Ilișești

Ilișești
Illischestie

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Bucovina

Circle :

Suceava

Coordinates :

47 ° 37 ' N , 26 ° 3' E Coordinates: 47 ° 36 '31 " N , 26 ° 3' 2" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

398 m

Area :

33.2 km²

Residents :

4,228 (1930)

Population density :

127 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

727130

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 30

License plate :

SV

Structure and administration

Community type :

Village

Ilişeşti ( German Illischestie ) is a community consisting of the two villages Braşca and Ilişeşti in the Romanian Suceava district in the Bukowina region with the district capital Suceava . Until 2004, the municipality was called Ciprian Porumbescu , which also included the villages of Bălăceana and Ciprian Porumbescu. In 2004, however, these were split off and have since formed a separate community.

history

As part of the Josephine colonization , 12 German families were settled in Ilişeşti in the 1780s, which led to the formation of a German- speaking island with a Palatinate dialect .

After the Second World War , a significant part of the German population emigrated to Germany.

Ethnic and religious affiliation

According to the census carried out in 1930, the village population consisted of 4,228 people, of which 2030 Romanians (48.01%), 2001 Germans (47.32%), 130 Jews (3.07%), 44 Roma , 7 Armenians , 7 Czechs and Slovaks , 4 Ruthenians , 3 Poles , one Russian and one other.

Ethnicity (1930)	number	Percentage
Romanians	2030	48.01%
German	2001	47.32%
Jews	130	3.07%
Sinti and Roma	44	1.04%
Armenians	7th	0.17%
Czechs and Slovaks	7th	0.17%
Ruthenians	4th	0.09%
Poland	3	0.07%
Russians	1	0.02%
Others	1	0.02%

According to the 1930 census, the population was divided by religious affiliation as follows: 2066 Romanian Orthodox (48.86%), 1868 Evangelical Lutheran (44.18%), 151 Catholics (3.57%), 131 Jews ( 3.09%), 7 Armenian Christians , 4 Seventh-day Adventists and 1 Greek Orthodox .

Religion (1930)	number	Percentage
Romanian Orthodox	2066	48.86%
Evangelical Lutheran	1868	44.18%
Catholics	151	3,578%
Jews	131	3.098%
Armenian Christians	7th	0.17%
Seventh-day Adventists	4th	0.09%
Greek Orthodox	1	0.02%

According to the 2002 census, 2693 people lived in the village. According to the 2011 census, the population rose to 2,761. Most of the population were Romanians (97.54%). Ethnicity was unknown for 1.85% of the population. Most of the residents were Orthodox Christians (85.19%), but there were also religious minorities such as followers of the Pentecostal movement (7.71%) and the Seventh-day Adventists (3.37%). In 2011, 2.1% of the population did not know their denomination.

photos

Former monastery church Illischestie (1714)
School in Illischestie
Former Evangelical-Lutheran, now Romanian-Orthodox Church "Mariä Himmelfahrt" in Illischestie (1901)