Gătaia

Gătaia
Town
Gătaia train station
Gătaia
Coordinates: 45°26′N 21°26′E / 45.433°N 21.433°E / 45.433; 21.433
Country  Romania
County Timiș
Government
 • Mayor Raul Cozarov (PNL)
Area 143.85 km2 (55.54 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1] 5,449
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Climate Cfb
Historical population
YearPop.±%
2002 8,103—    
2011 5,449−32.8%
Source: Census data

Gătaia is a town in Timiș County, Banat, western Romania. It is located on the Bârzava River at 52 km (32 mi) from Timișoara and 47 km (29 m) from Reșița.

Name

In German: Gattaja; in Hungarian: Gátalja; in Serbian: Гатаја / Gataja.

Villages

It administers five villages: Butin (Temesbökény), Percosova (Berkeszfalu), Sculia (Szigetfalu), Șemlacu Mare (Mezősomlyó) and Șemlacu Mic (Vársomlyó). Declared a town in 2004, it also administered four other villages until that time, when they were split off to form Birda Commune.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, 78.1% of inhabitants were Romanians, 11.6% Hungarians, 1% Germans, 0.6% Roma and 8.4% other.

Transport

Train services to Buziaș and Jamu Mare are operated by Regiotrans.

Notable people

It is the birthplace of Adalbert Deșu, a Romanian football striker, who played at the 1930 FIFA World Cup with the Romanian national football team.

References

  1. ↑ Romanian census data, 2011 Archived 2012-07-19 at the Wayback Machine.; retrieved on May 22, 2012

Coordinates: 45°26′N 21°26′E / 45.433°N 21.433°E / 45.433; 21.433

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