Ineu (;
Hungarian: ''Borosjenő'';
Serbian
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* someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe
* someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people
* Serbian language
* Serbian names
See also
*
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* Old Serbian (disambiguat ...
: Јенопоље/''Jenopolje'';
Turkish
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*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
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*** Turkish communities and mi ...
: ''Yanova'') is a town 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 center ...
, western
Transylvania,
Romania. It is situated at a distance of from the county capital,
Arad, it occupies a surface at the contact point of
Crișul Alb
The Crișul Alb (Romanian), ( Hungarian: Fehér-Körös) is a river in western Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, and in south-eastern Hungary (Békés County).
Its source is in the southern Apuseni Mountains (Romanian: Munții A ...
Basin and Crișurilor Plateau. Ineu is the main entrance gate into the (''Țara Zarandului''). The town administers one village, Mocrea (''Apatelek'').
Ineu was first attested in documents in the year 1214 under the name "Villa Ieneu". It was a
sanjak centre in the
Temeşvar and
Varat eyalets and it was known as "Yanova" during the Ottoman rule between 1564 and 1595 and again between 1658 and 1693.
Population
According to the census of 2011 the population of the town counts 9078 inhabitants. From an ethnical point of view it has the following structure: 86.49% are
Romanians, 6.57%
Hungarians, 5.98%
Roma, 0.34%
Germans, 0.08%
Slovaks
The Slovaks ( sk, Slováci, singular: ''Slovák'', feminine: ''Slovenka'', plural: ''Slovenky'') are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak Slovak.
In Slovakia, 4.4 mi ...
and 0.1% are of other or undeclared nationalities.
Tourist attractions
The traces of habitation of this area are lost in the darkness of time. Archaeologists excavated artifacts belonging to the
Neolithic civilization (axes with hole,
flint tools, ceramics), to the
Dacian civilization, to the Roman occupation (fortress lines, ornaments, weapons, millstones) and sources that attest the continuous inhabitance of these areas.
Ineu was the residence of a Romanian administrative unit called ''cnezat'' and was a strongly reinforced keep. Ineu's castle was mentioned as a fortress in 1295. Having a strategic position in the defense of
Transylvania, the castle had a life full of vicissitudes. It belonged to the fortresses of
John Hunyadi, then it was occupied by the
Turks several times, being the residence of an
Osmanli territorial unit until it was transferred in the possession of
Michael the Brave. After it had been conquered by
the Habsburgs, it became the headquarters of the
frontier guard regiment.
These periods and events left their marks upon the town's development. After the year 1870 it was rebuilt from its ruins in a Neoclassic style with late Renaissance and Baroque elements.
It is a significant economic centre with a harmonious development of the three economic sectors. Besides, it is the main market town in the area (''Țara Zarandului''). The touristic potential of the town is high: Ineu's castle, the architectural complex of the town's historic centre, as well as the natural reservations are the main attractions worth visiting by the tourists coming to this region of the country.
References
* ''România, ghid turistic''. Editura Sport Turism, 1983
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Populated places in Arad County
Towns in Romania
Localities in Crișana