Poiana Vadului

Poiana Vadului Feketevölgy
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Transylvania
Circle :	Alba
Coordinates :	46 ° 24 '  N , 22 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 23 '47 "  N , 22 ° 52' 49"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	734  m
Area :	69.05  km²
Residents :	1,139 (2011)
Population density :	16 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	517545
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 58
License plate :	FROM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Poiana Vadului, Costeşti , Duduieni , Făgetu de Jos , Făgetu de Sus , Hănăşeşti , Lupăieşti , Morcăneşti , Păşteşti , Petelei , Stăneşti
Mayor :	Beniamin Toader ( PSD )
Postal address :	Str. Principală, no. 27 loc. Poiana Vadului, jud. Alba, RO-517545
Website :	poianavadului.ro

Poiana Vadului (outdated Neagra or Neagra de Sus ; Hungarian Feketevölgy ) is a Romanian municipality in the Alba district in Transylvania .

The place Poiana Vadului is also known under the Hungarian name Nyagra .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Poiana Vadului in the Alba district

The municipality of Poiana Vadului is located in the northwest of the Alba district on the Neagra River , a right tributary of the Arieș . With its eleven villages and small hamlets , the municipality extends to the east of the Bihor Mountains . The municipality is located about 24 kilometers northwest of Câmpeni (Topesdorf) , about 65 kilometers (as the crow flies) northwest from the district capital Alba Iulia (Karlsburg) . Poiana Vadlului is surrounded by forests in the center of the Apuseni Mountains in the historic Motzenland .

history

The village as such was first officially put on record in 1909 under the name Niagra . Until 1968 the place was listed under the name Neagra .

However, the settlement has existed for a long time. According to reports by JM Ackner from 1856, chronicles by C. Goos and V. Christescu , gold was panned in the region on the Neagra River during Roman times . On the territory of the municipality, by the locals Vârful Stâna ( ung. Esztena tetö ) called, was in 1914, according to B. Orbán a hillside grave found.

The main occupations of the population are forestry, wood processing and animal husbandry.

population

In 1850 there were 1867 inhabitants in the area of ​​today's municipality; 1861 of them were Romanians and six were Roma . In 1920 the largest population - all Romanians - was registered with 3355. The highest number of Hungarians (7) was recorded in 1890 and 1900, that of Roma (6) in 1850 and 1956. The population decreased from 1920; In 2002, 1304 people (all Romanians) lived in the community.

Attractions

• The Romanian Orthodox Church , Sf. Mihail și Gavril , built in 1969.
• The municipality is the starting point for the Curcubăta-Mare peak ( 46 ° 26 ′  N , 22 ° 41 ′  E , 1849  m ) in the Bihor Mountains.

Web links

• Poiana Vadului at ghidulprimariilor.ro

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
2. ^ Dictionary of the localities in Transylvania
3. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft-Verlag, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 139
4. ↑ http://www.sate-comune.ro/descriere_comuna.php?comuna=Poiana-Vadului ( Memento from April 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Poiana Vadului
5. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Poiana Vadului, accessed April 18, 2010 (Romanian)
6. ↑ Census, last updated October 30, 2008, p. 133 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.2 MB)