Săvârşin is a commune

Communes of Romania

A commune is the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania. There are 2686 communes in Romania. The commune is the rural subdivision of a county .There is no clear restriction on the population of a commune, even though when a commune...

 in Arad County

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...

, 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...

. Săvârșin commune lies at the foot of the Metaliferi Mountains, at its contact point with the Mureș Couloir. Its surface occupies approximately 22000 hectare

Hectare

The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...

s and it is composed of nine villages: Căprioara, Cuiaş, Hălăliş, Pârneşti, Săvârşin (situated at 87 km from Arad

Arad, 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...

), Temeşeşti, Toc, Troaş and Valea Mare.

Săvârşin is best-known for the royal palacce Săvârşin Castle

Săvârşin Castle

The Royal castle of Săvârşin, near Arad, Transylvania, is the country seat of King Michael I of Romania. While the castle was seized from the Royal Family by Communist authorities, in 2000, a Romanian court ordered that the building be restored to King Michael I.-See also:*Romanian Royal...

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Population

According to the last census the population of the commune counts 3290 inhabitants, out of which 98.1% are Romanians, 1.0% Hungarians, 0.3% Ukrainians, 0.3% Serbs and 0.3% are of other or undeclared nationalities.

History

The first documentary records of Săvârșin, Hălăliş, Pârneşti, Temeşeşti date back to 1479. Căprioara  was attested documentarily in 1256, Cuiaş in 1477, Toc in 1743, Troaş in 1828 and Valea Mare in 1717.

Economy

Agriculture, silviculture, timber industry, industry of building materials represented by exploitation of granite ( Săvârșin) and
marble (Căprioara), mining based on exploitation of molybdenum (Troaș) and tourism are the main economic branches of
the commune.

Tourism

The natural reservations called "Peștera lui Duţu" and "Peștera lui Sinesie", the collections of decorative fine arts (universal graphics, graphics and paintings made by Eugen Popa and Gina Hagiu) and of
ethnography in Săvârșin, the ethnographic museum with popular costumes, folkweave, icons, ceramics in Temeșești, the
wooden church called "Sfinţii Trei Ierarhi" (1782) in Troaș, the reinforced settlement and the archaeological site situated in
"Dâmbul Tătarilor" and "Gomile" are only a few of the numerous spectacles which are worth visiting.

Beside these, there is the Săvârşin Castle

Săvârşin Castle

The Royal castle of Săvârşin, near Arad, Transylvania, is the country seat of King Michael I of Romania. While the castle was seized from the Royal Family by Communist authorities, in 2000, a Romanian court ordered that the building be restored to King Michael I.-See also:*Romanian Royal...

 (18th century), owned by former King Michael of Romania. In 2005 the royal residence in Săvârșin entered the touristic circuit, but since 2007 it has been in restoration and cannot be visited until the renovation is completed.