Brestovăț (, until 1892 ''Bresztovác''; ; ) is a commune in

Timiș County Timiș () is a county (''județ'') of western Romania on the border with Hungary and Serbia, in the historical regions of Romania, historical region of Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Ro ...

. It is composed of five villages: Brestovăț (commune seat), Coșarii, Hodoș, Lucareț and Teș.

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 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

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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 a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Serbia, culture, History of Serbia, history, and Serbian lan ...

(1.63%),

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...

(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

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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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