Bara, Timiș
Template:Infobox Romanian subdivision Bara (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Bara (commune seat), Dobrești, Lăpușnic, Rădmănești and Spata. Bara is located in the northeast of Timiș County, in a hilly area, Script error: No such module "convert". from Timișoara and Script error: No such module "convert". from Lugoj.
History
The first recorded mention of Bara dates from 1367.[1] The name Bara is of Slavic origin and, in medieval documents, is associated with the description "terra acquosa", meaning a marshy land. In 1440 Bara is taken from the prefect of Timiș by King Vladislav I and given to the Șoimoș Fortress.[2] By 1477 it was the property of the prefect of Pozsony, Miklós Bánffy.[2] Under the Turks it was destroyed and re-established in 1690–1700. In 1879 Bara was bought by Pavel Teodorescu and Constantin Florea.[2] The village was Romanian and remained mostly Romanian during the Austro-Hungarian rule.[2]
All the villages in the commune were massively depopulated after World War II. Spata, for instance, became a ghost village in 1997 with the death of the last native. However, the settlement was repopulated by several families of Transylvanian shepherds.[2]
Demographics
Bara had a population of 388 inhabitants at the 2011 census, up 3% from the 2002 census. Most inhabitants are Romanians (97.94%). For 1.8% of the population, ethnicity is unknown.[3] By religion, most inhabitants are Orthodox (97.42%). For 1.8% of the population, religious affiliation is unknown.[4]
| Census[5] | Ethnic composition | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Population | Romanians | Hungarians | Germans |
| 1880 | 2,980 | 2,890 | 15 | 52 |
| 1890 | 2,857 | 2,809 | 36 | 11 |
| 1900 | 3,378 | 3,283 | 56 | 36 |
| 1910 | 3,381 | 3,289 | 37 | 37 |
| 1920 | 3,190 | 3,164 | 8 | 9 |
| 1930 | 3,105 | 3,066 | 9 | 25 |
| 1941 | 2,927 | 2,904 | 6 | 15 |
| 1956 | 2,633 | 2,620 | 8 | – |
| 1966 | 1,885 | 1,881 | 1 | 1 |
| 1977 | 816 | 811 | – | – |
| 1992 | 427 | 417 | 9 | – |
| 2002[6] | 378 | 367 | 8 | – |
| 2011 | 388 | 380 | – | – |
Notable people
- Daniel Ciobotea (b. 1951), Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (2007–present)
References
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