Livada

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Livada
Wiesenhaid
Sárköz
Livada does not have a coat of arms
Livada (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Sathmar
Circle : Satu Mare
Coordinates : 47 ° 52 '  N , 23 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 51 '46 "  N , 23 ° 6' 59"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 130  m
Area : 116.13  km²
Residents : 6,773 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 58 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 447180
Telephone code : (+40) 02 61
License plate : SM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : city
Structure : 3 districts / cadastral communities: Adrian , Dumbrava , Livada Mică
Mayor : Arthur Piricsi ( UDMR )
Postal address : Str. Oașului, no. 4
loc. Livada, jud. Satu Mare, RO-447180
Website :
Greek Catholic Church in Livada

Livada (formerly Șarchiuz ; German  Wiesenhaid , Hungarian Sárköz ) is a town in the Satu Mare district in Romania .

location

Livada is located in the north-west of Romania in a valley on the south-west edge of the Eastern Carpathians . The district capital Satu Mare is located about 20 km southwest.

history

The oldest archaeological finds in the region date from the Stone and Bronze Ages .

Livada was first mentioned in a document in 1270. The now reformed church was built in 1457. A brick factory was built in 1740, and Vecsey Castle in 1760. Until 1918 the place belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary or Austria-Hungary . After the First World War he came to Romania, from 1940 to 1944 temporarily back to Hungary as a result of the Second Vienna Arbitration .

In 2006 Livada received city status.

The main industries are agriculture and trade.

population

At the beginning of the 18th century, 84 families were registered in the village, and in a census of 1784 1572 residents. In 1880, 4,347 people lived in the area of ​​today's city, including 3,808 Hungarians , 153 Serbs , 41 Slovaks , 23 Romanians , 20 Germans and 12 Ukrainians . 2240 lived in Livada itself, the remaining 2107 in the three now incorporated villages. In 1920, 222 Jews were also registered.

At the 2002 census, Livada had 7,004 inhabitants, 5056 of them in the city itself, and in 1948 in the incorporated villages. 4221 were Hungarians, 2409 Romanians, 317 Roma , 41 Ukrainians and 13 Germans ( Sathmarer Swabians ).

traffic

Livada is on the railway line from Satu Mare to Bixad . Around six pairs of trains run here every day. The European route 58 leads through the city, which leads from Halmeu to Baia Mare ( Frauenbach ). There are regular bus connections to Satu Mare.

Attractions

  • Ukrainian Church Acoperamântul Maicii Domnului (1700)
  • Reformed Church (1457/1779)
  • Orthodox Church Aflarea Sf. Cruci (1799)
  • Vecsey baroque castle (1760)
  • Dendrological Park

Web links

Commons : Livada  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
  2. ^ Helmut Berner, Claus Stephani: Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben , Marburg: Elwert 1985, ISBN 3-7708-0814-2
  3. ^ Dictionary of localities from Transylvania
  4. ↑ Albert Anzik, Francisc Csáki: The community becomes the city of LIVADA 2006 ( Memento from February 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (Romanian; PDF; 462 kB).
  5. ↑ Livada receives the status of a city at cdep.ro on July 21, 2006, accessed on February 13, 2016 (Romanian)
  6. ^ Document of the Romanian House of Representatives of October 21, 2005, accessed on March 31, 2009 (PDF; 556 kB)
  7. ↑ 2002 census, accessed on March 31, 2009 (PDF; 648 kB)