Dobra (Hunedoara)

Dobra
Hunyaddobra

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Hunedoara

Coordinates :

45 ° 55 ' N , 22 ° 34' E Coordinates: 45 ° 54 '50 " N , 22 ° 34' 12" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

200 m

Area :

138.16 km²

Residents :

3,345 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

24 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

337215

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 54

License plate :

HD

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Dobra, Abucea , Bujoru , Făgețel , Lăpuşnic , Mihăieşti , Panc , Panc-Sălişte , Răduleşti , Roşcani , Stânceşti , Stânceşti-Ohaba , Stretea

Mayor :

Ovidiu-Iosif Pădurean ( PSD )

Postal address :

P-ța Victorie, no. 1
loc. Dobra, jud. Hunedoara, RO-337215

Dobra ( Hungarian Hunyaddobra ) is a municipality in the Hunedoara district in Transylvania , Romania .

The place is also known by the Hungarian names Dobra and Jófő .

Geographical location

Location of Dobra in Hunedoara County

Dobra is a municipality in southwest Transylvania, north of the Poiana-Ruscă Mountains - a mountain range of the Romanian Western Carpathians - on the stream of the same name, a left tributary of the Mureș ( Mieresch ). In the Miereschtal, in the west of the Hunedoara district, the place is located on the European route 673 and the Ilia-Lugoj railway line about 30 kilometers west of the district capital Deva ( Diemrich ).

The Romanian A1 motorway should (when finished) also run on the site of the village.

history

Dobra was first mentioned in a document in 1387 and was a Romanian district in the historic Hunyad County ( Eisenmarkt County ) in the Middle Ages . Settlement of the region goes back much further, however. In a report by D. Berciu , a settlement on the area of the place, which points to early history , was recorded. According to reports by G. Téglás , I. Marțian and M. Roska , bronze parts from the Late Bronze Age were found. Along the Mureș, on the area of today's municipality, the course of a Roman road is also recorded.

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	5.114	4,844	105	44	121
1890	5,252	4,974	141	114	23
1930	5,636	5,253	139	43	201
1977	4,588	4,514	47	4th	23
2002	3,499	3,454	24	1	20th

Since the official census of 1850, mostly Romanians have been registered in the area of today's municipality . The highest population (6,261) - at the same time that of the Romanians (5,637) and the Magyars (450) - was determined in 1910. The highest population of Roma (146) was registered in 1930 and that of Romanian Germans in 1890. Furthermore, Slovaks (highest population 61; 1900), Serbs (highest population 29; 1880) and Ukrainians (highest population 4; 1992) were also registered in almost every survey in the municipality of Dobra . At the October 31, 2011 census, 1,501 households in the municipality counted 3,242 people.

The main occupation of the population is the forestry and timber industry and work in gravel mining on the Mureș.

Attractions

The former mayor's office in Dobra, built in the 19th century, is a listed building.
The wooden churches Cuvioasa Paraschiva , in the incorporated village of Răduleşti , built in 1733; in the incorporated village of Abucea , built in the 18th century; in the incorporated village of Stânceşti , built in the 19th century, are under monument protection.
The church Cuvioasa Paraschiva , in the incorporated village of Lăpuşnic , in the 17th century and the church Buna Vestire , in the incorporated village of Roşcani , built in the 18th century, are listed monuments.