Curtea (Timiș)

Curtea Kurtya Kyrtiwa
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Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Banat
Circle :	Timiș
Coordinates :	45 ° 50 '  N , 22 ° 18'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 49 '43 "  N , 22 ° 18' 28"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Area :	4,434  km²
Residents :	1,216 (2013)
Population density :	0 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	307135
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 56
License plate :	TM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Curtea, Coșava and Homojdia
Mayor :	Mircea Grecu ( PSD )
Postal address :	Str. Principală, no. 268 loc. Curtea, jud. Timiș, RO-307135
Website :	www.primariacurtea.ro

Location of Curtea in Timiș County

Curtea on the Josephine land survey (1769–1772)

Curtea Church

Curtea (Hungarian: Kurtya ) is a municipality in Timiș County , in the Banat region , in southwestern Romania . The villages of Coșava and Homojdia also belong to the municipality of Curtea .

Geographical location

Curtea is located in the northeast of Timiș County, on the border with Hunedoara County , 10 kilometers from Timișoara , 45 kilometers from Lugoj and 12 kilometers from Făget .

Neighboring places

Breazova	Coșava	Homojdia
Colonia Mica		Pietroasa
Brăneşti	Româneşti	Fărăşeşti

history

In medieval documents when the Banat was part of the Kingdom of Hungary , Curtea appears with the Hungarian spelling Kyrtiwa . In 1506 the place was mentioned under the name Wdawarhely , and in 1597 under the name Kurthe .

According to legend, Curtea is said to have been the summer residence of the Voivode Glad and the place name Curtea comes from the fact that Glad is said to have held court here (Curtea = court).

After the Peace of Passarowitz (1718), when the Banat became a Habsburg crown domain , Curtea 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 Curtea also belongs, fell to the Kingdom of Romania .

The wooden church "Cuvioasa Paraschiva" from Curtea is a listed building . It was built in 1794 and is the largest wooden church in the Banat with a length of 18.60 m, a width of 7.20 m and a height of 9.50 m.

Demographics

The population development of the municipality of Curtea:

census		Ethnicity
year	Residents	Romanians	Hungary	German	Other
1880	2109	2048	23	36	2
1910	2399	2290	65	17th	27
1930	2215	2179	29	6th	1
1977	1656	1593	4th	-	59
2002	1323	1275	7th	2	39

Web links

• ghidulprimariilor.ro , Curtea Citizens Registration Office
• cjtimis.ro , Curtea on the Timiș County Council website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
2. ↑ mitropolia-banatului.ro , The wooden churches of the Banat
3. ↑ 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