Târnova (Caraș-Severin)

Târnova Tirnowa Tornó
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Banat
Circle :	Caraș-Severin
Coordinates :	45 ° 21 '  N , 22 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 20 '33 "  N , 22 ° 0' 21"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Area :	49.66  km²
Residents :	1,870 (2014)
Population density :	38 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	327385
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 55
License plate :	CS
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Târnova, Bratova
Mayor :	Fara Petru ( PSD )
Postal address :	Str. Principală, no. 377 loc. Târnova, jud. Caraș-Severin, RO-327385

Location of Târnova in Caraş-Severin County

Târnova (German: Tirnowa , Hungarian: Tornó ) is a municipality in the Caraș-Severin County , Banat , Romania . The village of Bratova also belongs to the municipality of Târnova .

Geographical location

Târnova is located in the north of the Caraș-Severin County, on the DJ582A county road, 9 km from Reșița .

Neighboring places

Soceni	Valeadeni	Apadia
Bratova		Poiana
Reșița	Secu	Lindenfeld

history

The town of Tornowo was first mentioned in the historical documents in 1428 when King Sigismund stopped here for a few days. In 1495 the Bizerea family owned the estate. In 1495 the name Thernova , 1500 Ternova and 1717 Tirnova appear in the contemporary documents. From 1552 to 1658 the village belonged to the Lugoscher and Caransebescher Banat .

On the Josephine land survey of 1717 the place Tirnova is registered with 76 houses. From 1769 the village was part of the Banat military border . In 1885 Tirnova came into the possession of the Austro-Hungarian State Railway Company (StEG) . Iron ore, manganese and quartz were mined in Tirnova and processed in the Reșița blast furnaces .

The Treaty of Trianon on June 4, 1920 resulted in the Banat being divided into three parts , whereby Târnova fell to the Kingdom of Romania . In the interwar period, Târnova belonged to the Reșița chair district.

Population development

census		Ethnicity
year	Residents	Romanians	Hungary	German	Other
1880	2737	2716	-	20th	1
1910	3549	3417	22nd	14th	96
1930	3603	3484	-	5	114
1977	2736	2670	-	-	66
2002	1908	1895	1	2	10

Web links

• tirnova-cs.ro , Târnova town hall
• ghidulprimariilor.ro , Târnova on the Caraș-Severin County Council website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
2. ↑ ^{a b c} tirnova-cs.ro , The municipality of Târnova
3. ↑ kia.hu (PDF; 858 kB), E. Varga: Statistics of the number of inhabitants by ethnicity in the Caraș-Severin district according to censuses from 1880 - 2002