Denta

Denta
—  Commune  —
Denta
Coordinates: 45°21′N 21°15′E / 45.35°N 21.25°E / 45.35; 21.25
Country	Romania
County	Timiş County
Population (2002)[1]	3,187
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Denta is a commune in Timiş County, Romania.

Villages

The commune is composed of four villages: Breştea, Denta, Roviniţa Mare and Roviniţa Mică.

Breştea (Banat Bulgarian: Brešćа, Hungarian: Berestye) was founded in 1842 by around 110 families of Roman Catholic Banat Bulgarians from Dudeştii Vechi (Stár Bišnov).

In the 1880s, a part of the Bulgarian population returned to Bulgaria to found the village of Bardarski Geran. In 1869, 1,191 Bulgarians lived in the village, and in 1880 their number was 1,087. In the following years, the population was distributed as follows:

Census		Ethnic distribution
Year	Population	Banat Bulgarians	Romanians	Hungarians	Germans	Serbs	Roma	Others
1890	1,174	1,087	27	20	29	14	-	-
1910	1,002	889	20	53	26	14	-	-
1930	863	804	6	17	15	9	2	10
1956	847	815	25	7	-	-	-	-

The total population in 1941 was 914. In 1930, 93.2% of the population was Bulgarian, and in 1956, 96.2%.

References

1. ^ Romanian census data, 2002; retrieved on March 1, 2010

• Mircea, Anton (1997). Brešćа – 150 gudini. Monografija/ Breştea 150 de ani. Timişoara. 

Coordinates: 45°21′N 21°15′E / 45.35°N 21.25°E / 45.35; 21.25