Pogăceaua

Pogăceaua Mezőpagocsa
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Transylvania
Circle :	Mureș
Coordinates :	46 ° 41 ′  N , 24 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 40 ′ 32 "  N , 24 ° 18 ′ 37"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	355  m
Area :	37.97  km²
Residents :	2,117 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	56 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	547465
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 65
License plate :	MS
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Pogăceaua, Bologaia , Ciulea , Deleni , Fântâna Babii , Pârâu Crucii , Scurta , Sicele , Valea Sânpetrului , Văleni
Mayor :	Viorel Șuteu ( PNL )
Postal address :	Str. Primăriei nr. 152 loc. Pogăceaua, jud. Mureș, RO-547465
Website :	www.pogaceaua.ro

Pogăceaua [ pogəˈt͡ʃeaua ] ( Hungarian Mezőpagocsa or Pagocsa ) is a municipality in the Mureș County , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Pogăceaua in Mureș County

The municipality of Pogăceaua is located in the Transylvanian Heath (Câmpia Transilvaniei) - part of the Transylvanian Basin - in the west of the Mureș County. On the upper reaches of the Bologa and the district road (drum județean) DJ 152B, the place Pogăceaua is about 36 kilometers northwest of the district capital Târgu Mureș (Neumarkt am Mieresch) .

The incorporated villages and hamlets of the community are located one to six kilometers from the community center. Of the approximately 3800 hectares of the municipal area, about 2500 hectares are arable land and 30 hectares are orchards and vineyards .

history

The place Pogăceaua was first mentioned in 1345 and was a Romanian Knesendorf in the Middle Ages .

Settlement of the municipal area is dated in the area of ​​the incorporated village Deleni (Hungarian Ökröstó ) in the Bronze Age and near Văleni , on the mountain called Dealul Belvány by the locals , in the Neolithic and in Pădurea Rotundă in the Copper Age.

In the Kingdom of Hungary , the place belonged to the Maros Felső ("Ober-Maros") district in the Maros-Torda County, then to the historical Mureș County and, from 1950, to today's Mureș County.

A narrow-gauge railway once ran on the area of ​​the municipality between Târgu Mureș via Band (Bandorf) to Șăulia (Hungarian Mezősályi ).

population

The population of the municipality of Pogăceaua developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	1,470	1,208	117	1	144
1941	2,843	2,536	231	3	73
1966	3.128	2,861	153	-	114
2002	1,983	1,765	26th	-	192
2011	2.117	1,740	27	-	350

Since 1850, the highest number of inhabitants and that of Romanians in 1966 have been registered in the area of ​​today's municipality. The highest number of Magyars (321) was recorded in 1910, Roma (320) in 2011 and that of Romanian Germans in 1941.

Attractions

Apart from the reservoir ( ⊙ ) southwest of the incorporated village of Văleni, there are no noteworthy sights in the municipality of Pogăceaua.

Web links

• The municipality of Pogăceaua at ghidulprimariilor.ro

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
2. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
3. ↑ Information on Văleni from Repertoriul Arheologic Național (RAN), accessed on January 9, 2019 (Romanian)
4. ↑ Information on the municipality of Pogăceaua from primariapogaceaua.ro accessed on January 9, 2019 (Romanian)
5. ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian)
6. ↑ View of the lake at Văleni