Gătaia is a town in Timiş County

Timis County

Timiș , , Banat Bulgarian: ) is a county of western Romania, in the historical region Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the largest county in Romania in terms of land area....

, Banat

Banat

The Banat is a geographical and historical region in Central Europe currently divided between three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania , the western part in northeastern Serbia , and a small...

, western 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...

. It is located on the Bârzava River at 52 km (32 mi) from Timişoara

Timisoara

Timișoara is the capital city of Timiș County, in western Romania. One of the largest Romanian cities, with an estimated population of 311,586 inhabitants , and considered the informal capital city of the historical region of Banat, Timișoara is the main social, economic and cultural center in the...

 and 47 km (29 m) from Reşiţa

Resita

' is a city in western Romania and the capital of Caraş-Severin County, in the Banat region. Its 2004 population was 83,985.- Etymology :The name of Reşiţa, might comes from the Latin recitia, meaning "cold spring", as the great historian Nicolae Iorga once suggested, presuming that the Romans...

. It administers five villages: Butin, Percosova, Sculia, Şemlacu Mare and Şemlacu Mic. Declared a town in 2004, it also administered four other villages until that time, when they were split off to form Birda

Birda

Birda is a commune in Timiş County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Berecuţa, Birda, Mânăstire and Sângeorge....

 Commune.

Notable people

It is the birthplace of Adalbert Deşu

Adalbert Desu

Adalbert Deşu , Austria-Hungary — died 6 June 1937 in Timişoara) was a Romanian football striker. He was a member of Romania national football team which competed at the 1930 FIFA World Cup in Uruguay...

, a Romanian football striker, who played at the 1930 FIFA World Cup

1930 FIFA World Cup

The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 July to 30 July 1930...

 with the Romanian national football team.