Jimbolia
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  Jimbolia
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| Country |  Romania |
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| County | Timiş County | ||
| Status | Town | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Gábor Kaba (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania) | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 108 km² (41.7 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2002) | |||
| - Total | 11,605 | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Website: http://www.jimbolia.ro/ | |||
Jimbolia (Romanian IPA pronunciation: /ʒim.'bo.li.a/, Banat Bulgarian: Džimbolj, German: Hatzfeld, Hungarian: Zsombolya, Serbian: Žombolj or Жомбољ) is a town in Timiş county, Romania. In 2004, it had a population of 11,605.
The town was first mentioned in a written record in a papal tax record in 1333 as Chumbul. It was colonized in 1766 by Danube Swabians and renamed Hatzfeld. From 1919 to 1924 Jimbolia was part of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, when it was exchanged for some Serbian villages. In 1924 it became part of Romania with the name Jimbolia. The painter Stefan Jäger, known for his depiction of Danube Swabian life and history, lived in the town from 1910 until his death in 1962.
Formerly, the town was populated mainly by Germans, but as result of emigration Romanians are currently the largest ethnic group.
| Historical population of Jimbolia Mare[1] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Population | Romanians | Hungarians | Germans | |||||||||
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| 1880 | 8,621 | 0.4% | 5.9% | 87.5% | |||||||||
| 1890 | 9,580 | 0.4% | 7.5% | 89.8% | |||||||||
| 1900 | 10,152 | 0.5% | 15.1% | 82.7% | |||||||||
| 1910 | 10,893 | 1% | 20.8% | 74.2% | |||||||||
| 1930 | 10,873 | 6.1% | 19.3% | 70.3% | |||||||||
| 1941 | 10,781 | 8% | 19.2% | 67.2% | |||||||||
| 1956 | 11,281 | 30.6% | 21.5% | 43.6% | |||||||||
| 1966 | 13,633 | 39% | 20.7% | 36.1% | |||||||||
| 1977 | 14,682 | 41.3% | 19.7% | 34.2% | |||||||||
| 1992 | 11,830 | 66.8% | 16.6% | 9.4% | |||||||||
| 2002[2] | 11,136 | 72.4% | 14.8% | 4.6% | |||||||||
[edit] Images
 Statue of Saint Florian, patron of firemen and a symbol of the city |
 Roman Catholic church |
 Ştefan Jager Museum |
 Firemen's Tower |
 Rail station |
 Street scene |
 Traditional Swabian house, protected historic landmark |
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