Foeni (Timiș)

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Fény
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Foeni (Timiș) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Banat
Circle : Timiș
Coordinates : 45 ° 30 '  N , 20 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 29 '50 "  N , 20 ° 52' 34"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Area : 64.06  km²
Residents : 1,801 (2013)
Population density : 28 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 307175
Telephone code : (+40) 02 56
License plate : TM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Foeni, Cruceni
Mayor : Miomir Dobrivoi Cizmaş ( PNL )
Website :
Location of Foeni in Timiș County
Foeni on the Josephine land survey (1769–1772)
Mocioni Castle

Foeni (German: Föen , Hungarian: Fény , Serbian: Venj , Fenj ) is a municipality in Timiș County , in the Banat region , in southwest Romania . The village of Cruceni also belongs to the municipality of Foeni .

Geographical location

Foeni is located in the southwest of the Timiṣ County, on the border with Serbia , 42.1 kilometers from Timișoara and 39.9 kilometers from Deta . Foeni is located at Drum național 59B Cărpiniș –Deta.

Neighboring places

Serbia Johannisfeld Giulvăz
Serbia Neighboring communities Rudna
Serbia Cruceni Gad

history

There was a fort called Castrum Bacaucis here as early as Roman times . In the Middle Ages, a battle between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Bulgarian voivode Glad, who led the Pechenegs , Wallachians and Bulgarians , took place in Vadum Arenarum near Foeni on the Temesch .

Documented was Föen 1289 first mentioned when the Hungarian King Ladislaus III. held the Reichstag here. In the 18th century Foeni was owned by the Hungarian aristocratic Mocsonyi family and in 1400 by the Chaak family (also Ksaky / Ksaki).

On the Josephine land survey of 1717, the place Foen was registered. After the Peace of Passarowitz (1718), when the Banat became a Habsburg crown domain , Foen 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 Foeni also belongs, fell to the Kingdom of Romania . Since then, the official name of the place has been Foeni.

Demographics

The population development of the municipality of Foeni:

census Ethnicity
year Residents Romanians Hungary German Other
1880 2432 1464 439 62 467
1910 3011 1241 1205 49 516
1930 2962 1377 1096 42 447
1977 1926 1038 594 12 282
2002 1713 1274 299 2 138

Touristic attractions

  • Mocioni Castle
  • Chapel and crypt of the Mocioni family

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ prinbanat.ro , Mocioni Castle
  4. ↑ monumenteuitate.org , chapel and crypt of the Mocioni family