Gavojdia

Gavojdia, Găvojdia Gawoschdia Gavosdia
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Banat
Circle :	Timiș
Coordinates :	45 ° 37 '  N , 22 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 37 '1 "  N , 22 ° 1' 17"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Area :	74.94  km²
Residents :	2,995 (2013)
Population density :	40 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	307180
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 56
License plate :	TM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Gavojdia, Jena , Lugojel , Sălbăgel
Mayor :	Dănuț Toma Stoica ( PNL )
Postal address :	Str. Principală, no. 295 loc. Gavojdia, jud. Timiș, RO-307180
Website :	www.comunagavojdia.ro

Location of Gavojdia in Timiș County

Gavojdia on the Josephine land survey (1769–1772)

Gavojdia (also Găvojdia , German: Gawoschdia , Hungarian: Gavosdia ) is a municipality in Timiș County , in the Banat region , in southwest Romania . The villages of Jena , Lugojel and Sălbăgel also belong to the municipality of Gavojdia .

Geographical location

Gavojdia is located in the southeast of Timiș County, on the European route E-70 and on the Caransebeș -Lugoj-Timișoara railway , 71.6 kilometers from Timișoara and 11.6 kilometers from Lugoj and borders the Caraș-Severin County .

Neighboring places

Victor Vlad Delamarina	Maguri	Criciova
Honorici		Jdioara
Știuca	Sălbăgelu Nou	Jena

history

Gavojdia was first mentioned in a document in 1363. In 1447 Johann Hunyadi donated part of the estate to Dan and Vlad Temesely, the other part was owned by Peter and Janos Denes.

In old Hungarian documents the place appears under the name Cuvejd , between 1514 and 1516 as Gavojdioara .

On the Josephine land survey of 1717, the place Gavosdia was noted. After the Peace of Passarowitz (1718), when the Banat became a Habsburg crown domain , Gavosdia 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 Gavojdia also belongs, fell to the Kingdom of Romania .

Demographics

The population development of the municipality of Gavojdia:

census		Ethnicity
year	Residents	Romanians	Hungary	German	Other
1880	3591	3129	165	230	67
1910	4257	3637	361	186	73
1930	3681	3366	147	108	60
1977	3576	3301	29	24	222
2002	3169	2752	42	17th	358

Web links

• cjtimis.ro , Gavojdia on the Timiș County Council website
• ghidulprimariilor.ro , Gavojdia Citizens' Office
• banaterra.eu , Gavojdia

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