Pilu

Pilu Pell Nagypél
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Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Screeching area
Circle :	Arad
Coordinates :	46 ° 35 '  N , 21 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 34 '31 "  N , 21 ° 20' 39"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Area :	71.77  km²
Residents :	2,060 (2011)
Population density :	29 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	317255
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 57
License plate :	AR
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Pilu and Vărșand
Mayor :	Drăgan Dan Lucian ( PNL )
Postal address :	Str. Principală, no. 69 loc. Pilu, jud. Arad, RO-317255
Website :	www.comunapilu.ro

Location of Pilu in Arad County

Pilu on the Josephine land survey

Pilu (German: Pell , Hungarian: Nagypél ) is a municipality in the Arad district , in the Kreischgebiet , in western Romania . The village of Vărşand also belongs to the municipality of Pilu .

Geographical location

Pilu is located in the northwest of the Arad County, on the border with Hungary , 20 km from Chișineu-Criș and 60 km from the capital of Arad . Pilu is on the 79A national road that leads to the Vărșand - Gyula border crossing .

Neighboring places

Gyula	Vărșand	Zerind
Csabaszabadi		Mișca
Grăniceri	Șiclău	Socodor

history

The first written mention of Pyl comes from 1283.

After the Peace of Karlowitz (1699), Arad and the Maroscher Land came under Austrian rule , while the Banat south of the Marosch remained under Turkish rule until the Peace of Passarowitz (1718) . On the Josephine land survey is Pell added.

As a result of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise (1867), the Arad region, like the whole of Banat and Transylvania, was annexed to the Kingdom of Hungary within the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy . The official place name was Nagypél .

The Treaty of Trianon on June 4, 1920 resulted in the regulation of the borders , whereby Pilu fell to the Kingdom of Romania .

Population development

census		Ethnicity
year	Residents	Romanians	Hungary	German	Other
1880	3747	2909	757	31	50
1910	4734	3779	846	98	11
1930	4572	3870	629	33	40
1977	2417	2051	272	6th	88
1992	1861	1622	173	2	64
2002	1976	1660	148	2	166

Web links

• ghidulprimariilor.ro , Pilu Citizens Office
• virtualarad.net , Pilu on VirtualArad

Individual evidence

1. ↑ citypopulation.de , census October 20, 2011
2. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
3. ↑ comunapilu.ro , Pilu municipality
4. ↑ kia.hu , E. Varga: Statistics of the population by ethnic group in the Arad district according to censuses from 1880 - 2002