Șimand ( hu, Simánd) is a commune in

Arad County Arad County () is an administrative division ( judeţ) of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crișana and few villages in Banat. The administrative center ...

, Romania. It is situated in the contact zone of the Arad and Criș Plateaus, on the

Canalul Morilor The Canalul Morilor is a canal in the lowland area south of the river Crișul Alb in Arad County, western Romania. Constructed in the 19th century for water-mills, it is now used for irrigation. It takes water from the Crișul Alb near Berindia, f ...

and stretches over 10,089 hectares. It is composed of a single village, Șimand, situated at 30 km from Arad.

Population

According to the last census the population of the commune counts 4144 inhabitants. From an ethnical point of view it has the following structure: 87.2% are Romanians, 4.8% Hungarians, 7.0% Roma, 0.9% Germans and 0.1% are of other or undeclared nationalities.

History

The first documentary record of the locality Șimand dates back to 1290, although traces of inhabitance of the commune's territory date from older times. A necropolis originating from the 1st century B.C.-the 1st century A.D. has been excavated here in which amber ornaments, lead mirrors and a Dacian ceramic pot have been found.

Economy

Agriculture is the main economic branch of the commune, farming, vegetable growing and livestock-breeding are the most important activities.

References

Communes in Arad County Localities in Crișana {{Arad-geo-stub