Dumbrăviţa, Timiş

Dumbrăviţa
—  Commune  —
Dumbrăviţa
Coordinates:
Country  Romania
County Timiş County
Population (2002)[1] 2,693
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Dumbrăviţa (Hungarian: Újszentes, "New Szentes") is a commune in Timiş County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Dumbrăviţa.

It was founded in 1892 by Hungarian settlers from Szentes.

It is located near Timişoara, in the northern part. As result of the development of the city, many people from Timişoara have built homes in Dumbrăviţa, which has the tendency of becoming a neighborhood of Timişoara.

References

  1. ^ Romanian census data, 2002; retrieved on March 1, 2010