Zerind

Zerind Nagyzerénd
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Screeching area
Circle :	Arad
Coordinates :	46 ° 37 ′  N , 21 ° 31 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 37 ′ 25 ″  N , 21 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Area :	61.39  km²
Residents :	1,320 (2011)
Population density :	22 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	317420
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 57
License plate :	AR
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Zerind, Iermata Neagră
Mayor :	Alexandru Simandi ( PNL )
Postal address :	Str. Principală No. 1 loc. Zerind, jud. Arad, RO-317420

Zerind on the Josephine land survey

Zerind (Hungarian: Nagyzerénd ) is a municipality in the Arad district , in the Kreischgebiet , in western Romania . The village of Iermata Neagră also belongs to the municipality of Zerind .

Geographical location

Zerind is located in the north of Arad County, on the border with Bihor County . The village stretches along the Crişul Negru , 25 km from Salonta and 12 km from Chișineu-Criş .

Neighboring places

Iermata Neagră	Avram Iancu	Tămaşda
Vărșand		Vânători
Pilu	Chișineu-Criș	Mișca

history

The first written mention of Villa Zerind comes from the year 1169.

Over the centuries different spellings of the place name appeared in the historical documents: 1332–1337 "Villa Zelend", 1483 Zelend , 1512 Nagy Zelend , 1567–1579 Nagyzerinde , 1771 Nagyzerind , 1828 Nagyzerénd , 1851 Nagyzerind , 1913 Nagyzerind .

After the Peace of Karlowitz (1699), Arad and the Maroscher Land came under Austrian rule , while the Banat south of the Marosch remained under Turkish rule until the Peace of Passarowitz (1718) . On the Josephine land survey is Nagy Zerend entered.

As a result of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise (1867), the Arad region, like the whole of Banat and Transylvania, was annexed to the Kingdom of Hungary within the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy . The official place name was Nagyzerénd .

The Treaty of Trianon on June 4, 1920 resulted in border regulation, whereby Zerind fell to the Kingdom of Romania .

Zerind has always been a Hungarian village. Today there is still a Reformed Church, a Hungarian choral society, a Hungarian literary club and a Hungarian art gallery, as well as school lessons in the Hungarian language.

Population development

census		Ethnicity
year	Residents	Romanians	Hungary	German	Other
1880	3172	141	3008	19th	4th
1910	4646	97	4530	10	9
1930	4703	544	3932	28	199
1977	2181	79	2074	1	27
1992	1679	58	1564	1	56
2002	1466	91	1347	1	27

Web links

• ghidulprimariilor.ro , Zerind Citizens' Registration Office
• virtualarad.net , Zerind on VirtualArad

Individual evidence

1. ↑ citypopulation.de , census October 20, 2011
2. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
3. ↑ primariazerind.ro , Bürgeramt Zerind
4. ↑ ^{a b} primariazerind.ro , story of Zerind
5. ↑ kia.hu , E. Varga: Statistics of the population by ethnic group in the Arad district according to censuses from 1880 - 2002