Chișineu-Criș ( Hungarian: ''Kisjenő'') is a town 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 ...

Crișana Crișana (, , ) is a geographical and historical region of Romania named after the Criș (Körös) River and its three tributaries: the Crișul Alb, Crișul Negru, and Crișul Repede. In Romania, the term is sometimes extended to include areas ...

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Geography

The town is situated on the north-western side of the county, at a distance from Arad, the county seat. The administrative territory stretches over on the Crișul Alb Plateau, on both sides of the river

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. The town was formed by merging the villages of Chișineu Mic and Pădureni (''Erdőhegy''). The town administers one village, Nădab (''Nadab'').

Demographics

In 1910, the town had 2,821 inhabitants: 1,376 (48.8%) spoke Hungarian, 1,355 (48%) spoke

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, 49 (1.7%) spoke

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. At the 2011 census, it had 7,577 inhabitants, of which 73.5% were

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, 19.3%

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, and 6.3%

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. At the 2021 census, Chișineu-Criș had a population of 7,212.

Economy

Although the town economy is predominant agricultural, during the last decade the second and third economic sectors had a growing evolution. For most of the tourists Chișineu-Criș is a transit town towards central and

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. The most attractive sightseeing spot of the town is the Crișul Alb River and its banks covered with abundant vegetation.

Tourist attractions

The archaeological discoveries brought to light traces of habitation much older than the documentary attestation of the town. The most important archaeological discoveries that attest the continuity of habitation in the area revealed objects older than 2,500 years in several locations of the town. Also two settlements dated back to the 3rd5th and 10th11th centuries were found here. Chișineu-Criș was first mentioned as "villa Jeneusol" in the years 1202–1203. Nădab village is attested in a document of 1334 as "Nodob".

Natives

* John Balaban * Zoltan Balogh * Adalbert Boros * Claudiu Drăgan * Gheorghe Gaston Marin * George Pirtea *

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References

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