Sârbi (Hunedoara)

Sârbi
Raitzen
Szirb / Tótfalu

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Basic data

State :

Romania

Circle :

Ilia

Coordinates :

45 ° 58 ' N , 22 ° 42' E Coordinates: 45 ° 57 '40 " N , 22 ° 42' 19" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

195 m

Residents :

496 (2002)

Postal code :

337278

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 54

License plate :

HD

Structure and administration

Community type :

Village

Sârbi or Sîrbi (outdated Sărbu-Valea Lungă ; German Raitzen , Hungarian Szirb or Tótfalu ) is a village in the Hunedoara district in Transylvania , Romania . It is part of the municipality of Ilia .

location

Sârbi, in the Josephine land survey from 1769 to 1773.

The village is located at an altitude of about 195 meters above sea level on the south side of the Apuseni Mountains .

history

Sârbi was first mentioned in 1484. The name of the village Sârbi is synonymous with the Romanian name for the Serbs .

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	423	407	-	-	16
1910	1.003	938	22nd	10	33
1966	714	712	2	-	-
2002	496	488	?	?	?

Since the official survey of 1850, Sârbi has had its highest population in 1910. The highest population of Romanians (947) was registered in 1941, that of Germans, Hungarians and Roma (32) in 1910. Furthermore, in 1900 and 1930, one resident referred to himself as a Serb .