Cenei
Cenei (Hungarian: Csene; German: Tschene; Serbian: Ченеј, romanized: Čenej; Croatian: Čenej) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Bobda and Cenei (commune seat). It also included Checea until 2004, when it was split off to form a separate commune.
Cenei | |
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 The ruins of the church in Bobda, former mausoleum of the Csávossy counts and Roman Catholic church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Timiș County | |
  Cenei Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 45°43′N 20°54′E / 45.717°N 20.900°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Timiș |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–) | Sîrgean Tanasin (PSD) |
Area | 60.13 km2 (23.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[1] | 2,760 |
| • Density | 45.9/km2 (119/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 307100–307101 |
| Vehicle reg. | TM |
| Website | primariacenei.ro |
Cenei (Hungarian: Csene; German: Tschene; Serbian: Ченеј, romanized: Čenej; Croatian: Čenej) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Bobda and Cenei (commune seat). It also included Checea until 2004, when it was split off to form a separate commune.
History
[edit]Cenei is one of the oldest settlements in Banat, first recorded in 1221 as a property of the archdiocese of Ittebe, today in Serbian Banat. By 1330 it belonged to the Sărad Fortress. Cenei was the site of a battle between the Turkish and Austrian troops on 20 August 1696.[3]
As of 1720, the natives were mostly Romanians and Serbs. Through the efforts of the Vuketići family, Cenei was colonized with Croats between 1801 and 1820.[4] German settlers arrived here only after 1848,[4] much later than other nearby settlements. The Hungarian population did not settle here in waves of colonists, but gradually, over a long period of time. Today's village was formed by merging Ceneiu Sârbesc ("Serbian Cenei"; Serbian: Српски Ченеј, romanized: Srpski Čenej) and Ceneiu Croat ("Croatian Cenei"; Croatian: Hrvatski Čenej) in 1902.[4]
Demographics
[edit]- Romanians (72.2%)
- Serbs (12.5%)
- Hungarians (6.12%)
- Unknown (8.18%)
- Others (0.99%)
- Orthodox (67.1%)
- Serbian Orthodox (12.6%)
- Roman Catholics (8.18%)
- Pentecostals (2.46%)
- Unknown (8.55%)
- Others (1.01%)
- Irreligious, atheists and agnostics (0.10%)
Cenei had a population of 2,760 inhabitants at the 2021 census, up 3.37% from the 2011 census. Most inhabitants are Romanians (72.21%), larger minorities being represented by Serbs (12.5%) and Hungarians (6.12%). For 8.18% of the population, ethnicity is unknown.[5] By religion, most inhabitants are Orthodox (67.13%), but there are also minorities of Serbian Orthodox (12.57%), Roman Catholics (8.18%) and Pentecostals (2.46%). For 8.55% of the population, religious affiliation is unknown.[6]
| Census[7] | Ethnic composition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Population | Romanians | Hungarians | Germans | Serbs | Croats |
| 1880 | 3,892 | 841 | 255 | 1,437 | 1,242 | – |
| 1890 | 4,193 | 833 | 213 | 1,714 | 1,187 | 149 |
| 1900 | 4,233 | 832 | 317 | 1,575 | 1,223 | 114 |
| 1910 | 3,917 | 830 | 304 | 1,205 | 1,446 | 96 |
| 1920 | 950[a] | 669 | 74 | 200 | – | – |
| 1930 | 3,800 | 958 | 236 | 1,216 | 1,196 | – |
| 1941 | 3,609 | 1,087 | 193 | 1,051 | – | – |
| 1956 | 3,554 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1966 | 3,546 | 1,421 | 374 | 573 | 1,156 | – |
| 1977 | 3,487 | 1,570 | 384 | 468 | 987 | 43 |
| 1992 | 3,091 | 1,915 | 334 | 110 | 683 | 18 |
| 2002 | 2,868 | 1,920 | 299 | 65 | 531 | 17 |
| 2011 | 2,670 | 1,795 | 235 | 39 | 430 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2,760 | 1,993 | 169 | 21 | 345 | 3 |
Politics and administration
[edit]The commune of Cenei is administered by a mayor and a local council composed of 13 councilors. The mayor, Sîrgean Tanasin, from the Social Democratic Party, has been in office since 2020. As from the 2024 local elections, the local council has the following composition by political parties:[8]
| Party | Seats | Composition | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | 8 | |||||||||
| National Liberal Party | 2 | |||||||||
| Alliance for the Union of Romanians | 2 | |||||||||
| Union of Serbs of Romania | 1 | |||||||||
Notable people
[edit]- Stefan Jäger (1877–1962), painter
- Gheorghe Jurma (b. 1945), literary critic, writer, eminescologist and editor
- Ioan Ardeleanu (1947–2007), poet, prose writer, essayist and founder of Banat magazine
Notes
[edit]- ^ Data on Cenei's population missing
References
[edit]
- ^ "2021 Romanian census". National Institute of Statistics. 1 December 2021.
- ^ "Primăria Cenei". Ghidul Primăriilor.
- ^ Murphey, Rhoads (1998). Ottoman Warfare, 1500-1700. Routledge. p. 214. ISBN 9781857283891.
- ^ a b c "Fișa Primăriei comunei Cenei pe anul 2020". Consiliul Județean Timiș.
- ^ a b "Populația rezidentă după etnie". RPL 2021. Institutul Național de Statistică.
- ^ a b "Populația rezidentă după religie". RPL 2021. Institutul Național de Statistică.
- ^ Varga, E. Árpád. "Temes megye településeinek etnikai (anyanyelvi/nemzetiségi) adatai 1880-2002" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-10. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- ^ "Alegeri locale 2024". Rezultate Vot.
