Nădlac
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Nădlac Nadlak |
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Location of Nădlac | |||
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Country | Romania | ||
County | Arad County | ||
Status | Town | ||
Government | |||
- Mayor | Vasile Ciceac (Democratic Party) | ||
Area | |||
- Total | 133 km² (51.4 sq mi) | ||
Population (2002) | |||
- Total | 8,422 | ||
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
- Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
Website: http://www.primaria-nadlac.ro/ |
Nădlac (Slovak: Nadlak, Hungarian: Nagylak) is a town in western Romania, Arad County. A former part of the town lies across the border with Hungary; this village is called Nagylak. An international border town, Nădlac is the main border crossing into western Romania from Hungary. It is also a centre of the Lutheran Slovakian community in Romania.
The town's name in Hungarian language means "big place". The Romanian and Slovakian names derive from that.
[edit] Population
According to the 2002 census, Nădlac had 8,154 inhabitants. The ethnic breakdown was then as follows:
- Slovaks: 47.64%
- Romanians: 44.50%
- Hungarians: 3.55%
- Roma people: 2.53%
- others: 1.75%
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[edit] Unofficial site
www.nadlak.wz.sk [1]