Bogata (Mureș)

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Bogata
Marosbogát
Bogata (Mureș) does not have a coat of arms
Bogata (Mureș) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Mureș
Coordinates : 46 ° 28 '  N , 24 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 27 '44 "  N , 24 ° 7' 4"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 283  m
Area : 30.52  km²
Residents : 2,018 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 66 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 547125
Telephone code : (+40) 02 65
License plate : MS
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Bogata, Ranta
Mayor : László Barta ( UDMR )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 122
loc. Bogata, jud. Mureș, RO-547125
Website :

Bogata (outdated Bogata de Mureş ; Hungarian Marosbogát ) is a municipality in Mureş County , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of the Bogata municipality in Mureș County

The municipality of Bogata is located in the south of the Transylvanian Heath (Câmpia Transilvaniei) - part of the Transylvanian Basin - in the west of the Mureș district. On the right bank of the Mureş (Mieresch) , the village road (drum comunal) DC89 and the Alba Iulia – Târgu Mureş railway line , Bogata is seven kilometers east of the small town of Luduş (Ludasch) and about 45 kilometers west of the district capital of Târgu Mureş (Neumarkt am Mieresch) away.

The planned Romanian A3 , also called Autostrada Transilvania , is to run near Bogata .

history

The place Bogata was first mentioned in 1295. In the Middle Ages, the place belonged to the noble Bogati family , who were related to the Transylvanian-Saxon patrician family Altenberger.

Archaeological finds in the area called Deasupra satului by the locals indicate a settlement of the place Bogata in the Neolithic Age , at Bercul Țărcilor and Peste apă finds point to the Bronze Age . Numerous archaeological objects from the village area are in the museums of Aiud (Strasbourg am Mieresch) and Târgu Mureș.

In the register of historical monuments of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Ministerul Culturii și Patrimoniului Național) , settlement in the area of ​​the incorporated village of Ranta is noted in the Bronze Age .

At the time of the Kingdom of Hungary , today's municipality belonged to the Marosludas chair district in the Torda-Aranyos County , then to the historical Turda County and, from 1950, to the present Mureș County.

population

The population of the municipality of Bogata developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 1,813 820 820 - 173
1941 2,709 1,277 1,264 4th 164
1992 1,862 973 705 - 184
2002 1,947 1,146 618 - 183
2011 2,018 1,164 637 2 215

Since 1850, the highest number of inhabitants in the area of ​​today's municipality was determined in 1941. The highest number of Magyars (1,592) and Romanian Germans (34) were registered in 1900, Romanians (1,494) in 1966 and Roma (193) in 2011.

Attractions

There are no noteworthy objects in the area of ​​the municipality.

  • Reformed Church in Bogata

  • Roman Catholic Church in Bogata

  • Orthodox Church in Bogata

Personalities

  • Iuliu Moldovan (1882–1966), was a doctor and in 1920 a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
  3. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - Bogata , accessed July 18, 2019 (Romanian).
  4. ↑ List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian).
  5. ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian).
  6. ↑ Information on Iuliu Moldovan on the website of the Romanian Academy accessed on July 15, 2019 (Romanian).