Sohodol (Alba)

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Sohodol
Aranyosszohodol
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Sohodol (Alba) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Alba
Coordinates : 46 ° 20 '  N , 23 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 20 '14 "  N , 23 ° 0' 37"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 620  m
Area : 65  km²
Residents : 1,729 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 27 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 517700
Telephone code : (+40) 02 58
License plate : FROM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Sohodol, Băzeşti , Bilăneşti , Bobăreşti , Brădeana , Burzoneşti , Deonceşti , Dilimani , Furduieşti , Gura Sohodol , Hoancă , Joldişeşti , Lazuri , Leheşti , Lumineşti , Medreşti , Moraresti , Muneşti , Năpăieşti , Nelegeşti , Nicoreşti , Peleş , Poiana , Robeşti , Sebişeşti , Sicoieşti , Șimoceşti , Surdeşti , Țoci , Valea Verde , Vlădoşeşti
Mayor : Sorin-Constantin Corcheș ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 1
loc. Sohodol, jud. Alba, RO-517700
Website :

Sohodol ( Aranyosszohodol in Hungarian ) is a Romanian municipality in the Alba district in Transylvania .

Geographical location

Location of Sohodol Municipality in Alba County

The municipality of Sohodol with its 31 villages and hamlets is located in the southwest of the Motzenland , between the foothills of the Bihor Mountains (Munții Bihorului) and the Transylvanian Ore Mountains (Munții Metaliferi) . On the Sohodol river of the same name - a right tributary of the Arieș - the town of Sohodol is located on the district road (Drum județean) DJ 750A, 5 kilometers southwest of Câmpeni (Topesdorf) ; the district capital Alba Iulia (Karlsburg) is about 86 kilometers southeast.

history

In the area of ​​the municipality - at the caves Lucia Mare and Lucia Mică - finds were made according to Márton Roska, József Hampel (1898) and Károly Herepey, which point to the Early Bronze Age and the Paleolithic .

The place Sohodol was first mentioned in 1805 under the Hungarian name Szohodol .

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 3,281 3,270 - - 11
1900 4,642 4,608 21st 2 11
1930 4,793 4,784 3 - 6th
1966 3,396 3,348 1 - 47
2002 2,085 2,066 - - 19th

The highest population of today's municipality - and at the same time that of the Romanians - was determined in 1930. The highest population of Germans (6) was registered in 1880, Hungarians (35) in 1910 and Roma in 1966. In addition, in 2002 a resident identified himself as a Ukrainian .

Attractions

  • In the vicinity of the municipality there are numerous tourist destinations in the Bihor and Transylvanian Ore Mountains.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
  3. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Sohodol, accessed June 13, 2010 (Romanian)
  4. ↑ Sohodol at www.sate-comune.ro, accessed on June 13, 2010 ( Memento from April 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Census, last updated October 30, 2008, p. 163 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.2 MB)