Cârjiți

Cârjiți
Kerschdorf
Kersec

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Hunedoara

Coordinates :

45 ° 51 ' N , 22 ° 50' E Coordinates: 45 ° 50 '39 " N , 22 ° 49' 36" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

370 m

Area :

45.75 km²

Residents :

681 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

15 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

337175

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 54

License plate :

HD

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Cârjiți, Almaşu Sec , Chergheş , Cozia , Popeşti

Mayor :

Daniela-Maria Adam ( PNL )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 1
loc. Cârjiți, jud. Hunedoara, RO-337175

Cârjiți , old spelling Cîrjiți [ ˈkɨrʒitzʲ ] (outdated Chirșiți ; German Kerschdorf , Hungarian Kersec ) is a municipality in the Hunedoara district , in Transylvania , Romania .

Geographical location

Location of Cârjiți in Hunedoara County

Located in the southwest of Transylvania, the municipality is located in the center of the Hunedoara district. The municipality is located in the northeastern foothills of the Poiana-Ruscă Mountains on an area of around 4500 hectares . On the upper reaches of the Cristurs - a left tributary of the Cerna - and on the district road ( drum județean ) DJ 708E, the town of Cârjiți is nine kilometers southwest of the district capital Deva ( Diemrich ).

history

The place Cârjiți was mentioned for the first time in 1453. According to Márton Roska, archaeological finds on the site point to the Neolithic and are in the museum in Deva. According to reports by C. Gooss (1877), Grigore Tocilescu , Gábor Téglás (1887) and others. a., in the north of the place - called Grohote by the locals - finds were made which point to a settlement in the Early Bronze Age , as well as numerous finds which point to mining in Roman times .

In the area of the incorporated village of Almașu Sec (Hungarian Szárazalmás ) finds have been made which point to settlement in the Bronze Age ; at Chergheș (Hungarian Kerges ), according to information from Márton Roska and Ion Nestor, numerous finds that point to the Late Bronze Age were made.

On the Piatra Coziei mountain , at 686 m between the incorporated village of Cozia (Hungarian Kozolya ) and the village of Herepeia in the municipality of Vețel , remains of a Dacian fortress have been found.

population

In 1850, 1395 people lived in the area of today's municipality. 1366 were Romanians and 29 were Roma . The largest population (2149) - also that of the Romanians (2084) and the Germans (13) - was determined in 1910 and has steadily decreased since then. The highest number of Magyars (14) was registered in 1880 and that of Roma (65) in 1930. In 2002 there were 798 people in the community, 794 of whom were Romanians, three Hungarians and one German. The 2011 census showed a population of 681 residents in the municipality. 654 of them were Romanians, two were Magyars, the rest were registered without any ethnic information.

The main occupation of the population is agriculture and livestock.

Attractions

In the incorporated village of Chergheş, the wooden church Cuvioasa Paraschiva , built according to various sources in the 17th or 18th century, is a listed building.