Zăvoi (Caraș-Severin)

Zăvoi Savoi Závoly
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Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Banat
Circle :	Caraș-Severin
Coordinates :	45 ° 31 '  N , 22 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 31 '0 "  N , 22 ° 24' 59"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Area :	389.20  km²
Residents :	4,356 (2014)
Population density :	11 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	327435
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 55
License plate :	CS
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Zăvoi, 23 August , Măgura , Măru , Poiana Mărului , Valea Bistrei and Voislova
Mayor :	Justin-Doru Cîrdei ( PNL )
Postal address :	Haţegului street, no. 186 loc. Zăvoi, jud. Caraș-Severin, RO-327435
Website :	www.primariazavoi.ro

Location of Zăvoi in the Caraș-Severin County

Zăvoi on the Josephine land survey

Zăvoi (German: Savoi , Hungarian: Závoly ) is a municipality in the Caraș-Severin district , in the Banat region , in southwest Romania . The municipality of Zăvoi also includes the villages 23 August , Măgura , Măru , Poiana Mărului , Valea Bistrei and Voislova .

Geographical location

Zăvoi is located in the Bistra Valley, on the DN68 Caransebeş - Hațeg national road , four km east of Oțelu Roşu and 22 km southwest of Caransebeş.

Neighboring places

Tincova	Rușchița	Rusca Montana
23 August		Voislova
Oțelu Roșu	Magura	Marga

history

Over the centuries different spellings of the place name appeared: 1430 Zaboly , 1444 Zawoy , 1579 Also-Zavoy and Felső-Zawoy , 1602 Zavoi , 1690–1700 Zavoy , 1783 Szavoj , 1808 Szavoj , Savoja , 1888 Zavoi , Savoj , Szávoj , 1913 Závoly 1919 Zăvoiu , Zavoj , Zăvoi .

The ruins of the Roman fort Acmonia have been excavated near Zăvoi . The first written mention of the village comes from the year 1430. Savoi is registered on the Josephine land survey of 1717 . After the Peace of Passarowitz (1718) the village was part of the Habsburg crown domain Temescher Banat .

The Treaty of Trianon on June 4, 1920 resulted in the triple division of the Banat , whereby Zăvoi fell to the Kingdom of Romania .

Population development

census		Ethnicity
year	Residents	Romanians	Hungary	German	Other
1880	3042	2999	1	35	7th
1910	4432	3961	175	136	160
1930	4022	3842	28	69	83
1977	4652	4538	47	20th	47
2002	4343	4235	47	14th	47

Web links

• ghidulprimariilor.ro , Zăvoi

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
2. ↑ fatornyosfalunk.com ( Memento from July 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Transylvanian place names
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