Traian Vuia (known as Bujor until 1950; ; ) 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 ...

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. It is composed of six villages: Jupani, Săceni, Sudriaș (commune seat), Surducu Mic, Susani and Traian Vuia. It was the birthplace of inventor and aviator

Traian Vuia Traian Vuia or Trajan Vuia (; 17 August 1872 – 3 September 1950) was a Romanian inventor and List of aviation pioneers, aviation pioneer who designed, built, and tested the first tractor configuration, tractor monoplane. He was the first to de ...

(1872–1950). It was renamed to commemorate him after his death. Traian Vuia is located near Lake Surduc.

Name

History

The first recorded mention of Bujor dates from 1364. The locality had a high importance in the

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, being the center of a Vlach district. In 1453 this district had a

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, Dionysius, and was donated by King

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. In 1596 the Bujor District was part of

Hunyad County Hunyad (today mainly Hunedoara (county), Hunedoara) was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary, of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and of the Principality of Transylvania (disambiguation), P ...

. Within its borders there was at that time the village of Baia, and a little further the village of Chitești, both disappeared. In the past, the hearth of the village was in the Gladna Valley, on the place called "Little Village" (). Due to the frequent floods, in 1823 the village was moved to its present place, protected from floods.

Demographics

Traian Vuia had a population of 2,059 inhabitants at the 2011 census, down 8% from the 2002 census. Most inhabitants are

Romanians Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, ...

(88.68%), larger minorities being represented by

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(5.54%) and

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(1.94%). For 2.91% of the population, ethnicity is unknown. By religion, most inhabitants are

Orthodox Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to: Religion * Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pag ...

(72.8%), but there are also minorities of

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s (17.05%),

Baptist Baptists are a Christian denomination, denomination within Protestant Christianity distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete Immersion baptism, immersion. Baptist churches ge ...

s (5.25%) and

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s (1.26%). For 2.91% of the population, religious affiliation is unknown.

Gallery

File:Biserica din Jupani.jpg, Orthodox church in Jupani File:Traian VuiaTM (3).JPG, Orthodox church in Traian Vuia

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Traian Vuia, Timis Communes in Timiș County Localities in Romanian Banat