Czechs of Romania

Czechs of Romania

The Czechs ( _cs. Češi, _ro. Cehi) are an ethnic minority in Romania, 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 in Caraş-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, painter

External links

* http://www.genealogy.ro/cont/czechs.htm


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