Pleșcuța (Arad)

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Pleșcuța
Peleskefalva
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Pleșcuța (Arad) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Screeching area
Circle : Arad
Coordinates : 46 ° 18 '  N , 22 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 18 '3 "  N , 22 ° 25' 32"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Area : 78.90  km²
Residents : 1,219 (2011)
Population density : 15 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 317260
Telephone code : (+40) 02 57
License plate : AR
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Pleșcuța, Aciuța , Budești , Dumbrava , Gura Văii , Rostoci and Tălagiu
Mayor : Groza Viorel Marius ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală No. 82
loc. Pleșcuța, jud. Arad, RO-317260
Website :
Location of Pleșcuța in Arad County
Pleșcuța on the Josephine land survey

Pleșcuța (Hungarian: Peleskefalva ) is a municipality in Arad County , in the Kreischgebiet , in western Romania . The villages of Aciuța , Budeşti , Dumbrava , Gura Văii , Rostoci and Tălagiu also belong to the municipality of Pleșcuța .

Geographical location

Pleșcuța is located in the east of the Arad district, at the foot of the Codru-Moma Mountains in the Transylvanian Ore Mountains , 116 km from the district capital Arad .

Neighboring places

Valea Mare Zimbru , Vidra Vârfurile
Feniș Neighboring communities Bodeşti
Rostoci Dumbrava Aciuța

history

The first written mention of Pleszkuca comes from 1439.

Over the centuries, various spellings of the name made their appearance: 1439 Pleszkuca , 1525 Pleska , 1760-762 Pleskucza , 1784 Pleskutza , Pliskotza , 1800 Pleskutza , 1817 Plefzkutza , 1827 Pleskutza , 1839 Pleskucza , 1839 Pleskutza , 1850 Pleskucza , 1850 Pleskutza , Pleskutza 1857 Pleskutza , Plăşcuţa , 1863 Pleskucza , 1873, 1877 Pleskuca , 1882 Pleskuca , Pleskucza , Plescutia , 1891, 1893, 1900 Pleskucza , 1909 Pleşcuţa , Pleskucza , 1910, 1913 Peleskefalva , 1921 Pleşcuţa , Peleskefalva , 1925, 1932, 1956 Pleşcuţa .

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 Pleskutza entered. 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 Pleskucza . The Treaty of Trianon on June 4, 1920 resulted in border regulation, whereby Pleșcuța fell to the Kingdom of Romania .

There are six quarries for the extraction of andesite on the area of ​​the municipality of Pleșcuța . Most of the residents work in the quarries in the area.

Population development

census Ethnicity
year Residents Romanians Hungary German Other
1880 2930 2871 23 1 35
1910 3659 3558 92 1 8th
1930 3348 3312 16 1 19th
1977 2374 2373 1 - -
1992 1796 1792 2 - 2
2002 1498 1496 - - 59

Web links

Commons : Pleșcuța  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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