Vorța (Hunedoara)

Vorța
Wartsdorf
Vorca

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Hunedoara

Coordinates :

46 ° 1 ' N , 22 ° 40' E Coordinates: 46 ° 0 '59 " N , 22 ° 40' 29" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

250 m

Area :

102.86 km²

Residents :

876 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

9 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

337540

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 54

License plate :

HD

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Vorța, Certeju de Jos , Coaja , Dumeşti , Luncşoara , Valea Poienii , Visca

Mayor :

Radu-Emil Bureană ( PNL )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 5
loc. Vorța, jud. Hunedoara, RO-337540

Vorța [ ˈwort͡sa ] ( German Wartsdorf , Hungarian Vorca or Várca ) is a municipality in the Hunedoara district in Transylvania , Romania .

Geographical location

Location of Vorța in Hunedoara County

The municipality of Vorța is located in a mountainous landscape in the east of the Transylvanian Ore Mountains . In the northern half of the district of Hunedoara on the district road ( drum județean ) DJ 706 and on the Sârbi - a right tributary of the Mureș ( Mieresch ) - the scattered settlement Vorța is about 40 kilometers northwest of the district capital Deva ( Diemrich ). The six incorporated villages are mostly scattered settlements and can be reached on unpaved roads from the community center.

history

The place Vorța was first mentioned in 1468. However, the history of settlement in the region goes back further. Finds in the area of the incorporated village of Dumeşti ( Dorndorf ) indicate - according to information from G. Téglás (1898) and M. Roska - as far back as the Late Bronze Age .

population

At the 1850 census, 2856 people lived in the area of today's municipality. 2769 of them were Romanians and 87 were Roma . The highest number of inhabitants (4,169) - that of the Romanians (4101) and that of the Hungarians (56) - was reached in 1910. The highest number of Roma was counted in 1850 and that of Germans (11) in 1900. In addition, two residents identified themselves as Slovaks in 1910 and two residents as Ukrainians in 1956 . In 2002 there were still 1082 people living in Vorța, one of whom called himself a Hungarian, the rest were Romanians.

In 2011, 876 people were counted in 439 households in the municipality of Vor .a. The main occupation of the population since the closure of the mining industry - after the revolution of 1989 - has been livestock, agriculture and forestry.

Attractions

The wooden churches in Vorța and in the incorporated villages of Luncșoara ( Langenthal ), Valea Poienii (Hungarian Füzesdbogara ) and Visca ( Wiesendorf ) are not all listed.