Bocsig

Bocsig, Caragheorghevici Bokszeg
Help on coat of arms
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Screeching area
Circle :	Arad
Coordinates :	46 ° 25 '  N , 21 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 25 '20 "  N , 21 ° 56' 35"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Area :	74.79  km²
Residents :	3,231 (2011)
Population density :	43 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	317055
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 57
License plate :	AR
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Bocsig, Mânerău and Răpsig
Mayor :	Ioan-Florin Ciul ( PSD )
Postal address :	Str. Principală, no. 591 loc. Bocsig, jud. Arad, RO-317055
Website :	www.bocsig.ro

Location of Bocsig in the Arad district

Bocsig on the Josephine land survey

Bocsig (1925: Caragheorghevici , Hungarian: Bokszeg ) is a municipality in the Arad district , in the Kreischgebiet , in western Romania . The villages of Mânerău and Răpsig also belong to the municipality of Bocsig .

Geographical location

Bocsig is located in the Kreischtal , in the north of the Arad district, 61 km from the district capital Arad and nine km from the nearest town of Ineu .

Neighboring places

Gurba	Vasile Goldiș	Beliu
Ineu		Răpsig
Mocrea	Luguzau	Bârza

history

The first written mention comes from the year 1553.

Over the centuries, various spellings of the name made their appearance: 1553 Bakolzegh , 1808 Bogszeg , Bakszeg , Bakszék , 1828 Bakonyszeg , 1839 Bokszeg , 1851 Bokszeg , 1858, 1863 Bokszeg , 1877 Bokszin , Bokszeg , 1882 Bokszeg , Bokszig , Bokszin , Bcsig , 1893 Bokszeg , 1909 Bocsigg , Bokszeg , 1913 Bokszeg , 1921 Bocig , Bokszeg , 1925 Caragheorghevici , 1932 Bocsig .

The place name can be traced back to the landowner Boc Beke, and is made up of the name Boc and the Hungarian Szeg , which means something like Boc's residence. In 1387 Stefan Loszoncy, a descendant of Boc Beke, became the owner of the domain around Ineu , Pâncota , Dezna , and Bocsig. In 1566 the area came under Turkish rule until it came under Austrian rule after the Treaty of Karlowitz (1699) . In 1732 the entire domain around Șiria , Ineu , Dezna and Hălmagiu was donated to Duke Rainald of Modena by Emperor Charles VI. In 1864, the Bocsig estate was sold to Princess Persida Karađorđević , the wife of the Serbian Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević . His eldest son Arsa lost the property in a card game to the French Marquis de Lessevolle, who in 1881 sold Armin to Baron Eles.

The Karađorđević castle, which is located in the center of Bocsig and now houses the school, was built in 1860 by Aleksandar Karađorđević, who lived here in exile.

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 Treaty of Trianon on June 4, 1920 resulted in border regulation, whereby Bocsig fell to the Kingdom of Romania .

Population development

census		Ethnicity
year	Residents	Romanians	Hungary	German	Other
1880	3439	3171	130	18th	120
1910	4991	4424	439	58	70
1930	5014	4576	181	42	215
1977	4517	4169	141	21st	186
1992	3886	3613	118	6th	149
2002	3553	3210	95	5	243

Web links

• ghidulprimariilor.ro , Bocsig Citizens Registration Office
• virtualarad.net , Bocsig on VirtualArad

Individual evidence

1. ↑ citypopulation.de , census October 20, 2011
2. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
3. ↑ www.arcanum.hu , Bocsig on Arcanum
4. ↑ bocsig.ro , History of Bocsig
5. ↑ virtualarad.net , Bocsig on VirtualArad
6. ↑ kia.hu , E. Varga: Statistics of the population by ethnic group in the Arad district according to censuses from 1880 - 2002