- Czechs of Romania
The
Czechs ( _cs. Češi, _ro. Cehi) are an ethnic minority inRomania , numbering 3,938 people according to the 2002 census. The majority of Romanian Czechs live in the south-west of the country, with around 60% of them living inCaraş-Severin County , where they make up 0.7% of the population.As an officially-recognised ethnic minority, Czechs have one seat reserved in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies.
Czech villages
# Gerník cs (
Gârnic (ro)), Caraş-Severin
# Rovensko cs (Ravensca (ro)), Caraş-Severin
# Svatá Helena cs (Sfânta Elena (ro)), Caraş-Severin
# Eibentál cs (Eibenthal (ro), (de)), Mehedinţi
# Šumice cs (Şumiţa (ro)), Caraş-Severin
# Bígr cs (Bigăr (ro), Schnellersruhe (de)), Caraş-Severin
# Svatá Alžběta cs (Sfânta Elizabeta (ro), Elisabethfeld (de)), Caraş-Severin - abandoned (too little water)In this villages are Czechs and native czech Germans named Pems ("Pémové" in Czech) too. It is from word Böhm (de) (= settler of Czech Rep., any nation).
Communes with the largest Czech population percentage
# Dubova, Mehedinţi -- 40,70%
#Gârnic , Caraş-Severin -- 33,46%
#Coronini , Caraş-Severin -- 27,36%
#Berzasca , Caraş-Severin -- 14,24%
#Şopotu Nou , Caraş-Severin -- 10,92%
#Lăpuşnicel , Caraş-Severin -- 10,75%
#Socol , Caraş-Severin -- 4,60%
#Peregu Mare , Arad -- 3,83%
#Eşelniţa , Mehedinţi -- 2,31%
#Orşova , Mehedinţi -- 1,85%Notable Czech-Romanians
*
Ignat Bednarik , painter
*Anton Chladek , painter
*Anton Vorel , herbalist
*Lascăr Vorel , painterExternal links
* http://www.genealogy.ro/cont/czechs.htm
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