| Lenauheim | |
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Lenauheim
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| Country | Romania |
| County | Timiş County |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ilie Suciu (Democratic Liberal Party) |
| Population (2002)[1] | 5,676 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Lenauheim (official since 1926; also called Schadat, Schaddat and Tschatad in German; Hungarian: Csatád; Romanian: Cetad, Cetat) is a commune in Timiş County, Banat, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Bulgăruş, Grabaţ and Lenauheim.
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The Lenauheim village was founded by German colonists (Banat Swabians) in 1767. Originally called Csatád, in 1926 the village was renamed Lenauheim after the poet Nikolaus Lenau who was born here.
In 1865 Lenauheim had ca. 3200 inhabitants. In 1940 it had 2400, out of which 95% ethnic Germans. After the Second World War the proportion of Germans fell to 50%. In 1992, out of 1400 inhabitants there were 346 Germans, in 2006 only 59.
| Census[2] | Ethnic structure | |||||||
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| Year | Population | Romanians | Germans | Hungarians | Serbs | Roma | Slovaks | Others |
| 1880 | 8.780 | 46 | 8.487 | 58 | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| 1930 | 7.170 | 114 | 6.653 | 77 | 6 | 253 | 60 | 2 |
| 1956 | 7.876 | 3.190 | 4.193 | 118 | 6 | 327 | 34 | 3 |
| 1977 | 7.490 | 3.478 | 3.509 | 77 | 4 | 402 | 12 | 6 |
| 1992 | 5.123 | 3.943 | 346 | 66 | 6 | 734 | 12 | 10 |
| 2002 | 5.665 | 4.617 | 193 | 90 | 8 | 723 | ? | 34 |