Bencecu de Jos
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Bencecu de Jos Alsóbencsek |
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 Romania
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| Historical region : | Banat | ||||
| Circle : | Timiș | ||||
| Municipality : | Pișchia | ||||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 54 ' N , 21 ° 26' E | ||||
| Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | ||||
| Residents : | 386 (2002) | ||||
| Postal code : | 307326 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+40) 02 56 | ||||
| License plate : | TM | ||||
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| Community type : | Village | ||||
Bencecu de Jos (Hungarian: Alsóbencsek ) is a village in Timiș County , Banat , Romania . Bencecu de Jos belongs to the municipality of Pișchia .
Geographical location
Bencecu de Jos is located 25 kilometers northeast of Timișoara , at the foot of the Lipova hills. The village is located on the national road DN691 Timișoara- Lipova and on the Timișoara- Radna railway line .
Neighboring places
| Seceani | Fibiș | Remetea Mica |
| Pișchia |
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Sălciua Nouă |
| Giarmata | Bencecu de Sus | Herneacova |
history
Archaeological excavations show the existence of a human settlement in the area of Bencecu de Jos since the 3rd century. On Cristof Winkler's map, the place is entered as a village inhabited by Romanians. In 1456 it was owned by Johann Hunyadi and was mostly inhabited by Serbs. Over the centuries the owner changed several times: Ioan Griska, Matei Pann, the Banffy brothers, Sina and Graf Wimpffen.
Several names can be found as a place name: Wencze , Venese , Benczekuta . Bensekut is entered on the Mercy map from 1723 . In 1794, Germans settled one kilometer away and founded the town of Bencecu de Sus or Deutsch-Bentschek. Until 1968 the village belonged to the municipality of Bencecu de Sus, then to Pișchia.
Demographics
| census | Ethnicity | |||||||
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| year | Residents | Romanians | Hungary | German | Other | |||
| 1880 | 605 | 574 | 2 | 29 | - | |||
| 1910 | 676 | 620 | 20th | 18th | 18th | |||
| 1930 | 645 | 597 | 43 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 1977 | 528 | 394 | 24 | - | 110 | |||
| 2002 | 386 | 305 | 9 | - | 72 | |||
Web links
- turismpischia.ro , story of Bencecu de Jos
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b turismpischia.ro , story of Bencecu de Jos
- ↑ kia.hu , (PDF; 982 kB) E. Varga: Statistics of the number of inhabitants by ethnic group in the Timiș district according to censuses from 1880 - 2002