Ineu (;
Hungarian: ''Borosjenő'';
Serbian: Јенопоље/''Jenopolje'';
Turkish: ''Yanova'') is a town in
Arad County, western
Transylvania
Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...
,
Romania
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. It is situated at a distance of from the county capital,
Arad, it occupies a surface at the contact point of
Crișul Alb Basin and Crișurilor Plateau. Ineu is the main entrance gate into the (''Țara Zarandului''). The town administers one village, Mocrea (''Apatelek'').
Ineu was first attested in documents in the year 1214 under the name "Villa Ieneu". It was a
sanjak
Sanjaks (liwāʾ) (plural form: alwiyāʾ)
* Armenian: նահանգ (''nahang''; meaning "province")
* Bulgarian: окръг (''okrǔg''; meaning "county", "province", or "region")
* el, Διοίκησις (''dioikēsis'', meaning "province" ...
centre in the
Temeşvar and
Varat eyalets and it was known as "Yanova" during the Ottoman rule between 1564 and 1595 and again between 1658 and 1693.
Population
According to the census of 2011 the population of the town counts 9078 inhabitants. From an ethnical point of view it has the following structure: 86.49% are
Romanians
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, 6.57%
Hungarians
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, 5.98%
Roma
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, 0.34%
Germans
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, 0.08%
Slovaks and 0.1% are of other or undeclared nationalities.
Tourist attractions
The traces of habitation of this area are lost in the darkness of time. Archaeologists excavated artifacts belonging to the
Neolithic
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civilization (axes with hole,
flint
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tools, ceramics), to the
Dacia
Dacia (, ; ) was the land inhabited by the Dacians, its core in Transylvania, stretching to the Danube in the south, the Black Sea in the east, and the Tisza in the west. The Carpathian Mountains were located in the middle of Dacia. It ...
n civilization, to the Roman occupation (fortress lines, ornaments, weapons, millstones) and sources that attest the continuous inhabitance of these areas.
Ineu was the residence of a Romanian administrative unit called ''cnezat'' and was a strongly reinforced keep. Ineu's castle was mentioned as a fortress in 1295. Having a strategic position in the defense of
Transylvania
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, the castle had a life full of vicissitudes. It belonged to the fortresses of
John Hunyadi
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, then it was occupied by the
Turks
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* Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic languages
* Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
* Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic ...
several times, being the residence of an
Osmanli territorial unit until it was transferred in the possession of
Michael the Brave
Michael the Brave ( ro, Mihai Viteazul or ; 1558 – 9 August 1601), born as Mihai Pătrașcu, was the Prince of Wallachia (as Michael II, 1593 – 1601), Prince of Moldavia (1600) and ''de facto'' ruler of Transylvania (1599 – 1600). ...
. After it had been conquered by
the Habsburgs, it became the headquarters of the
frontier guard regiment.
These periods and events left their marks upon the town's development. After the year 1870 it was rebuilt from its ruins in a Neoclassic style with late Renaissance and Baroque elements.
It is a significant economic centre with a harmonious development of the three economic sectors. Besides, it is the main market town in the area (''Țara Zarandului''). The touristic potential of the town is high: Ineu's castle, the architectural complex of the town's historic centre, as well as the natural reservations are the main attractions worth visiting by the tourists coming to this region of the country.
References
* ''România, ghid turistic''. Editura Sport Turism, 1983
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Populated places in Arad County
Towns in Romania
Localities in Crișana