Lopadea Noua

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Lopadea Nouă
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village Magyarlapád
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Lopadea Nouă (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Alba
Coordinates : 46 ° 17 '  N , 23 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 17 '23 "  N , 23 ° 49' 8"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 298  m
Area : 70.76  km²
Residents : 2,759 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 39 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 517395
Telephone code : (+40) 02 58
License plate : FROM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Lopadea Nouă, Asinip , Băgău , Beța , Cicârd , Ciuguzel , Ocnișoara , Odverem
Mayor : Marian-Cătălin Indreiu ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 283
loc. Lopadea Nouă, jud.Alba, RO-517395
Website :

Lopadea Nouă (outdated Lopadea Ungurească ; German  Schaufeldorf , Hungarian Magyarlapád or Lapád ) is a Romanian municipality in the Alba district in Transylvania .

Geographical location

Location of Lopadea Nouă commune in Alba county

Lopadea Nouă is located in the northeast of the Alba district, on the Hopârta River - a tributary of the Mureș - in western Transylvania. On the county road (Drum județean) DJ 107E, the place is 8 kilometers east of Aiud (Strasbourg am Mieresch) ; the district capital Alba Iulia (Karlsburg) is located about 35 kilometers southwest.

history

There are numerous archaeological sites on the territory of the municipality, which indicate a settlement since the Neolithic Age . To the south of the place - called Gorgan by the locals - necropolis and remains of dwellings from the Migration Period and remains of dwellings from the Hallstatt and Bronze Ages were found.

The place was mentioned for the first time (according to different sources) in 1177 or 1202 under the name Villa Lapád .

The main occupations of the population are agriculture, livestock and fruit growing.

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 3,859 2,466 1,245 - 148
1900 4,442 2,670 1,739 13 -
1956 5,378 3.234 2,082 - 62
2002 3,001 1,395 1,599 1 6th
2011 2,759 1,269 1,431 2 57

The highest number of inhabitants of today's municipality - also that of the Romanians and that of the Hungarians - was determined in 1956; those of the Germans in 1900, all in the incorporated village of Asinip ( Frauenberg ), those of the Roma (140) in 1850. In the census of 1880, one Ukrainian and three Slovaks and in 1890 again three Slovaks were registered.

Attractions

  • The Reformed Church from the 15th century. The tower was built in 1864 and is a listed building.
  • The wooden church Sf. Theodor Tiron in Băgău ( Bogun ), built in 1733, rebuilt in 1847, is a listed building.
  • The salt field near Ocnișoara ( mine village ).
  • The Ponor near the incorporated village of Băgău.

Web links

Commons : Lopadea Nouă  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
  3. ^ Dictionary of the localities in Transylvania
  4. ↑ a b c List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
  5. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft-Verlag, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
  6. ↑ Lopadea Nouă ( Memento of April 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Census, last updated October 30, 2008, p. 105 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.2 MB)