Pianu

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Pianu
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Pianu (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Alba
Coordinates : 45 ° 54 '  N , 23 ° 29'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 53 '46 "  N , 23 ° 28' 55"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 319  m
Area : 115.00  km²
Residents : 3,082 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 27 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 517535
Telephone code : (+40) 02 58
License plate : FROM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Pianu de Sus , Pianu de Jos , Plaiuri , Purcăreți , Strungari
Mayor : Marian Ioan Petruse ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 94
loc. Pianu, jud. Alba, RO-517535
Website :

Pianu is a Romanian municipality in the Alba County in Transylvania . Parish seat is Pianu de Sus ( Romanian Pien ).

Geographical location

Location of the Pianu municipality in the Alba district

The municipality of Pianu is located on the river Pianu of the same name - a left tributary of the Mureș (Mieresch) - in the Transylvanian Unterwald , north of the Mühlbacher Mountains ( Munții Șureanu ) . On the county road (Drum județean) DJ 104A, the community seat is 14 kilometers southwest of Sebeş (Mühlbach) ; the district capital Alba Iulia (Karlsburg) is located about 29 kilometers northeast.

history

Archaeological finds in the area of ​​the municipality attest to settlements from the Early Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age . Finds in the area of ​​the municipality are associated with the Roman era . Gold has been panned in the Pianu River since the Middle Ages . At the beginning of the 19th century up to 600 gold washers were active.

The place Pianu de Sus was first mentioned in 1454 under the name Blechis pen (1733 under Olah Pian ).

population

The population of the entire municipality developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 3,634 3,076 8th 361 189
1900 4,080 3,669 8th 397 6th
1941 4,269 3.814 - 455 -
1977 4.123 3,659 2 369 93
1992 3,552 3,506 2 44 -
2002 3,390 3,337 6th 30th 17th
2011 3,082 2,995 3 8th 76

The highest population (4,312) of today's municipality and at the same time that of the Romanians (3863) was determined in 1930, that of the Germans (in the incorporated village of Pianu de Jos , 453) in 1941, the Hungarians in 2002 and that of the Roma in 1850.

Attractions

  • The wooden church Cuvioasa Paraschiva , built in 1780 in place of one that was dismantled in 1761, in the parish of Pianu de Sus is a listed building.
  • The Romanian Orthodox Churches Naşterea Sf. Ioan Botezătorul (built in the 19th century) and Buna Vestire (built in 1818).
  • The Protestant church in the incorporated town of Pianu de Jos ( Deutschpien ), a Romanesque basilica , built in the 13th century, rebuilt in 1798, is a listed building.

Wooden church in Pianu de Sus

  • RO AB Pianu de Sus wooden church 6.jpg
  • RO AB Pianu de Sus wooden church 21.jpg
  • RO AB Pianu de Sus wooden church 12.jpg

Web links

Commons : Pianu de Sus, Alba  - 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. ↑ a b c List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
  4. ↑ a b c Pianu ( Memento from April 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft-Verlag, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 138.
  6. ↑ Census, last updated October 30, 2008, p. 131 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.2 MB)
  7. ↑ Plan de Dezvoltare LocalA al GAL Valea Ampoiului -Valea Muresului
  8. ^ Deutschpien on Siebenbürgen.de Places