Sânmihaiu Român

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Sânmihaiu Român
Romanian-Sankt-Michael
Oláh-Szentmihály, Béga-Szentmihály
Coat of arms of Sânmihaiu Român
Sânmihaiu Român (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Banat
Circle : Timiș
Coordinates : 45 ° 42 '  N , 21 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 42 '28 "  N , 21 ° 5' 24"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Area : 7,526  km²
Residents : 6,121 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 1 inhabitant per km²
Postal code : 307380
Telephone code : (+40) 02 56
License plate : TM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Sânmihaiu Român, Sânmihaiu German , Utvin
Mayor : Viorel Marcuți ( PSD )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 1,
loc. Sânmihaiu Român, jud. Timiș, RO-307380
Website :
Location of Sânmihaiu Român in Timiș County
Sânmihaiu Român on the Josephine land survey (1769–1772)

Sanmihaiu Roman also Sînmihaiu Român [ sɨnmi'haiu ro'mɨn ] ( German  Romanian-Saint Michael or Romanian Saint Michael , Hungarian Oláh-Szentmihály , Oláhszentmihály or Bega Szentmihály , Bégaszentmihály ) is a commune in Timiş County , in the region Banat , southwest Romania . The villages Sânmihaiu German ( Deutsch-Sankt-Michael , Deutschsanktmichael ) and Utvin are affiliated to the community.

location

Sânmihaiu Român is located in the center of Timiș County, 13.2 kilometers from the county capital Timișoara ( Timişoara ) and has an area of ​​88.5 square kilometers. The associated villages of Utvin and Sânmihaiu German are 3.2 kilometers and 4.9 kilometers, respectively, from the town hall. Sânmihaiu Român is located on the DJ 591 county road, which connects the town with Timișoara, and on the Timișoara- Cruceni railway line .

Neighboring places

Beregsau Mare Săcălaz Freidorf
Sânmihaiu German Neighboring communities Utvin
Diniaș Peciu Nou Say

History and etymology

Sânmihaiu Român was first mentioned in 1327 in the papal tithe lists. The place "SentMihai" is recorded in Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli's records from the years 1690–1700. In the conscription of 1717 "St.Mihal" has 43 houses. On the Mercy map from 1723 "St. Mihall" is entered. "St. Michal" appears on a map from 1761. According to Morabinszky , "SânMihai" is a Wallachian village. According to Ján Vályi , "SânMihai" is located in Temes County and is owned by cameras. According to Fenyes Elek , Sînmihaiu Român is a Wallachisheas village with 12 Catholics and 2,258 Orthodox.

While it was part of the Kingdom of Hungary (1868-1919), Sânmihaiu Român was owned by the Temesch notary Bela Jeszenszky and was called "Romanszentmihaly" until 1911, then "Begaszentmihaly" until 1920. The Treaty of Trianon on June 4, 1920 resulted in the triple division of the Banat , whereby Sânmihaiu Român fell to the Kingdom of Romania .

As a result of the Waffen-SS Agreement of May 12, 1943 between the Antonescu government and Hitler's Germany , all men of German origin who were conscripted into the German army. Before the end of the war, in January 1945, all ethnic German women between the ages of 18 and 30 and men between the ages of 16 and 45 were deported to the Soviet Union for reconstruction work . The Land Reform Act of March 23, 1945 , which provided for the expropriation of German farmers in Romania, deprived the rural population of their livelihoods.

Cultural institutions

  • In Sânmihaiu Român there is a general education elementary school with eight classes in Romanian.
  • The place has a cultural center and a library.
  • Three churches shape the townscape of Sânmihaiu Român:

Demographics

census Ethnicity
year Residents Romanians Hungary German Other
1880 4337 2733 113 1455 36
1910 4726 2898 433 1317 78
1930 4578 3004 359 1185 30th
1977 4767 4002 289 404 72
2002 4389 4117 131 66 68
2011 6121 5384 150 32 555 (45 Roma )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
  3. ↑ a b e-primarii.ro , Sânmihaiu Român
  4. ↑ a b c cjtimis.ro , Sânmihaiu Român
  5. ↑ E. Varga: Statistics of the population by ethnic group in Timiș County according to censuses from 1880–2002. (PDF; 982 kB)