Fântânele (; ) is a
commune in
Arad County
Arad County () is an administrative division ( județ) 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
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
. The commune is situated on the Vingăi Plateau, on the left bank of the
Mureș River Mureș may refer to:
* Mureș County, Romania
* Mureș (river) in Romania and Hungary (''Maros'')
* Mureș culture, a Bronze Age culture from Romania
See also
* Târgu Mureș, the capital of Mureș County
* Ocna Mureș, a town in Alba Cou ...
. It is composed of two villages: Fântânele (situated 10 km from
Arad) and Tisa Nouă (''Wiesenheid''; ''Réthát''). It also included Aluniș and
Frumușeni
Frumușeni (; ) is a commune in Arad County, Romania. It lies in the north-eastern part of the Vinga Plateau. It is composed of two villages, Aluniș (''Traunau''; ''Cseralja'') and Frumușeni (situated at 17 km from Arad). These were part of ...
villages until 2004, when they were split off.
Population
According to the 2002 census, the population of the commune is 5692 (4975 Romanians, 378 Hungarians, 159 Slovaks, 112 Germans, 31
Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Romani people, or Roma, an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin
** Romani language, an Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani communities
** Romanichal, Romani subgroup in the United Kingdom
* Romanians (Romanian ...
and 29 others.
History
The first documentary record of Fântânele dates back to 1457, while Tisa Nouă to 1135.
Economy
Although the economy of the commune is prevalent agricultural, grain, technical crops and fodder-plant growing are widespread, vegetable growing and cattle raising are also practised, and the secondary and tertiary economic sectors have also developed recently.
Tourism
The locality is included in the area with cultural value of national interest.
In Fântânele village one can visit the Roman Catholic church called "Îngerul Păzitor" (1780) and the
Kover-Appel castle dating
back to the 19th century with its surrounding park and architectural complex.
References
Communes in Arad County
Localities in Romanian Banat
Former Danube Swabian communities in Romania
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