Zorlențu Mare

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Zorlențu Mare
Sorlens, Groß-Sorlens
Zorlencz, Alsózorlenc
Velichi Zorlenci
Zorlențu Mare does not have a coat of arms
Zorlențu Mare (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Banat
Circle : Caraș-Severin
Coordinates : 45 ° 27 '  N , 21 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 27 '2 "  N , 21 ° 57' 21"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Area : 66.10  km²
Residents : 1,250 (2014)
Population density : 19 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 327450
Telephone code : (+40) 02 55
License plate : CS
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Zorlențu Mare, Zorlencior
Mayor : Martin Cornea ( PSD )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 34
loc. Zorlențu Mare, jud. Caraș-Severin, RO-327450
Website :
Location of Zorlențu Mare in the Caraș-Severin Crete
Zorlențu Mare on the Josephine land survey

Zorlențu Mare (German: Sorlens , Groß-Sorlens , Hungarian: Zorlencz , Alsózorlenc , Serbo-Croatian: Velichi Zorlenci ) is a municipality in the Caraș-Severin district , in the Banat region , in southwest Romania . The village of Zorlencior also belongs to the municipality of Zorlențu Mare .

Geographical location

Zorlențu Mare is located in the north of the Caraș-Severin County, on the county roads DJ 608B and DJ 587, 40 km from Reșița and 25 km from Caransebeş .

Neighboring places

Scăiuș Dragomireşti Zorlencior
Dezeşti Neighboring communities Ruginosu
Ezeriș Soceni Brebu

history

Over the centuries different spellings of the place name occurred: 1499 Zorilencz , 1503 Zorlencz , 1808 Zorlencz , Zorlenczul-mare , 1888 Nagy-Zorlencz , 1913 Alsózorlenc , 1919 Zorlențul-mare , Zorlențu Mare

On the Josephine land survey of 1717 Velichi Zorlenci is registered with 150 houses. After the Peace of Passarowitz (1718) the village was part of the Habsburg crown domain Temescher Banat .

As a result of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise (1867), the Banat was annexed to the Kingdom of Hungary within the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary . The official place name was Alsózorlenc .

The Treaty of Trianon on June 4, 1920 resulted in the Banat being divided into three parts , whereby Zorlențu Mare fell to the Kingdom of Romania .

Population development

census Ethnicity
year Residents Romanians Hungary German Other
1880 2969 2914 17th 28 10
1910 3596 3388 26th 88 94
1930 3314 3102 17th 36 159
1977 2312 2246 6th 1 59
2002 1223 1143 1 3 76

Web links

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. ↑ primariazorlentumare.ro , Zorlențu Mare
  4. ↑ 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