Șagu (, ) is a
commune in
Arad County
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,
Romania
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, is situated on the
Vingăi Plateau and it stretches over . It is composed of five villages: Cruceni (''Temeskeresztes''; ''Kreuzstätten''), Firiteaz (''Féregyház''), Fiscut (''Temesfűzkút''), Hunedoara Timișană, and Șagu (situated at 15 km from
Arad).
Population
According to the 2002 census, commune had 3,862 inhabitants, out of which 91.5% were
Romanians
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, 3.8%
Hungarians
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, 2.7%
Roma
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People, characters, figures, names
* Roma or Romani people, an ethnic group living mostly in Europe and the Americas.
* Roma called Roy, ancient Egyptian High Priest of Amun
* Roma (footballer, born 1979), born ''Paul ...
, 1.2%
Germans
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, and 0.8% were of other or undeclared nationalities. At the
2021 census, Șagu had a population of 3,863; of those, 82.68% were Romanians, 6.94% Roma, and 1.63% Hungarians.
History
The first documentary record of Șagu dates back to 1333. Cruceni was attested documentarily in 1772, Firiteaz in 1256, Fiscut in 1493, while Hunedoara Timișană in 1925.
Natives
* (1920–2013), historian and academic
References
Communes in Arad County
Localities in Romanian Banat
Former Danube Swabian communities in Romania
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