Denta
Denta | |
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Location in Timiș County | |
Coordinates: 45°21′N 21°15′E / 45.350°N 21.250°ECoordinates: 45°21′N 21°15′E / 45.350°N 21.250°E | |
Country | Romania |
County | Timiș |
Government | |
• Mayor | Tapanov Petru (PSD) |
Population | 2,982 (2,011) |
Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
Vehicle reg. | TM |
Denta (German and Hungarian: Denta) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania.
Villages[edit]
The commune is composed of four villages: Breștea (Berestye), Denta, Rovinița Mare (until 1960 Omor; Omor) and Rovinița Mică (until 1960 Omoru Mic; Kisomor).
Breștea (Banat Bulgarian: Brešća, Hungarian: Berestye) was founded in 1842 by around 110 families of Roman Catholic Banat Bulgarians from Dudeștii Vechi (Stár Bišnov).
In the 1880s, a part of the Bulgarian population returned to Bulgaria to found the village of Bardarski Geran. In 1869, 1,191 Bulgarians lived in the village, and in 1880 their number was 1,087. In the following years, the population was distributed as follows:
Census | Ethnic distribution | |||||||||
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Year | Population | Banat Bulgarians | Romanians | Hungarians | Germans | Serbs | Romani | Others | ||
1890 | 1,174 | 1,087 | 27 | 20 | 29 | 14 | - | - | ||
1910 | 1,002 | 889 | 20 | 53 | 26 | 14 | - | - | ||
1930 | 863 | 804 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 10 | ||
1956 | 847 | 815 | 25 | 7 | - | - | - | - |
The total population in 1941 was 914. In 1930, 93.2% of the population was Bulgarian, and in 1956, 96.2%.
References[edit]
- Mircea, Anton (1997). Brešća – 150 gudini. Monografija/ Breştea 150 de ani. Timișoara.