Chisineu-Cris
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Chişineu-Criş is a town in Arad County
, western Transylvania
, Romania
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, the county seat. The administrative territory stretches over 119 sqkm on the Crişul Alb Plateau, on both sides of the Crişul Alb River. The town was formed by merging the villages Pădureni and Chişineu Mic. The town administers one village, Nădab.
, 49 (1.7%) spoke German
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According to the 2002 census, the town has a number of 8,343 inhabitants, 678 less compared to the year 1992. According to the ethnic partition, the population has the following structure: 72% are Romanians, 24% Hungarians, 3.1% Roma, 0.4% Germans, 0.3% Slovaks, 0.2% are of other nationalities and undeclared population.
In 2004, the town had 8,343 inhabitants: 6007 (72%) were Romanians
, 2006 (24.04%) were Magyars, 261 (3.12%) were Roma, and the remainder belonged to other ethnic groups.
. The most attractive sightseeing spot of the town is the Crişul Alb River and its banks covered with abundant vegetation.
Chişineu-Criş was first mentioned as "villa Jeneusol" in the years 1202 1203. The Nădab village was documentary attested in 1334 as "Nodob".
Arad County
Arad is an administrative division of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crişana and few villages in Banat. The administrative center of the county lies in the city of Arad...
, western Transylvania
Transylvania
Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
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Geography
The town is situated on the north-western side of the county, at a 43 km (27 mi) distance from AradArad, Romania
Arad is the capital city of Arad County, in western Romania, in the Crişana region, on the river Mureş.An important industrial center and transportation hub, Arad is also the seat of a Romanian Orthodox archbishop and features two universities, a Romanian Orthodox theological seminary, a training...
, the county seat. The administrative territory stretches over 119 sqkm on the Crişul Alb Plateau, on both sides of the Crişul Alb River. The town was formed by merging the villages Pădureni and Chişineu Mic. The town administers one village, Nădab.
Population
In 1910, the town had 2821 inhabitants: 1376 (48.8%) spoke Hungarian, 1355 (48%) spoke RomanianRomanian language
Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
, 49 (1.7%) spoke German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
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According to the 2002 census, the town has a number of 8,343 inhabitants, 678 less compared to the year 1992. According to the ethnic partition, the population has the following structure: 72% are Romanians, 24% Hungarians, 3.1% Roma, 0.4% Germans, 0.3% Slovaks, 0.2% are of other nationalities and undeclared population.
In 2004, the town had 8,343 inhabitants: 6007 (72%) were Romanians
Romanians
The Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania....
, 2006 (24.04%) were Magyars, 261 (3.12%) were Roma, and the remainder belonged to other ethnic groups.
Economy
Although the town economy is predominant agricultural, during the last decade the second and third economic sectors had a growing evolution. For most of the tourists Chişineu-Criş is a transit town towards central and Western EuropeWestern Europe
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. The most attractive sightseeing spot of the town is the Crişul Alb River and its banks covered with abundant vegetation.
Tourist attractions
The archaeological discoveries brought to light traces of habitation much older than the documentary attestation of the town. The most important archaeological discoveries that attest the continuity of habitation in the area revealed objects older than 2,500 years in several locations of the town. Also two settlements dated back to the 3rd5th and 10th11th centuries were found here.Chişineu-Criş was first mentioned as "villa Jeneusol" in the years 1202 1203. The Nădab village was documentary attested in 1334 as "Nodob".