Dorobanți ( hu, Kisiratos) is a
commune 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 cente ...
,
Romania
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. Dorobanți commune lies in the Arad Plateau and it stretches over 2780
hectare
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. It is composed of a single village, Dorobanți, split off from
Curtici town in 2004. It is situated at 25 km from
Arad.
Population
According to the last census the population of the commune counts 1618 inhabitants. From an ethnical point of view it has
the following structure: 8.59% are Romanians, 89.3% Hungarians and 1.27% are of other or undeclared nationalities.
History
The first documentary record of the locality dates back to 1454.
Economy
The commune's present-day economy can be characterized by a powerful dynamic force with significant developments in
all the sectors present in the commune. Dorobanți is known as an important agricultural centre of the region.
References
Communes in Arad County
Localities in Crișana
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