Pâncota ( Hungarian: ''Pankota'') is a town 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 ...

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. The town is situated at a 37 km distance from the county capital ( Arad), in the central zone of the county, at the contact zone of the Arad Plateau and Zărand Mountains. The administrative territory of the town is 70.9 square km. The town administers one village, Măderat (''Magyarád''). The first mention in documents of the locality dates back to 1202-1203 when it was known as villa Pankota.

History

The centre of the town was ravaged by invaders for several times. The Turks captured the town repeatedly. In 1687 it got under the administration of the Habsburg empire as confirmed by the

Treaty of Karlowitz The Treaty of Karlowitz was signed in Karlowitz, Military Frontier of Archduchy of Austria (present-day Sremski Karlovci, Serbia), on 26 January 1699, concluding the Great Turkish War of 1683–1697 in which the Ottoman Empire was defeated by the ...

in 1699. Until 1918, Pâncota was part of the

Austrian monarchy The Habsburg monarchy (german: Habsburgermonarchie, ), also known as the Danubian monarchy (german: Donaumonarchie, ), or Habsburg Empire (german: Habsburgerreich, ), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities ...

, province of Hungary; in

Transleithania The Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen ( hu, a Szent Korona Országai), informally Transleithania (meaning the lands or region "beyond" the Leitha River) were the Hungarian territories of Austria-Hungary, throughout the latter's entire exi ...

after the

compromise of 1867 The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 (german: Ausgleich, hu, Kiegyezés) established the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary. The Compromise only partially re-established the former pre-1848 sovereignty and status of the Kingdom of Hungary ...

in the

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...

. The post-office was opened in 1855. The

Treaty of Trianon The Treaty of Trianon (french: Traité de Trianon, hu, Trianoni békeszerződés, it, Trattato del Trianon) was prepared at the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920), Paris Peace Conference and was signed in the Grand Trianon château in ...

(1920) attributed the Arad region to Romania (the ''Great Romanian Union'').

Economy

The town's present-day economy can be characterized by a powerful dynamic force with significant developments in all the sectors. Industry of building materials, furniture industry, light industry, food industry, services and tourism are the most representative economic sectors. Pâncota is an important centre of winegrowing, in the Maderat region, with the vineyards Pâncota, Silindia and Mocrea.

Tourist attractions

Among the most significant touristic sights of the town are the urban environs along Tudor Vladimirescu Street, the old post office, the "Sulkowski" palace, the Matca channel - an important hydrotechnical work and the Green House (Casa verde) situated on the main Boulevard.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census its population counts 6651 inhabitants. From an ethnical point of view it has the following structure: 78.54% are Romanians, 10.91% Roma, 6.63% Hungarians, 2.13% Germans, 0.25% Slovaks, 0.91% Ukrainians and 0.1% are of other or undeclared nationalities

References

Populated places in Arad County Towns in Romania Localities in Crișana {{Arad-geo-stub