Tauţ 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

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.It is situated in the contact zone of the Cigherului Hills and Zărandului Mountains, in the hydrographical basin of the Cigher River. The administrative territory of the commune is 10,617 hectare

Hectare

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s. It is composed of four villages: Minişel, Minişu de Sus, Nadăş and Tauţ (situated at 55 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...

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Population

According to the last census, the population of the commune counts 2177 inhabitants, out of which 98,7% are Romanians,
0,2% Hungarians, 0,4% Roms, 0,5% Ukrainians and 0,2% are of other or undeclared nationalities.

History

The first documentary record of the locality Tauţ dates back to 1496. Minişel, Minişu de Sus and Nadăş. were first mentioned in 1561, 1746, respectively 1464.

Economy

Among the exploitable resources are the diatomite findable in Minișu de Sus. In the last few
years tourism and the activities of the tertiary economic sector are showing increasing tendencies in the economic spectrum
of the commune.

Tourism

Due to the presence of the Tauţ obturator lake it has become one of the
most attractive places of the commune. The great investments embarked in the building of summer cottages have started up the development of rural tourism. Another important sight is the mediaeval castle in Tauţ surrounded by blindages, dating from the
13-15th centuries.