Bara, Timiș

Commune in Timiș, Romania
(2020–2024) Daniel Ursu[1] (PSD)Area70.4 km2 (27.2 sq mi)Population
 (2021-12-01)[3]
299 • Density4.2/km2 (11/sq mi)Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)Postal code
307020–307024
Vehicle reg.TMWebsitewww.comunabara.ro

Bara (Hungarian: Barafalva; German: Barr) 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, 70 km (43 mi) from Timișoara and 30 km (19 mi) from Lugoj.

History

The first recorded mention of Bara dates from 1367.[4] 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.[5] By 1477 it was the property of the prefect of Pozsony, Miklós Bánffy.[5] Under the Turks it was destroyed and re-established in 1690–1700. In 1879 Bara was bought by Pavel Teodorescu and Constantin Florea.[5] The village was Romanian and remained mostly Romanian during the Austro-Hungarian rule.[5]

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.[5]

Demographics

Ethnic composition (2011)[6]

  Romanians (97.94%)
  Unknown (1.8%)
  Others (0.26%)

Religious composition (2011)[7]

  Orthodox (97.42%)
  Unknown (1.8%)
  Others (0.78%)

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.[6] By religion, most inhabitants are Orthodox (97.42%). For 1.8% of the population, religious affiliation is unknown.[7]

Census[8] 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[9] 378 367 8 –
2011 388 380 – –

Notable people

References

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  1. ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Primăria Bara". Ghidul Primăriilor.
  3. ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  4. ^ Szabó, M. Attila (2003). Erdély, Bánság és Partium történeti és közigazgatási helységnévtára. Miercurea Ciuc: Pro-Print Kiadó.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Fișa Primăriei comunei Bara". Consiliul Județean Timiș.
  6. ^ a b "Tab8. Populația stabilă după etnie – județe, municipii, orașe, comune". Institutul Național de Statistică. Archived from the original on 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  7. ^ a b "Tab13. Populația stabilă după religie – județe, municipii, orașe, comune". Institutul Național de Statistică. Archived from the original on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  8. ^ Varga, E. Árpád. "Temes megye településeinek etnikai (anyanyelvi/nemzetiségi) adatai 1880-1992" (PDF).
  9. ^ "Bara / Barafalva". Structura etno-demografică a României. Centrul de Resurse pentru Diversitate Etnoculturală.
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