| Brestovăț | |
|---|---|
| Commune | |
 The Serbian wooden church in Lucareț | |
 Location in Timiș County | |
  BrestovățLocation in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 45°52′23″N 21°40′52″E / 45.87306°N 21.68111°E / 45.87306; 21.68111 | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Timiș |
| Established | 1440 (first attested) |
| Subdivisions | Brestovăț, Coșarii, Hodoș, Lucareț, Teș |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2024) | Eugen Dobra (PNL) |
| Area | 103.17 km (39.83 sq mi) |
| Population | 675 |
| • Density | 6.5/km (17/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Postal code | 307085–307089 |
| Vehicle reg. | TM |
| Website | www |
Brestovăț (Hungarian: Aga, until 1892 Bresztovác; German: Brestowatz; Slovak: Brestovec) is a commune in Timiș County. It is composed of five villages: Brestovăț (commune seat), Coșarii, Hodoș, Lucareț and Teș.
History
Brestovăț first appears in written history as Breztolcz in 1440; at that time, it belonged to the Șoimoș Fortress. It was destroyed during the Turkish occupation and resettled in 1718–1722. Turks called it Aga, an unofficial name that persisted for a while and was taken over by Hungarians and later by the Romanian administration.
Between 1735 and 1737, 113 families of Montenegrin Serbs, mostly Orthodox, settled here. In 1797, Brestovăț became the property of the Lukács brothers, who colonized a large number of Hungarian and Slovak settlers here. Around 1828, now a property of Iosif Gaal, it was again colonized by Hungarians from Nógrád, Nyitra and Trencsén. The colonizations do not stop here, because in 1840–1845, German settlers from Bohemia arrived in Brestovăț.
Demographics
Ethnic composition (2011)
Romanians (76.26%) Slovaks (15.13%) Serbs (1.63%) Hungarians (1.48%) Roma (1.19%) Unknown (3.71%) Others (0.6%)Religious composition (2011)
Orthodox (74.78%) Roman Catholics (17.66%) Baptists (2.82%) Unknown (3.71%) Others (1.03%)Brestovăț had a population of 674 inhabitants at the 2011 census, down 18% from the 2002 census. Most inhabitants are Romanians (76.26%), larger minorities being represented by Slovaks (15.13%), Serbs (1.63%), Hungarians (1.48%) and Roma (1.19%). For 3.71% of the population, ethnicity is unknown. By religion, most inhabitants are Orthodox (74.78%), but there are also minorities of Roman Catholics (17.66%) and Baptists (2.82%). For 3.71% of the population, religious affiliation is unknown.
| Census | Ethnic composition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Population | Romanians | Hungarians | Germans | Roma | Serbs | Slovaks |
| 1880 | 3,725 | 2,601 | 224 | 208 | – | 280 | 407 |
| 1890 | 3,934 | 2,684 | 259 | 235 | – | 298 | 442 |
| 1900 | 4,417 | 3,000 | 447 | 256 | – | 226 | 444 |
| 1910 | 4,471 | 2,933 | 517 | 151 | – | 367 | 425 |
| 1920 | 3,895 | 2,583 | 285 | 117 | – | – | – |
| 1930 | 3,853 | 2,764 | 216 | 188 | 105 | 107 | 455 |
| 1941 | 3,709 | 2,742 | 192 | 262 | – | – | – |
| 1956 | 3,210 | 2,481 | 144 | 73 | – | 112 | 397 |
| 1966 | 2,328 | 1,728 | 58 | 59 | 16 | 83 | 378 |
| 1977 | 1,364 | 873 | 42 | 44 | 9 | 52 | 338 |
| 1992 | 851 | 596 | 10 | 27 | – | 33 | 185 |
| 2002 | 818 | 589 | 19 | 16 | – | 43 | 151 |
| 2011 | 674 | 514 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 102 |
References
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- "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
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- ^ "Istoric". Primăria comunei Brestovăț.
- ^ "Tab8. Populația stabilă după etnie – județe, municipii, orașe, comune". Institutul Național de Statistică. Archived from the original on 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
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