Dumbrăvița, Timiș
Dumbrăvița (Hungarian: Újszentes, "New Szentes") is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Dumbrăvița. At the 2011 census, 77.9% of inhabitants were Romanians, 14.6% Hungarians and 1.2% Germans.
Dumbrăvița | |
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 Location in Timiș County | |
  Dumbrăvița Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 45°48′N 21°15′E | |
| Country |  Romania |
| County | Timiș |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Horia Bugarin (USR PLUS) |
| Population (2011)[1] | 7,522 |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Vehicle reg. | TM |
It was founded in 1892[2] under the name Vadászerdő by Hungarian settlers from Szentes. It was renamed to Újszentes in 1906. In 1920, it became part of Romania. The commune is bordered to the north by the communes of Giarmata and Sânandrei, to the east by Ghiroda commune, and to the south and west by Timișoara.
As result of the development of the city, many people from Timișoara have built homes in Dumbrăvița, which has the tendency of becoming a neighborhood of Timișoara. Meanwhile, between the 2002 and the 2011 census, the population grew by 168%, from 2693 to 7241 residents.
References
- "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai: Historia (in Romanian). Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai. 2003.
