Petriș

Petriș (Hungarian: Marospetres) is a commune in Arad County, Romania, is situated in the contact zone of Mureș Couloir with Metaliferi Mountains. The administrative territory of the commune is approximately 13,100 ha. It is composed of six villages: Corbești (Maroshollód), Ilteu (Iltő), Obârșia (Óborsa), Petriș (situated at 106 km from Arad), Roșia Nouă (Rósa) and Seliște (Marosszeleste).

For the village in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, see Cetate, Bistriţa-Năsăud. For the village in Mehedinţi County, see Livezile, Mehedinţi. For other uses, see Petris (disambiguation).
Petriș
Commune
Location in Arad County
Petriș
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46.05°N 22.3833°E / 46.05; 22.3833
Country Romania
CountyArad
Population
 (2011)[1]
1,525
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.AR

Population

According to the last census, the population of the commune counts 1871 inhabitants, out of which 99.1% are Romanians, 0.5% are Hungarians and 0.4% are of other or undeclared nationalities.

History

The first documentary records of Petriș, Corbești, Ilteu and Roșia Nouă date back to 1743. Obârșia was attested documentarily in 1468, while Seliște in 1479.

Economy

The commune's present-day economy can be characterized by a powerful dynamic force with significant developments in all the sectors. Pomiculture and silviculture are well represented on local level. Besides, the commune is abundant in exploitable mineral resources, such as pyrites in Roșia Nouă.

Tourism

Among the touristic sights of the commune are the complex of the Salbek castle (19th century) - today being a sanatorium for treating pneumophysiological diseases, the wooden church called "Nașterea Maicii Domnului" built in 1800 in Corbești, the wooden church named "Sfântul Mucenic Dimitrie" built in 1809 and painted in 1819 in Roșia Nouă and the castle built in the 18-19th centuries in neoclassical style of Ilteu.

gollark: Do any of these people actually like to see stuff like "Here's a Wumpus for now" in the UI?
gollark: And some languages have a grammatical formal/informal distinction - and they use the formal grammar, but with the really informal wording - which makes it even weirder.
gollark: Apparently they try and use the same sort of thing in other languages...
gollark: On a related note, it annoys me a lot that Discord seem to want to appeal to "gamers"; I don't even know *which* gamers, honestly; with the weird phrasing they use in the UI.
gollark: If it was federated and open, people would be able to move off it more easily.

References
  1. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
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