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Pecica

Pécska
Pecica Pécska
Town
	The urban ensemble
	Coat of arms
	Location in Arad County
	Pecica Location in Romania
	Coordinates: 46°10′12″N 21°4′12″E / 46.17000°N 21.07000°E
Country	Romania
County	Arad
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Petru Antal (PNL)
Area	237.17 km2 (91.57 sq mi)
Elevation	103 m (338 ft)
Population (2021-12-01)	11,950
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	317235
Area code	(+40) 02 57
Vehicle reg.	AR
Website	www.pecica.ro

Pecica (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈpet͡ʃʲ.ka]; Hungarian: Pécska; German: Petschka; Serbian: Печка/Pečka) is a town in Arad County, western Romania. In ancient times it was a Dacian fortress called Ziridava and today it is an important archeological site.^[3]^[4] Situated at 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Arad, it was declared a town in 2004. Its administrative territory extends into the Arad Plateau. The town administers three villages: Bodrogu Vechi (Óbodrog), Sederhat (Szederhát) and Turnu (Tornya).

Population edit

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2002	13,024	—
2011	11,885	−8.7%
2021	11,950	+0.5%
Source: Census data

At the 2021 census, Pecica had a population of 11,950.^[5] At the 2011 census, the town had 11,885 inhabitants; of those, 62.2% were Romanians, 28% Hungarians, 8.4% Roma, 0.36% Serbs, 0.33% Slovaks, and 0.7% of other or undeclared nationalities.

History edit

Due to the abundance of archaeological finds of the zone an important historic period known as the Periam-Pecica culture was named after the settlement. The history of the localities Pecica, Bodrogu Vechi, Sederhat and Turnu is closely connected with the events making highly memorable the entire zone of the Arad Plateau.

The first mention in documents of the locality dates back to 1335 when it was known as Petk. Sederhat was registered only in 1913, Turnu in 1333 under the name of Mok, while Bodrogu Vechi in 1422 under the name of Bodruch. It has a complex political history with periods of Ottoman rule, periods of Habsburg monarchy, Kingdom of Hungary and Kingdom of Romania. After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, it became part of the Kingdom of Hungary within Austria-Hungary up until the Treaty of Trianon. Since then the town has been part of Romania.

Economy edit

Although the economy of the town is prevalent agricultural, the secondary and tertiary economic sectors have also developed recently. Besides agriculture, the industry of petrol and rock-gas is also well represented. The initiation of the frontier crossing point at Turnu and the trimming of the thermal water springs should be the most important chances for the economic development of the town.

Tourism edit

Tourist attractions include the Roman Catholic Church, the Pecica Cultural Center, and the "Lunca Mureșului" park.

Notable residents edit

Kuno von Klebelsberg (1875–1932), Hungarian politician, minister of interior and minister of culture
Roman Ciorogariu (1852–1936), Romanian Orthodox bishop, journalist and educator
Marius Cihărean (born 1975), Romanian weightlifter
Mircea Petescu (1943–2018), Romanian footballer and coach

Sister cities edit

References edit

^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
^ Ember, Melvin; Peregrine, Peter Neal, eds. (2001). "Encyclopedia of Prehistory: Volume 1: Africa". Encyclopedia of Prehistory. Vol. 4 : Europe. Springer. p. 214. ISBN 0-306-46255-9.
^ Barbara Ann Kipfer, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology, p.428. Springer, 2000, ISBN 0-306-46158-7
^ "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.