1912–1945) was a botanist and teacher

Web links

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

• The community Șincai at ghidulprimariilor.ro

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
2. ↑ Arcanum Kézikönyvtár: Historical-administrative book of place names of Transylvania, Banat and Partium. Retrieved November 20, 2018 (Hungarian). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
4. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Șincai , accessed November 24, 2018 (Romanian).
5. ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian)
6. ↑ Information on the Reformed Church in Șincai at biserici.org, accessed on November 25, 2018 (Romanian)
7. ↑ Information on the wooden church in Șincai at biserici.org, accessed on November 25, 2018 (Romanian)
8. ↑ Picture of the Rhédey – Bethlen castle
9. ↑ picture of the former place Mezősámsond
10. ^ Arcanum Reference Library: Zoltán Hargitai, Winter. Retrieved November 24, 2018 (Hungarian).