Pestișu Mic

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Pestișu Mic
Felsőpestes
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Pestișu Mic (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Hunedoara
Coordinates : 45 ° 48 '  N , 22 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 47 '53 "  N , 22 ° 53' 9"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 259  m
Area : 5,127  km²
Residents : 1,207 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 0 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 337335
Telephone code : (+40) 02 54
License plate : HD
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Pestișu Mic, Almașu Mic , Ciulpăz , Cutin , Dumbrava , Josani , Mănerău , Nandru , Valea Nandrului
Mayor : Leorean-Casian Voina ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 64
loc. Pestișu Mic, jud. Hunedoara, RO-337335
Website :

Pestişu Mic or Peştişu Mic ([ ˈpestiʃu mic ] obsolete Peştişul de Sus; Hungarian Felsőpestes or Felpestes ) is a community in Hunedoara County , in Transylvania , Romania .

Geographical location

Location of Pestișu Mic in Hunedoara County

Located in the southwestern part of the historical region of Transylvania, the municipality is located in the center of the Hunedoara district. On an area of ​​about 5100 hectares, the nine incorporated villages and scattered settlements are between 2 and 10 kilometers from the community center. On the Peştiş brook - a left tributary of the Cerna - and on the county road ( drum județean ) DJ 708E, Pestişu Mic is three kilometers west of the city of Hunedoara ; the district capital Deva ( Diemrich ) is located 15 kilometers north of Pestișu Mic.

history

The place, Hungarian in the Middle Ages - today Pestișu Mic - was first mentioned in a document in 1330. Three Romanian settlements belonged to the Hungarian noble family - the descendants of the Hermáns - of the place in the 14th century. However, according to reports by JM Ackner , settlement in the region dates back to Roman times . Remains of buildings from Roman times were found on the site of the village in 1856. Archaeological finds that point to early history were made here in Pestișu Mic , according to C. Gooss, Grigore Tocilescu and M. Roska.

On a hill in the incorporated village of Josani ( Susendorf ) - to the right of the Petac stream - archaeological finds and a settlement dating back to the Neolithic period were made.

Demographics

At the 1850 census, 2356 people lived in the area of ​​today's municipality. 2259 of them were Romanians , 37 Hungarians and 48 Roma . The highest population (2509) - at the same time that of Romanians (2428) and Hungarians (59) - was reached in 1910. The highest number of Germans (21) was determined in 1880 and that of Roma in 1850. In 2002 there were 1290 people in the community, of which 1261 were Romanians, twelve were Magyars, eleven were Roma, four described themselves as Germans and two as Greeks .

Attractions

  • There are no noteworthy sights on the area of ​​the municipality.

In Pestișu Mic there is a reformed church and some neglected mansions, in Valea Nandrului ( Weißendorf ) a Romanian Orthodox church . The crumbled wooden church Sf. Nicolae , built in Almașu Mic (ung. Keresztényalmás ) in the 18th century , is still listed in the list of historical monuments in Romania.

Web links

Commons : Pestișu Mic  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
  2. ↑ a b c Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft-Verlag, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
  3. ^ Dictionary of the localities in Transylvania
  4. ^ Institute of Archeology - Pestișu Mic, accessed June 25, 2013 (Romanian)
  5. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - Josani, accessed June 25, 2013 (Romanian)
  6. ↑ Census 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008, p. 120 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.1 MB)
  7. ↑ 2002 census from edrc.ro accessed on December 12, 2015
  8. ↑ List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)