Poiana Vadului
Poiana Vadului (deprecated Neagra or Neagra de Sus; Hungarian Feketevölgy ) is a town in Alba county in Transylvania, Romania.
The place is also known by its Hungarian name Nyagra.
Geographical location
The community Poiana Vadului, located in the northwest of Alba County on the river Neagra, a right tributary of Aries. With its eleven villages and small hamlets, the municipality extends to the east of the Bihor Mountains and is located north-west about 24 kilometers northwest of Câmpeni ( Topesdorf ), from the county capital Alba Iulia ( Charles Castle ) about 65 km ( straight line ). Poiana Vadlului is surrounded by woods in the center of the Apuseni Mountains in the historic Pimp country.
History
The village as such in 1909 under the name Niagra officially on record for the first time. By 1968 the site was listed under the name Neagra.
The settlement is, however, far longer. According to reports from JM Ackner from 1856, chronicles of C. Goos and V. Christescu, gold was washed in the region during the Roman times the river Neagra. Called on the territory of the municipality, by the locals Varful Stâna (Hungarian Esztena tetö ) in 1914, according to B. Orbán found a grave mound.
The main occupation of the population are forestry, wood processing and livestock.
Population
1850 lived on the territory of the present municipality of 1,867 inhabitants; 1,861 of these were Romanians and six Roma. 1920 was 3,355, the largest population - consistent Romanians - registered. The highest number of Hungarians ( 7) in 1890 and 1900, which determines the Roma ( 6) 1850 and 1956. The population decreased from 1920; 2002 there were still 1,304 people in the community (all Romanians ).
Attractions
- The Romanian Orthodox Church, Sf. Mihail şi Gavril, built in 1969.
- The municipality is the starting point for Curcubata Mare Summit ( 46 ° 26 ' N, 22 ° 41' O46.4408422.68857, 1849 m), in the Bihor Mountains.