Livada, Satu Mare

Livada (formerly Şarchiuz, Wiesenhaid German, Hungarian Sárköz ) is a city in Satu Mare, Romania.

Location

Livada is located in the north- western Romania, situated in a hollow on the southwestern edge of the Eastern Carpathians. The county capital of Satu Mare is located about 20 km southwest.

History

The oldest archaeological finds in the region date back to the Stone Age and the Bronze Age.

Livada 1270 is first mentioned. 1457 today Reformed church was built. 1740 was a brickyard, 1760 Vecsey castle. Until 1918, the village belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and Austria- Hungary. After the First World War he came to Romania, from 1940 to 1944 as a result of the Second Vienna Award temporarily back to Hungary. 2006 Livada received the status of a city.

The main economic activities are agriculture and trade.

Population

At the beginning of the 18th century 1784 1572 residents were 84 families in the village, with a population census registered. 1880 lived on the territory of today's 4,347 people, including 3,808 Hungarians, 153 Serbs, 41 Slovaks, 23 Romanians, 20 German and 12 Ukrainians. 2,240 lived in Livada itself, the remaining 2,107 in the three now incorporated villages. 1920 222 Jews were also registered.

As of the 2002 census lived in Livada 7,004 inhabitants, of whom 5,056 in the town itself, in 1948 several incorporated villages. 4,221 were Hungary, 2,409 Romanians, 317 Roma, 41 Ukrainians and 13 German ( Satu Mare Swabians ).

Traffic

Livada lies on the railway line from Satu Mare to Bixad. Here, at about six pairs of trains a day. Through the city leads the European Route 58, which leads from here Halmeu to Baia Mare ( Mrs. Bach ). Regular bus services to Satu Mare.

Attractions

• Ukrainian Church Acoperamântul Maicii Domnului (1700)
• Reformed Church (1457/1779)
• Orthodox Church Aflarea Sf. Cruci (1799 )
• Baroque castle Vecsey (1760 )
• Arboretum