General Berthelot

General Berthelot Unter-Wolfsdorf Alsófarkadin
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Transylvania
Circle :	Hunedoara
Coordinates :	45 ° 37 '  N , 22 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 36 '48 "  N , 22 ° 53' 13"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	368  m
Area :	30.74  km²
Residents :	896 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	29 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	337235
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 54
License plate :	HD
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	General Berthelot, Crăguiş , Fărcădin , Livezi , Tuştea
Mayor :	Marina Huzoni ( PNL )
Postal address :	Str. Principală, no. 30 loc. General Berthelot, jud. Hunedoara, RO-337235
Website :	primariaberthelot.ro

General Berthelot (outdated Unirea ; German  Unter-Wolfsdorf , Hungarian Alsófarkadin ) is a municipality in the Hunedoara district in Transylvania , Romania .

The place is also known under the Romanian name Fărcădinul de Jos and the Hungarian Patakfarkadin .

Geographical location

Location of General Berthelot in Hunedoara County

The municipality of General Berthelot is located in the Hatzeger Land ( Țara Hațegului ), north of the Retezat Mountains . In the southern half of the Hunedoara district, on the Galbena - a tributary of the Râul Mare - and the district road ( drum județean ) DJ 687C, the place is about 4 kilometers west of the small town of Hațeg ( Hatzeg ); the district capital Deva ( Diemrich ) is about 46 kilometers north of General Berthelot.

history

The place known today as General Berthelot was first mentioned in 1369. Earlier names of the place were Farkadin , Alsofarkadyn , Ferkedynugyinzsosz , Also-Farkadin ( Roman . Fărcădinul de Jos ) u. a .; the place was called 1854-1922 Romanian Fărcădinul de Jos . On July 4, 1922, the town was named in honor of the French General Henri Mathias Berthelot in General Berthelot renamed. In 1965 it was given the name Unirea (= "Union"). In 2001, the 70th year of the General's death, Unirea was renamed General Berthelot again after a referendum by the community.

population

Entrance sign

Nopcsa villa

At the 1850 census, 1,348 people lived in the area of ​​today's municipality. 1238 of them were Romanians , 68 Hungarians , three Germans and 39 others (including 22 Roma ). The highest population (1752) - at the same time that of Hungarians (139) - was reached in 1910. The highest number of Romanians (1592) was counted in 1930, that of Germans (19) in 1890 and that of Roma (46) in 1930. In addition, two residents referred to themselves as Slovaks in 1880, in 1890, in 1992 and in 2002 one each . In 2002 the General Berthelot community counted 1,020 people, of which 998 were Romanians, three Hungarians, 18 Roma and one Slovak.

Attractions

• The Nopcsa villa was the residence of the small noble family of the same name. Following a tradition which should here bailiff fatia Neagra lived. The villa and 60 hectares of land were given to General Berthelot in 1922 (at the same time as he was awarded the Order of Honorary Citizen of Romania ).

Town twinning

• Nervieux , in the canton of Feurs in France , since September 11, 2004.

Web links

Commons : General Berthelot  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• General Berthelot at ghidulprimariilor.ro

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
2. ^ Dictionary of the localities in Transylvania
3. ↑ ^{a b} Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
4. ↑ Glenn Torrey "Henri Mathias Berthelot: French soldier, defender of Romania" on kogainonfilms.com (English)
5. ↑ ^{a b} Information on the referendum, accessed on December 17, 2010 (PDF; 1.1 MB) signed by Adrian Năstase
6. ↑ Census, last updated November 2, 2008, p. 94 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.1 MB)
7. ↑ Partnership document in the municipality's web presentation, accessed on December 15, 2010 ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Romanian, French; PDF; 665 kB)