Criciova
Criciova Kricsó Кричова |
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Historical region : | Banat | |||
Circle : | Timiș | |||
Coordinates : | 45 ° 38 ' N , 22 ° 4' E | |||
Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | |||
Area : | 50.51 km² | |||
Residents : | 2,744 (2013) | |||
Population density : | 54 inhabitants per km² | |||
Postal code : | 307130 | |||
Telephone code : | (+40) 02 56 | |||
License plate : | TM | |||
Structure and administration (as of 2016) | ||||
Community type : | local community | |||
Structure : | Criciova, Cireșu , Cireșu Mic , Jdioara | |||
Mayor : | Cristian Iosif Cătană ( PSD ) | |||
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Criciova (Hungarian: Kricsó , Serbian: Кричова ) is a municipality in Timiș County , in the Banat region , in southwestern Romania . The villages of Cireșu , Cireșu Mic and Jdioara also belong to the municipality of Criciova .
Geographical location
Criciova is located in the east of Timiș County, on DJ 681 county road, 77.3 km from Timișoara and 17.3 km from Lugoj .
Neighboring places
Cireșu | Drinova | Crivina |
Gavojdia |
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Nădrag |
Știuca | Jena | Jdioara |
history
In 1223 a settlement in the area of today's Criciova was first mentioned. Archaeological excavations testify to the existence of human life on the area of the municipality since the 1st century.
Over the centuries the place several Hungarian names had Kricsiovai , Krichcjova , Křištová , crisis .
On the Josephine land survey of 1717, the place Krischova was registered. After the Peace of Passarowitz (1718), when the Banat became a Habsburg crown domain , Krischova was part of the Temescher Banat .
On June 4, 1920, the Banat was divided into three parts as a result of the Treaty of Trianon . The largest, eastern part, to which Criciova also belongs, fell to the Kingdom of Romania . Since then, Criciova has been the official name of the municipality.
Demographics
The population development of the municipality of Criciova:
census | Ethnicity | |||||||
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year | Residents | Romanians | Hungary | German | Other | |||
1880 | 2464 | 2323 | 32 | 89 | 20th | |||
1910 | 3318 | 2659 | 29 | 33 | 597 | |||
1930 | 3504 | 2389 | 5 | 11 | 1099 | |||
1977 | 2310 | 1905 | 6th | - | 399 | |||
2002 | 1716 | 1472 | 6th | 1 | 237 |
Web links
- cjtimis.ro , Criciova on the Timiș County Council website
- ghidulprimariilor.ro , Criciova town hall
- banaterra.eu , Criciova
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
- ↑ kia.hu , (PDF; 982 kB) E. Varga: Statistics of the number of inhabitants by ethnic group in the Timiș district according to censuses from 1880 - 2002