Coșteiu ( hu, Kastély; german: Großkostil) is a commune in

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 are ...

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. It is composed of five villages: Coșteiu (commune seat), Hezeriș, Păru, Țipari and Valea Lungă Română. It is located on the right bank of the

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, downstream from

Lugoj Lugoj (; hu, Lugos; german: Lugosch; sr, Лугош, Lugoš; bg, Лугож; tr, Logoş) is a city in Timiș County, Romania. The Timiș River divides the city into two halves, the so-called "Romanian Lugoj" that spreads on the right bank and t ...

History

Nodul Hidrotehnic Costei (Barajul deversor)

The first recorded mention of Coșteiu dates from 1597. The settlement was formed around a medieval castle known as ''Kastély'', from which its name is derived (in Hungarian ''kastély'' means "castle"). On the '' Josephinische Landesaufnahme'' of 1717, it was listed under the name ''Gustik''. Today's village was formed by merging three hamlets after 1945: Coșteiu Mare ( hu, Nagykastély), Coșteiu Mic ( hu, Kiskastély) and Sâlha ( hu, Szilha). The

Bega Canal The Bega Canal or Begej Canal (; hu, Béga-csatorna) is a navigation canal of Romania and Serbia. It is the first navigation canal built on the present-day territory of Romania, and serves the city of Timișoara. Its name comes from the Bega ri ...

played an important role in the history of Coșteiu. Work on the canal began in 1728. To regularize Bega, Dutch engineer built a dam near Coșteiu between 1759 and 1760. It was rebuilt in 1860 after the catastrophic floods of the previous year.

Demographics

Coșteiu had a population of 3,635 inhabitants at the 2011 census, down 5% from the 2002 census. Most inhabitants are

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(80.11%), larger minorities being represented by

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(10.32%) and

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(2.31%). For 6.74% of the population, ethnicity is unknown. By religion, most inhabitants are Orthodox (69.46%), but there are also minorities of Reformed (6.99%),

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s (5.91%),

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s (2.81%),

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s (2.12%) and

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s (1.21%). For 6.77% of the population, religious affiliation is unknown.

References

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