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Arad (Romania, Arad)

Municipiul Arad

Last modified: 2002-03-29 by istvan molnar
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[flag of Arad, Arad County]by István Molnár, 13 February 2001

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    Overview

    Arad (in Hungarian Arad, in German Arad) is a city in Arad (in Hungarian Arad) County of Romania close to the Hungarian border on the right bank of the Mureş (Maros) River. The commune contains only the city. The city has got 190.114 inhabitants (29.828 (15,7%) Hungarians, 4.142 (2,8%) Gherman 1992 census).

    Neighbouring communities are: Iratoşu / Nagyiratos, Pecica / Ópécska, Felnac, Vinga / Vinga, Şagu, Fântânele, Vladimirescu, Livada, Zimandu Nou / Zimándújfalu and Sofronea / Sofronya communities.

    The territory of the city is inhabited from Ages. There were found some finds from the Bronze, Iron, Dacian, Roman ages.

    The city has got its name from Knight Orod, knight of King Saint Stephen in 1029. Castle Orod later Arad became the capital of Arad County. The city was in Arad County of the Kingdom of Hungary till 1551. In 1514 it was destroyed at the time of the Dózsa peasant revolt. On 18th September 1551 it was occupied by the Turks. The Turks built a new fort and Arad became a sandsak seat. It was under Turkish rule till 1685. The Treaty of Karlovac (1699) reunited it with Hungary. 1699-1741 Arad was part of the Military Borderlands and was the district seat. Between 1763-1783 the new fort was built. 1741-1832 Arad w