Vidra (Alba)

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Vidra
Alsóvidra
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Vidra (Alba) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Alba
Coordinates : 46 ° 22 '  N , 22 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 22 '2 "  N , 22 ° 52' 57"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 640  m
Area : 61  km²
Residents : 1,691 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 28 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : RO-517825
Telephone code : (+40) 02 58
License plate : FROM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Vidra, Băi , Bobăreşti , Bogdăneşti , Bordeştii Poieni , Culdeşti , Dealu Goieşti , Dos , Dosu Luncii , Dosu Văseşti , Drăgoieşti-Lunca , Ficăreşti , Gligoreşti , Goieşti , Haiduceşti , Harasti , Hoancă , Jefleşti , Lunca , Lunca Bisericii , Lunca de Jos , Lunca Goieşti , Lunca Veseşti , Modoleşti , NEMESI , Oideşti , Pitărceşti , Pleşcuţa , Poieni , Ponorel , Puiuleţeşti , Runc , Segaj , Urdès , Vâlcăneasa , Vâlceşti , Valea Morii , Vârtăneşti , Văseşti
Mayor : Ioan-Alexandru Resiga ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 1
loc. Vidra, jud. Alba, RO-517825
Website :

Vidra (outdated Vidra de Jos ; Hungarian Alsóvidra or Kisaranyos ) is a Romanian municipality in the district of Alba in the Transylvania region .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Vidra in the Alba district

The municipality of Vidra is located with its 39 smaller villages and hamlets (between one and ten kilometers from the municipality) in the north-west of the Alba district in the Bihor Mountains in the historic Motzenland . In the center of the Apuseni Mountains (Munții Apuseni) , on the lower reaches of the Arieșul Mic - a source river of the Arieș - and the county road (Drum județean) DJ 762, the place Vidra is about 15 kilometers west of Câmpeni (Topesdorf) ; the district capital Alba Iulia (Karlsburg) is about 98 kilometers (62 km as the crow flies) to the southeast.

history

According to reports by J. Ackner (1856), V. Christescu (1929), I. Marțian (1920) and others, gold panning was found on both sides of the Arieș river in the area of ​​the place Vidra.

The place Vidra, one of the oldest settlements in Motzenland, was first mentioned in 1595. At that time he belonged to the Topánfalva district (today Câmpeni ) of Torda-Aranyos County in the Principality of Transylvania . Later the villages in the valley of the Arieșului Mic were grouped under the name Râul Mic . Until 1924 - on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Avram Iancu - the municipality of Vidra de Sus (today Avram Iancu ) also belonged to Vidra. The residents of Vidra mainly dealt with agriculture (especially cattle breeding) and wood processing.

The municipality of Vidra has the second largest number of villages in Romania (39) after the municipality of Cornereva (40) in the Caraș-Severin district .

population

In 1850, 3,531 inhabitants lived in the area of ​​today's municipality. 3,505 were Romanians and 26 Roma . In 1941 the largest population was registered with 5,136. Because of the poor living conditions - difficult access, no electricity / water, severe winters - many families left their homes in the early 1950s. At the 2002 census, 1,964 people lived in the municipality, 1,963 of them Romanians and one Hungarian . In addition, in 1880, 1992 and 2002 one each, in 1890 and 1900 four and in 1910 three residents referred to themselves as Hungarians, in 1880 one as German , in 1966 one as Serb . The highest number of Roma (50) was registered in 1930 (7 in 1956 and 10 in 1977).

Attractions

  • The church of Ciungi in Vidra, built in stone in the 13th century, received a bell tower in 1690. In 1693 it was decorated with wall paintings, which were whitewashed. The church is a listed building.
  • In the karst area and dolomite rock in the area, the nature reserve Dealul cu Melci ("snail hill"), with thousands of fossilized mussels (Acteonella gigantea) from the warm chalk seas; the Pișoaia waterfall; the Vaii Morilor gorge; the Stiubei cave near the village of Poieni .
  • The wooden church Sfinții Trei Ierarhi of the incorporated village of Goieşti - one of the most beautiful wooden churches in the Arieştal - was built (according to different statements) in 1712 or 1792 and is a listed building. Opposite it is the 200-year-old Bold House .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
  3. ^ Dictionary of the localities in Transylvania
  4. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Vidra, accessed July 18, 2010 (Romanian)
  5. ↑ Census, last updated October 30, 2008, p. 186 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.2 MB)
  6. ↑ a b c d Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft-Verlag, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
  7. ↑ a b List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)