Ucea

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Ucea
Coat of arms of Ucea
Ucea (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Brașov
Coordinates : 45 ° 47 '  N , 24 ° 40'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 47 '15 "  N , 24 ° 40' 8"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 429  m
Area : 104.98  km²
Residents : 2,195 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 21 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 507235
Telephone code : (+40) 02 68
License plate : BV
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Corbi , Feldioara , Ucea de Jos , Ucea de Sus
Mayor : Mariam-Valentin Băcilă ( PNL )
Postal address : Loc. Ucea de Jos, no. 78
jud. Brașov, RO-507235
Website :

Ucea is a municipality in Brașov County , in Transylvania , Romania . Community seat is the place Ucea de Jos ( German  Gasendorf ).

The place Ucea de Jos is also known under the German name Unter-Utscha and the Hungarian A. Utsa .

Geographical location

Location of Ucea in Brașov County

The municipality of Ucea is located south of the Transylvanian Basin in the northern foothills of the Fagaras Mountains (Munții Făgăraș) in the west of the Brașov district. On the stream of the same name, a left tributary of the Olt (Alt) and on the Avrig – Făgăraş railway line , the municipality is located, from the transverse European route 68 , eight kilometers north of the small town of Victoria (Victoria City) . The district capital Brașov (Kronstadt) is located about 92 kilometers east of Ucea de Jos.

history

The settlement of the municipality goes back at least to Roman times , as has been proven by the excavations of the Feldioara fort , around 500 m south of the village of Feldioara , on the right bank of the Olt. The place Ucea de Jos was first mentioned in a document in 1223 or 1307, according to different sources. In the Kingdom of Hungary , today's municipality belonged to the Alsóárpás chair district in Fagaras County , then to the historical Făgăraș district and, from 1950, to today's Brașov district.

Around two thirds of the community area is cultivated today, one third is forested. Almost all of the approx. 970 properties in the community are connected to the water supply network. There are no sewers.

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 3,236 3,140 1 20th 75
1956 3,026 2,889 5 10 122
2002 2.115 2,041 3 1 70
2011 2,195 2,074 2 (?) 2 (?) 117 (34 Roma)

Since the official survey of 1850, the highest number of inhabitants (3438) and at the same time that of the Romanians (3258) and that of the Romanian Germans (52) in 1900 were determined in the area of ​​today's municipality. The highest number of Magyars (132) was registered in 1910 and that of Roma (300) was registered in 2002.

The main occupation of the population is livestock and agriculture.

Attractions

  • The Feldioara fort on the area of ​​the incorporated village of Feldioara - called Cetățea by the locals - are the remains of a Roman fort. These are under monument protection.

Web links

Commons : Ucea  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ a b Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
  3. ^ Provincial news from the Kaiserl. Royal States and Hereditary Countries , first volume of the Provinzialnachrichten 1784, p. 371
  4. ↑ Information in the map project of the Josephinische Landesaufnahme
  5. ↑ a b Information on the website of the municipality ( memento of the original from October 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 22, 2016 (Romanian). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.primariaucea.ro
  6. ↑ Census, last updated November 1, 2008 (Hungarian; PDF; 525 kB)
  7. ↑ Nicolae Gudea, II Pop: CASTRUL ROMAN DE LA FELDIOARA (Romanian; PDF; 2.1 MB)
  8. ↑ Nicolae Gudea : Castrul roman de la Feldioara; The Roman fort of Feldioara . Mega, Cluj-Napoca 2008, ISBN 978-973-1868-21-9 .
  9. ↑ Information on the Roman fort of Feldioara from cimec.ro accessed on October 23, 2016 (Romanian)