Cerbia
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Cerbia Serbs Cserbia |
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 Romania
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| Historical region : | Transylvania | ||||
| Circle : | Hunedoara | ||||
| Municipality : | Zam | ||||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 2 ' N , 22 ° 27' E | ||||
| Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | ||||
| Height : | 188 m | ||||
| Residents : | 137 (2002) | ||||
| Postal code : | 337554 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+40) 02 54 | ||||
| License plate : | HD | ||||
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| Community type : | Village | ||||
Cerbia ( German Serbs , Hungarian Cserbia ) is a village in the Hunedoara district in Transylvania , Romania . It is part of the Zam community .
Geographical location
Cerbia is located in the western part of the historical region of Transylvania , south of the Zarand Mountains ( Munții Zarandului ). The village is located about five kilometers north of the community center Zam and about 53 kilometers northwest of the district capital Deva ( Diemrich ).
history
The place Cerbia was first mentioned in a document in 1468. The residents live primarily from agriculture and livestock. Furthermore, there are pyrite and molybdenum mines in a granite area with non-ferrous metal ores .
population
Since the census of 1850, Romanians (except for one Ukrainian in 1966 ) have been registered in the area of the place . In 1850 there were 319 people in Cerbia. The highest number of inhabitants was registered in 1900 (440), since then it has steadily decreased. In 2002 there were 137 inhabitants.
Attractions
- The wooden church, built in the 18th century, is not a listed building.
Pictures of the wooden church in Cerbia
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
- ↑ Census, last updated November 2, 2008, p. 174 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.1 MB)
