Sviniţa

Infobox Romania Communes




name=Sviniţa Свињица / Svinjica
county=Mehedinţi County
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mayor=Iovan Ivanovici (Jovan Ivanović)
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population=1,086
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Sviniţa ( _ro. Sviniţa, _sr. Свињица or Svinjica, _hu. Szinice) is a commune in Mehedinţi County, Romania, located on the Danube (in the area of Banat known as Clisura Dunării - "Banatska Klisura" in Serbian). In 2002, its population numbered 1,132 people and was mostly composed of Serbs.

Name

The name "Svinjica" means "the pig place" or "little pig" in Serbian.

History

In the autumn of 1848, the locality was the site of a daring escape of Wallachian revolutionaries kept in Ottoman custody. Maria Rosetti and Constantin Daniel Rosenthal called on the local mayor to demand that Ottoman guards hand in their weapons on what was at the time Austrian soil, and all persons arrested were consequently free to go.

Demographics

Ethnic groups (2002 census): [ [http://www.edrc.ro/recensamant.jsp?regiune_id=1407&judet_id=1579&localitate_id=1638 Census data 2002] ]
* Serbs (87.27%)
* Romanians (10.51%)
* Roma (1.76%)

Languages

The commune is officially bilingual, with both Romanian and Serbian being used as working languages on public signage and in administration, education and justice.

Religion

Most of the inhabitants of the commune (92.49%) are Old Believers by religion, while smaller part of population are Orthodox Christians (6.53%).

Notes

ee also

*Mehedinţi County
*Clisura Dunării
*Serbs in Romania

External links

* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/RO/26/Svinita.html Sviniţa]