Brestovăț ( hu, Aga, until 1892 ''Bresztovác''; german: Brestowatz; sk, Brestovec) is a

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Timiș County Timiș () is a county ('' județ'') of western Romania on the border with Hungary and Serbia, in the historical region of Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Romania in terms of land area. T ...

. It is composed of five villages: Brestovăț, Coșarii (until 1960 Chizdia; hu, Kisgye), Hodoș ( hu, Temeshódos; german: Hodosch), Lucareț ( hu, Lukácskő; sr, Лукаревац, Lukarevac) and Teș ( hu, Tésfalu; sk, Teič).

History

Brestovăț first appears in

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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

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, 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

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and Trencsén. The colonizations do not stop here, because in 1840–1845, German settlers from

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arrived in Brestovăț.

Demographics

Brestovăț had a population of 674 inhabitants at the 2011 census, down 18% from the 2002 census. Most inhabitants are

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(76.26%), larger minorities being represented by

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(15.13%),

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

(1.63%),

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali ...

(1.48%) and

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(1.19%). For 3.71% of the population, ethnicity is unknown. By religion, most inhabitants are

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(74.78%), but there are also minorities of

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s (17.66%) and

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s (2.82%). For 3.71% of the population, religious affiliation is unknown.

References

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