Dumbrava (; ) 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 three villages: Bucovăț, Dumbrava (commune seat) and Răchita. It is located in the east of

and borders Făget to the northeast,

Fârdea Fârdea (; ) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Drăgșinești, Fârdea (commune seat), Gladna Montană, Gladna Română, Hăuzești, Mâtnicu Mic and Zolt. Geography Fârdea is located in the eastern extre ...

to the southeast,

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to the southwest and

Mănăștiur Mănăștiur (; ) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Mănăștiur (commune seat), Pădurani, Remetea-Luncă and Topla. It is located in the contact area of the Lugoj Plain with the Lipova Plateau, on the upper ...

to the northwest.

History

Dumbrava was established in 1893 by colonizing with

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from

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, Köröstarcsa and Gyoma. However, its name is older and comes from a former settlement, on the hearth of which the present-day locality was built. It was called ''Igazfalva'' by Hungarians since the

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. By 1453 there were two small settlements: ''Alsóigazfalva'' ("Lower Igazfalva") and ''Felsőigazfalva'' ("Upper Igazfalva"); the names seem to have been imposed by the Hungarian nobles, for there were no Hungarians living in the two villages. The two merged by 1464. The Hungarian colony was designed on the forests belonging to the state treasury. The perpendicular streets and houses made of raft typical of the

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are still preserved today. The first recorded mention of Bucovăț dates from 1440, when it belonged to the Șoimoș Fortress. By 1514 there were two settlements: ''Bucovățul de Jos'' ("Lower Bucovăț") and ''Bucovățul de Sus'' ("Upper Bucovăț"), but in 1596 there was only one name for both. It belonged to

Krassó-Szörény County Krassó-Szörény (Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Krassó-Szörény'', Romanian language, Romanian: ''Caraș-Severin'', Serbian language, Serbian: ''Karaš-Severin'' or Караш-Северин) was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingd ...

, having always been inhabited by Romanians. They built their Orthodox church in 1780. Răchita was first mentioned in 1393. The village is also mentioned in

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's notes from 1690–1700. At the 1717 census it had 30 houses. In the interwar period it belonged to Plasa Făget,

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Demographics

Dumbrava had a population of 2,659 inhabitants at the 2011 census, down 5% from the 2002 census. Most inhabitants are

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(78.53%), with a minority of

(17.71%). For 3.01% of the population, ethnicity is unknown. By religion, most inhabitants are Orthodox (64.54%), but there are also minorities of

(14.22%),

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s (8.24%),

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s (3.42%),

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s (2.29%) and

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(1.84%). For 3.05% of the population, religious affiliation is unknown.

References

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