Chișineu-Criș
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Chișineu-Criș Kisjenő |
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 Romania
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| Historical region : | Screeching area | ||||
| Circle : | Arad | ||||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 31 ' N , 21 ° 31' E | ||||
| Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | ||||
| Height : | 94 m | ||||
| Area : | 119 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 7,987 (October 20, 2011) | ||||
| Population density : | 67 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Postal code : | 315100 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+40) 02 57 | ||||
| License plate : | AR | ||||
| Structure and administration (as of 2016) | |||||
| Community type : | city | ||||
| Structure : | 1 District / cadastral municipality: Nădab | ||||
| Mayor : | Gheorghe Burdan ( PSD ) | ||||
| Postal address : | Înfrățirii street, no. 76 loc. Chișineu-Criș, jud. Arad, RO-315100 |
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Chișineu-Criș [ ˈkiʃineu kriʃ ] ( Hungarian Kisjenő ) is a city in Arad County , in the Kreischgebiet , in western Romania .
Geographical location
Chișineu-Criș is located in western Romania, in the east of the Great Hungarian Plain , on both sides of the river Crișul Alb ( White Screech ). The district capital Arad is about 40 km south.
history
The area of today's city has been around since 500 BC at the latest. Settled. Further archaeological finds come from the 3rd – 5th centuries. as well as the 10./11. Century. The present city was first mentioned in documents in 1202 under the name villa Jeneusol . At that time the place belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary . On May 9, 1735, a battle between 1,500 rebellious Romanian, Hungarian and Serbian peasants led by Petru Seghedinat from Pecica on the one hand and Habsburg units on the other hand took place southwest of Chișineu-Criș . On August 13, 1849, large parts of the Hungarian revolutionary army surrendered to the Austrian army near the town.
The present city originally consisted of two districts, Chișineu-Criș north of the White Kreisch and Pădureni (Hungarian Erdőhegy ) south of it. Between the world wars, both villages were administratively united. Chișineu-Criș came to Romania after the end of the First World War and was declared a city in 1968.
The most important branches of business are agriculture, the electrical and metalworking industries.
population
In 1850 5610 people lived in the area of today's city, of which 2997 Romanians , 2457 Hungarians and 48 Germans . In 1992 the population peaked at 9021 and has been slowly declining since then. In the 2002 census, Chișineu-Criș registered 8,343 inhabitants, including 6007 Romanians, 2006 Hungarians, 261 Roma , 35 Germans and 25 Slovaks . 6556 people lived in the actual city in the narrower sense, in 1787 in the incorporated town of Nădab .
traffic
There are three train stations on the city's territory. On the route from Arad to Oradea , express trains also stop at Chișineu-Criș station, and only local trains in Nădab . In the city there is also a branch line to Grăniceri on the Hungarian border, which used to lead to Kétegyháza . The Pădureni Arad train station is on this route . The European route 671 (also National Road Drum National 79 ) runs through the city from Timișoara to Satu Mare . From here the national road Drum național 79A branches off to Békéscsaba in Hungary .
Attractions
- Înălțarea Domnului Church (18th century)
Personalities
- Ernő Balogh (1882–1969), geologist
- Adalbert Boros (1908–2003), Roman Catholic Archbishop
- Sergiu Samarian (1923–1991), chess player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
- ^ Website of the city, accessed on February 14, 2009 ( Memento from April 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Alexander Szilágyi, Sándor Szilágyi: The last days of the Magyar revolution. Unveiling of the events in Hungary and Transylvania since July 1, 1849. Haendel, Leipzig 1850, p. 66 .
- ↑ 2002 census, accessed on February 15, 2009 (PDF; 784 kB)
