Pietroasa (Timiș)
Pietroasa Kőfalu |
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Basic data | ||||
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State : | Romania | |||
Historical region : | Banat | |||
Circle : | Timiș | |||
Coordinates : | 45 ° 50 ′ N , 22 ° 24 ′ E | |||
Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | |||
Area : | 156.46 km² | |||
Residents : | 1,186 (2013) | |||
Population density : | 8 inhabitants per km² | |||
Postal code : | 307320 | |||
Telephone code : | (+40) 02 56 | |||
License plate : | TM | |||
Structure and administration (as of 2016) | ||||
Community type : | local community | |||
Structure : | Pietroasa, Crivina de Sus , Fărăşeşti and Poieni | |||
Mayor : | Simoc Ioan ( PSD ) | |||
Postal address : | Str. Principala 109 loc. Pietroasa, jud. Timiș, RO-307320 |
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Pietroasa (Hungarian: Kőfalu ) is a municipality in Timiș County , in the Banat region , in southwest Romania . The Pietroasa municipality also includes the villages of Crivina de Sus , Fărăşeşti and Poieni .
Geographical location
Pietroasa is located in the east of Timiș County, at the foot of the Poiana-Ruscă Mountains , close to the border with Hunedoara County . Pietroasa is 28 kilometers from Făget and 122 from the district capital Timișoara . It is 78 kilometers from Deva , the capital of Hunedoara County. Pietroasa is located on the national roads DN 6 and DN 68 A and on the county road DJ 684.
Neighboring places
Coșava | Coșevița | Ohaba |
Curtea | Lăpugiu de Sus | |
Tomeşti | Fărăşeşti | Poieni |
history
Pietroasa was first documented in 1514-1516, when it owned by George of Brandenburg-Ansbach was and district Margina in Hunedoara county belonged. In 1597 Sigismund Báthory donated the Petroza settlement to Stefan Török. From 1612 the property belonged to the Gabriel Bethlen family .
At the time of the Josephinian land survey of 1717, the place was called Petrovaz , had 15 houses and belonged to the Făget district. After the Peace of Passarowitz (1718), when the Banat became a crown domain of the Habsburg monarchy , the place appears under the name Petrossa .
The wooden church was built in 1779 and is now a listed building. The church is built from oak beams in the shape of a boat.
As a result of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise (1867), the Banat was annexed to the Kingdom of Hungary within the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary . The official place name was Kőfalu .
The Treaty of Trianon on June 4, 1920 resulted in the Banat being divided into three parts , whereby Pietroasa fell to the Kingdom of Romania .
Demographics
The population development of the municipality of Pietroasa:
census | Ethnicity | |||||||
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year | Residents | Romanians | Hungary | German | Other | |||
1880 | 1817 | 1737 | 30th | 39 | 11 | |||
1910 | 2208 | 2083 | 65 | 16 | 44 | |||
1930 | 1942 | 1920 | 8th | 11 | 3 | |||
1977 | 1412 | 1411 | - | - | 1 | |||
2002 | 1174 | 1173 | - | - | 1 |
Web links
- cjtimis.ro , Pietroasa on the Timiș County Council website
- ghidulprimariilor.ro , Pietroasa Town Hall
- youtube.com , Pietroasa on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
- ↑ a b c d primariapietroasa.ro , Pietroasa
- ↑ kia.hu , (PDF; 982 kB) E. Varga: Statistics of the number of inhabitants by ethnic group in the Timiș district according to censuses from 1880 - 2002