Vinga

Vinga
Vinga
Commune
	Roman Catholic Church and the square
	Location in Arad County
	Vinga Location in Romania
	Coordinates: 46°1′N 21°13′E / 46.017°N 21.217°E
Country	Romania
County	Arad
Area	155 km2 (60 sq mi)
Elevation	109 m (358 ft)
Population (2021-12-01)	6,083
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.	AR

Vinga is a commune in Arad County, western Romania, south of the county seat of Arad, with a population of 5,828 inhabitants (as of 2011). Vinga is located in the northern section of the

Catholic faith, known as the Banat Bulgarians

, who have historically been the dominant ethnicity in Vinga.

History

The first evidence of Vinga's existence as a small village dates back to 1231 A.D. After Vinga was destroyed by Turks during the expansion of the

Nicolae Ceauşescu

, the government promised to contribute and renovate Vinga so that it could be recognized as a small town. However, these promises were not kept because the revolution of 1989 occurred and a new government was formed.

Religion

When Bulgarians came to Vinga, they brought with them their culture, their language, and also their religion of Roman Catholicism. The imposing

Catholic

church, which was built by ethnic Bulgarians in the early 1890s, can be seen from afar. There is also an Orthodox church, which represents the main religion of Romanians living in the area. Furthermore, there is a Baptist church, which holds around 30 members, and a Pentecostal church which is located near the Baptist church.

Population and ethnic changes

Changes in population distribution in Vinga village
Census^[1]^[2]		Ethnic origin
Year	Population	Romanians	Banat Bulgarians	Germans	Hungarians	Roma	Serbs	Slovaks	Other origins
1880	4,796	263	3,543	652	278	6	9	45	–
1900	4,762	455	2,818	704	718	?	31	36	?
1930	4,764	1,108	2,208	392	919	64	14	22	26
1977	4,617	2,239	1,103	70	983	181	3	14	20
1992	4,132	2,147	690	40	686	463	5	29	71
2002	4,218	2,632	510	31	533	397	3	18	94

Demographics

At the 2011 census, the commune had 5828 inhabitants. Of these 58.11% were

Roma, 5.57% Bulgarians, 2.59% Slovaks, 0.9% Ukrainians and 0.2% Serbs

. The commune is composed of three villages:

In Romanian	In Hungarian	Ethnic majority
Mailat	Majláthfalva	Hungarians
Mănăștur	Monostor	Romanians
Vinga	Vinga	Romanians

There is a major European road running through Vinga (E671), connecting it to Arad to the North and Timișoara to the South. Vinga also has a train station running the same general direction as the road, connecting these two major cities, Arad and Timișoara. Many people in Vinga commute to one of these cities to work. Being a commune, it has two associate small towns (villages) in its administrative jurisdiction: Mănăștur and Mailat.

Natives

Gallery

Church
Church inside
Bulgarian House plaque
Mayor's Office, former Franciscan monastery

References

^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.

External links

[1] "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.

[1]

v t e Arad County, Romania
Cities	Arad (county seat)
Towns	Chișineu-Criș Curtici Ineu Lipova Nădlac Pâncota Pecica Sântana Sebiș
Communes	Almaș Apateu Archiș Bârsa Bârzava Bata Beliu Birchiș Bocsig Brazii Buteni Cărand Cermei Chisindia Conop Covăsânț Craiva Dezna Dieci Dorobanți Fântânele Felnac Frumușeni Ghioroc Grăniceri Gurahonț Hălmăgel Hălmagiu Hășmaș Ignești Iratoșu Livada Macea Mișca Moneasa Olari Păuliș Peregu Mare Petriș Pilu Pleșcuța Șagu Săvârșin Secusigiu Șeitin Seleuș Semlac Șepreuș Șicula Șilindia Șimand Sintea Mare Șiria Șiștarovăț Socodor Șofronea Târnova Tauț Ususău Vărădia de Mureș Vârfurile Vinga Vladimirescu Zăbrani Zădăreni Zărand Zerind Zimandu Nou