Tărcaia

Tărcaia Köröstárkány
Commune
Tărcaia
Coordinates: 46°38′N 22°22′E / 46.633°N 22.367°E / 46.633; 22.367
Country	Romania
County	Bihor County
Population (2002)[1]	2,154
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Tărcaia (Hungarian: Köröstárkány) is a commune in Bihor County, northwestern Romania with a population of 2,076 people. It is composed of four villages: Mierag (Mérág), Tărcaia, Tărcăiţa (Tárkányka) and Totoreni (Tatárfalva).

Geography

Tărcaia lies along the river bank of Crişul Negru River in the southeastern part of Bihor County, around 65 km south-east of Oradea and 4 km south of Beiuş.

History

It has a complex political history with periods of Ottoman rule, periods of Habsburg Monarchy, Principality of Transylvania, and Kingdom of Hungary. After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, it became part of the Kingdom of Hungary within Austria-Hungary up until the Romanian army arrived in the village between regrettable circumstances.

On April 19, 1919, the invading Romanian army and Romanian paramilitary groups murdered and robbed 91 Hungarian villagers in Tărcaia. The Romanians summoned the locals to the center of the village, where they fired on them with machine-guns.^[2] Since then the village has been part of Romania, which was acknowledged internationally by the Treaty of Trianon in 1920.

Ethnic groups

According to the 2002 census, the ethnic structure is 53.89% Hungarians with a population of 1161, 45.91% Romanians with a population of 989. There is also a small community of Ukrainians and Germans, respectively 0.13% and 0.04%.^[3]

Bihor County, Romania Cities Oradea (county seat) Beiuș Marghita Salonta Towns Aleșd Nucet Săcueni Ștei Valea lui Mihai Vașcău Communes Abram Abrămuț Aștileu Aușeu Avram Iancu Balc Batăr Biharia Boianu Mare Borod Borș Bratca Brusturi Budureasa Buduslău Bulz Buntești Căbești Câmpani Căpâlna Cărpinet Cefa Ceica Cetariu Cherechiu Chișlaz Ciumeghiu Cociuba Mare Copăcel Criștioru de Jos Curățele Curtuișeni Derna Diosig Dobrești Drăgănești Drăgești Finiș Gepiu Girișu de Criș Hidișelu de Sus Holod Husasău de Tinca Ineu Lăzăreni Lazuri de Beiuș Lugașu de Jos Lunca Mădăras Măgești Nojorid Olcea Oșorhei Paleu Pietroasa Pocola Pomezeu Popești Răbăgani Remetea Rieni Roșia Roșiori Săcădat Sălacea Sălard Sâmbăta Sâniob Sânmartin Sânnicolau Român Sântandrei Sârbi Șimian Șinteu Șoimi Spinuș Șuncuiuș Suplacu de Barcău Tămășeu Tărcaia Tarcea Tăuteu Țețchea Tileagd Tinca Toboliu Tulca Uileacu de Beiuș Vadu Crișului Vârciorog Viișoara

Coordinates: 46°38′N 22°22′E / 46.633°N 22.367°E / 46.633; 22.367

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