Vălișoara (Hunedoara)

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Vălișoara
Kőfalu
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Vălișoara (Hunedoara) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Hunedoara
Coordinates : 46 ° 3 '  N , 22 ° 50'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 2 '44 "  N , 22 ° 49' 59"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 381  m
Area : 34.04  km²
Residents : 1,197 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 35 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 337520
Telephone code : (+40) 02 54
License plate : HD
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Vălișoara, Dealu Mare , Săliștioara , Stoieneasa
Mayor : Mircea-Ioan Rovinar ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 194
loc. Vălișoara, jud. Hunedoara, RO-337520
Website :

Vălișoara [ ˈvɘliʃoara ] ( Hungarian Kőfalu or Valisora ) is a municipality in the Hunedoara district in Transylvania , Romania .

Geographical location

Location of Vălișoara in Hunedoara County

The municipality of Vălișoara is located on the Fornădia brook - a right tributary of the Căian - in western Transylvania in the Transylvanian Ore Mountains . Located on the European route 79 and the now disused railway line Deva – Brad , the place is about 15 kilometers south of the small town of Brad ( Tannenhof ); the district capital Deva ( Diemrich ) is located 22 kilometers south of Vălișoara.

history

The place Vălișoara was first mentioned in a document in 1499 or 1506 (according to different information).

However, settlement in the region goes back to the Early Bronze Age . On the area of ​​the incorporated village Dealu Mare - called Ruşti by the locals - archaeological finds were made in 1998 that point to the Early Bronze Age.

The main occupations of the population are forestry, animal husbandry and mining, which has declined sharply in recent years.

population

At the census of 1850 there were 1781 people in the area that is today the municipality. 1777 of them were Romanians and four were Germans . The highest number of inhabitants (2630) - at the same time that of the Romanians (2623) - was reached in 1920, that of Hungarians (29) in 1900 and that of Germans (20) in 1880. In the 1930 survey, three Roma were also registered. In 2002 there were 1380 Romanians and eight Hungarians in the municipality of Vălișoara.

Attractions

  • The monument (next to the town hall of the municipality) in honor of the revolutionary heroes from 1848 , erected in 1934, is a listed building.
  • The wooden church Sfântul Nicolae of the incorporated village Săliştioara ( Seligsdorf ), built in 1830, is not a listed building.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
  2. ^ Dictionary of the localities in Transylvania
  3. ^ Website of the community, accessed on January 15, 2011
  4. Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
  5. a b Amarildo Szekely: About the municipality of Vălișoara on "Servus Hunedoara" August 14, 2007, accessed on January 15, 2011 ( Memento from April 16, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (Romanian)
  6. Information on archaeological finds in Dealu Mare at cimec.ro, accessed on January 8, 2013
  7. Census, last updated November 2, 2008, p. 165 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.1 MB)
  8. List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
  9. Information about the church at www.cimec.ro, accessed on January 15, 2011