Certeju de Sus

Certeju de Sus (deprecated Cierteş; Hungarian Felsőcsertés ) is a municipality in the district of Hunedoara in Transylvania, Romania.

The place is also known as the Hungarian names Csertés and Csertésköz.

Geographical location

The community Certeju de Sus is located in the southern foothills of the Transylvanian Erzgebirge ( Munţii Metaliferi ) west of the Transylvanian Basin ( Podişul Transilvaniei ). At the headwaters of the Certej - a right tributary of the Mureş - and the county road (drum Judetean ) DJ located 761, the site is located about 14 kilometers northeast of the county town Deva ( Deva ) away. The Romanian A1 is to run ( when done ) is about nine kilometers (direct distance ) south of Certeju de Sus.

History

Certeju de Sus was first mentioned in documents in 1727. However, the history of settlement in the region dates back far longer. In the area of the town have been finds of a settlement, which ( according to different data) in the Neolithic period (M. Roska ) or in the Early Bronze Age (H. Schroller ) indicate made ​​.

After the village population of the municipality Voia balsa to the engineering and construction of the gold mining company, Deva Gold resisted (2008), the mayor and the villagers of Certeju de Sus advocated the construction of the treatment plant.

On the territory of the municipality there are several silver and gold mines. The Canadian company Eldorado Gold which 80 % of the shares of Deva Gold has (as of 2012), plans to invest 270 million U.S. dollars in Certej and from 2015 promoting an average of over four tons of gold and 20.5 tons of silver per year.

Population

The population of the municipality is as follows:

Since the official survey of 1850 was in the area of ​​today's community the highest population - and at the same time the Romanians, the Transylvanian Saxons ( 1276 of them in Săcărâmb [ wholesale Astdorf ] ) and Roma (219 ) - 1850 determined. The highest population of the Magyars was registered in 1900. Furthermore, were Slovaks ( highest population 50 in 1910 ), Serbs (one each in 1910 and 1992, two in 1966 ), 1956 was a Ukrainian registered. 2002 were registered in the municipality Certeju de Sus 3456 people. 3396 of these were Romanians, Magyars were 34, 15 were Roma, Romania ten German and declared himself a Croat. In the 2011 census, 3126 people were counted in 1598 households of the community.

The main occupation of the population is the forestry and mining.

Attractions

• On the territory of the municipality no significant sights are worth mentioning.