Seleuș (Arad)

Seleuș Sölösch, Selesch Csigérszőllős
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Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Screeching area
Circle :	Arad
Coordinates :	46 ° 23 '  N , 21 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 23 '3 "  N , 21 ° 42' 31"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Area :	61.02  km²
Residents :	3,044 (2011)
Population density :	50 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	317290
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 57
License plate :	AR
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Seleuș
Mayor :	Cristian Branc ( PNL )
Postal address :	Str. Principală No. 200 loc. Seleuș, jud. Arad, RO-317290
Website :	comuna-seleus.ro

Location of Seleuș in Arad County

Seleuș on the Josephine land survey

Seleuș (German: Sölösch , Selesch , Hungarian: Csigérszőllős ) is a municipality in the Arad district , in the Kreischgebiet , in western Romania .

Geographical location

Seleuș is located in the center of Arad County, on the county roads (Romanian: Drum județean) DJ 709 and DJ 792, 41.6 km from the district capital Arad , 5 km from Pâncota and 12 km from Ineu .

Neighboring places

Zărand	Șicula	Ineu
Olari		Iermata
Sântana	Pâncota	Târnova

history

The village was first mentioned in a document in 1489.

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 Szölös entered.

In 1745 the first church in the village was consecrated, which was replaced in 1870 by today's stone church. Until 1855 there was still a village called Cigherel on the area of ​​the municipality of Seleuș, which was incorporated into Seleuș in the 19th century.

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 Csigérszőllős .

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

Population development

census		Ethnicity
year	Residents	Romanians	Hungary	German	Other
1880	4124	3958	126	3	37
1910	5001	4809	179	11	2
1930	4840	4743	55	11	31
1977	3788	3763	15th	-	10
1992	3328	3308	11	2	7th
2002	3189	3152	13	2	22nd

Web links

• ghidulprimariilor.ro , Seleuș City Office
• episcopiaaradului.ro , Seleuș diocese

Individual evidence

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