Dorobanți, Arad

Dorobanți
Kisiratos
Commune
Country  Romania
County Arad County
Population 1,618
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Dorobanți (Hungarian: Kisiratos) is a commune in Arad County, Romania. Dorobanți commune lies in the Arad Plateau and it stretches over 2780 hectare. It is composed of a single village, Dorobanți, split off from Curtici town in 2004. It is situated at 25 km from Arad.

Population

According to the last census the population of the commune counts 1618 inhabitants. From an ethnical point of view it has the following structure: 8.59% are Romanians, 89.3% Hungarians and 1.27% are of other or undeclared nationalities.

History

The first documentary record of the locality dates back to 1454.

Economy

The commune's present-day economy can be characterized by a powerful dynamic force with significant developments in all the sectors present in the commune. Dorobanți is known as an important agricultural centre of the region.

References

    Coordinates: 46°21′00″N 21°14′00″E / 46.35°N 21.2333°E