Cenad
| Cenad | |
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| — Commune — | |
 Cenad
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| Coordinates: 46°8′N 20°35′E / 46.133°N 20.583°E | |
| Country |  Romania |
| County | Timiş County |
| Population (2002)[1] | 4,249 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Cenad Romanian pronunciation: [tʃɛˈnad],(Hungarian: Csanád; Serbian: Чанад) is a commune in Timiş County, Banat, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Cenad.
[edit] History
Cenad was known until the XIIIth century as Morisena. Here it was the legionary camp of the Legio XIII Gemina. In the Middle Ages here was the temporary capital of Avars and then of Huns. In 1013, Morisena was occupied by Chanadinus, a hungarian warrior under the king Stephen the Ist. In 1038 the italian monk Gerardus transformed the local orthodox episcopy in a catholic episcopal church and monastery. In 1241 tatars attacked and destroyed Cenad. In 1514, Gheorghe Doja and his rebels destroyed again the town. From 1551 to 1698 Cenad was under Turkish occupation.
[edit] Demography
| Census[1] | Ethnicities | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Population | Romanians | Germans | Hungarians | Serbs | Gypsies | Others | |
| 1880 | 6,982 | 2,074 | 3,166 | 128 | 1,495 | - | 6 | |
| 1900 | 7,389 | 2,246 | 3,244 | 211 | 1,583 | - | 1 | |
| 1930 | 7,236 | 2,120 | 2,985 | 655 | 1,216 | 227 | 22 | |
| 1977 | 5,022 | 2,023 | 1,419 | 682 | 654 | 229 | 10 | |
| 1992 | 3,991 | 2,304 | 83 | 734 | 401 | 450 | 18 | |
| 2002 | 4,263 | 2,812 | 48 | 677 | 266 | 371 | 89 | |
Coordinates: 46°08′N 20°35′E / 46.133°N 20.583°E
[edit] References
- ^ Romanian census data, 2002; retrieved on March 1, 2010
