Arad County

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Arad (Template:IPA2; Template:Lang-hu, Template:Lang-sr) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Crişana, with the capital city at Arad (population: 185,272).

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 Neighbours 4 Economy 5 Tourism 6 Administrative divisions 6.1 Municipalities 6.2 Towns 6.3 Communes 6.4 Villages 7 References 8 External links

Demographics

In 2002, it had a population of 461,791 and the population density was 60/km².

• Romanians - 82%
• Hungarians - 10%
• Rroma - 4%
• Ethnic German - 1%
• Slovaks - 1%.<ref>National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia după etnie"</ref>

Year	County population<ref>National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992 şi 2002"</ref>
1948	476,207
1956	475,620
1966	481,248
1977	512,020
1992	487,617
2002	461,791

Geography

This county has a total area of 7,754 km².

In the east there are the Zarand Mountains from the Apuseni Mountains group. In the west the heights decrease towards the Western Romania Plain.

The county is crossed in the south side by the Mureş River and in the north side by the Crişul Alb River.

Neighbours

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• Hunedoara County and Alba County in the East.
• Hungary in the West - Békés County and Csongrád County.
• Bihor County in the North.
• Timiş County in the South.

The county is also part of the Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa euroregion.

Economy

Along with Timiş County forms one of the most developed regions in Romania. Due to its proximity to the border, it attracts a great number of foreign investments.

The predominant industries in the county are:

• Machine and automotive components.
• Food.
• Textiles.

Tourism

The main tourist destinations are:

• The city of Arad
• Lipova resort
• Moneasa resort
• The areas around Săvârşin, Periş, Macea and Pecica.

Administrative divisions

The county has one municipality, 9 towns and 68 communes.

Municipalities

• Arad

Towns

• Chişineu-Criş
• Curtici
• Ineu
• Lipova
• Nădlac
• Pâncota
• Pecica
• Sântana
• Sebiş

Communes

Almaş Apateu Archiş Bata Bârsa Bârzava Beliu Birchiş Bocsig Brazii Buteni Cărand Cermei Chisindia

Conop Covăsânţ Craiva Dezna Dieci Dorobanţi Fântânele Felnac Frumuşeni Ghioroc Grăniceri Gurahonţ Hălmagiu Hălmăgel Hăşmaş

Igneşti Iratoşu Livada Macea Mişca Moneasa Olari Păuliş Peregu Mare Petriş Pilu Pleşcuţa Săvârşin Secusigiu

Seleuş Semlac Sintea Mare Socodor Şagu Şeitin Şepreuş Şicula Şilindia Şimand Şiria Şiştarovăţ Şofronea Tauţ

Târnova Ususău Vărădia de Mureş Vârfurile Vinga Vladimirescu Zăbrani Zădăreni Zărand Zerind Zimandu Nou

Villages

• Clit

References

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External links

• www.virtualarad.net

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