Șagu

{{Infobox Romanian subdivision

|type = commune

|county = Arad

|name = Șagu

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|image_caption = Șagu railway station

|image_location =

|image_map = Sagu jud Arad.png

|map_caption = Location in Arad County

|leader_name = Emilia Brăneț

|leader_party = PNL

|leader_term = 2024–2028

|coordinates = {{coord|46|03|N|21|17|E|region:RO|display=it}}

|elevation = 133

|elevation_min =

|elevation_max =

|area_total = 102.66

|area_footnotes =

|population_as_of =

|population_total = auto

|population_footnotes =

|postal_code = 317310

|area_code = (+40) 0257

|website = {{URL|https://primariasagu.ro/}}

}}

Șagu ({{langx|hu|Németság}}, {{langx|de|Segenthau}}) is a commune in Arad County, Romania, is situated on the Vingăi Plateau and it stretches over {{cvt|10266|ha}}. It is composed of five villages: Cruceni (Temeskeresztes; Kreuzstätten), Firiteaz (Féregyház), Fiscut (Temesfűzkút), Hunedoara Timișană, and Șagu (situated at 15 km from Arad).

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = Census data

|1880 |4837

|1910 |5157

|1966 |5070

|1977 |5095

|1992 |3858

|2002 |3862

|2011 |3776

|2021 |3863

}}

According to the 2002 census, commune had 3,862 inhabitants, out of which 91.5% were Romanians, 3.8% Hungarians, 2.7% Roma, 1.2% Germans, and 0.8% were of other or undeclared nationalities. At the 2021 census, Șagu had a population of 3,863; of those, 82.68% were Romanians, 6.94% Roma, and 1.63% Hungarians.{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=INSSE|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}

History

The first documentary record of Șagu dates back to 1333. Cruceni was attested documentarily in 1772, Firiteaz in 1256, Fiscut in 1493, while Hunedoara Timișană in 1925.

Natives

{{ill|Mathias Bernath|de||ro}} (1920–2013), historian and academic

References

Category:Communes in Arad County

Category:Localities in Romanian Banat

Category:Former Danube Swabian communities in Romania