Covăsânț

Covăsânț, Covăsînț Kovászi, Kovaszinc
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Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Screeching area
Circle :	Arad
Coordinates :	46 ° 12 ′  N , 21 ° 36 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  N , 21 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Area :	31.00  km²
Residents :	2,573 (2011)
Population density :	83 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	317090
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 57
License plate :	AR
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Mayor :	Balint Traian Gheorghe ( PNL )
Postal address :	Str. Principală No. 319 loc. Covăsinț, jud. Arad, RO-317090
Website :	www.e-primarii.ro/primaria-covasint

Location of Covăsânț in Arad County

Covăsânț on the Josephinian land survey

Covăsânț (also: Covăsînț , Hungarian: Kovászi , Kovaszinc ) is a municipality in the Arad district , in the Kreischgebiet , in western Romania .

Geographical location

Covăsânț is located at the foot of the Zărand Mountains , in the center of the Arad district, 20 km from the district capital Arad , 16 km from the nearest town Pâncota and is crossed by the DJ 708B county road.

Neighboring places

Zimandu Nou	Șiria	Agrișu Mare
Horia		Zărand Mountains
Vladimirescu	Miniș	Cladova

history

The first documentary mention comes from 1278.

Over the centuries different spellings of the place name appeared: 1278 Kuaci , 1333–1335 Conasi , Kuasi , Kuasy , Kuassy , 1358 Kouazi , 1367 Koazy , 1380 Coazy , 1392 Kowazy , 1466 Kowazy , 1486, 1495 Kowazy , 1548, 1553– 1551 Kowazy , 1585 Kowazynth , 1722 Kovasintz , 1808 Kovászincz , Kövesd , 1819 Kovaszentz , 1839 Kovaszincz , 1863 Kovaszincz , Kövesd , 1873, 1877 Kovaszinc , 1882 Kovaszincz , Kovaszinecz , Covasintiu , 1893, 1900 Kovaszincz , 1909 Covasint , Kovaszincz , 1910, 1913 Kovászi , 1921 Covăsinţ , Kovászi , 1925 Podgoria , 1932 Covăsinţ , 1956 Covăsinţ .

The post road of the Roman Emperor Trajan once ran through Covăsânț and connected the Roman fortress Viminatium with Budapest . The three-meter-wide road, paved with granite stones, connected Covăsinț with the fortresses in the area. Today eight kilometers of the former road on the territory of Serbia are still preserved.

Until the First Austrian Turkish War (1526), ​​the settlement belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then to the Ottoman Empire (1526–1699). After the Peace of Karlowitz (1699), Arad and the Maroscher Land came under Austrian rule , while the Banat south of the Marosch remained under Turkish rule until the Peace of Passarowitz (1718) . 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 the regulation of the borders, whereby Covăsânț fell to the Kingdom of Romania .

Population development

census		Ethnicity
year	Residents	Romanians	Hungary	German	Other
1880	2971	2843	108	16	4th
1910	3848	3640	119	46	43
1930	3128	2988	49	24	67
1977	2876	2543	16	3	314
1992	2595	2085	13	7th	490
2002	2659	2012	15th	5	627

Web links

• ghidulprimariilor.ro , Covăsânț Citizens' Office
• virtualarad.net , Covăsânț on VirtualArad

Individual evidence

1. ↑ citypopulation.de , census October 20, 2011
2. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
3. ↑ arcanum.hu , Szabó M. Attila : Historical and administrative place names book of Transylvania, Banat and Partium
4. ↑ primaria-Covasint , history of the community Covasint
5. ↑ kia.hu , E. Varga: Statistics of the population by ethnic group in the Arad district according to censuses from 1880 - 2002