Ghilad

Ghilad
Commune
Ghilad
Coordinates: 45°28′N 21°9′E / 45.467°N 21.150°E / 45.467; 21.150
Country	Romania
County	Timiș
Government
• Mayor	Cornel Guran (PNL)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Ghilad (German: Gilad or Kilatt; Hungarian: Gilád) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Gad (Gád) and Ghilad. These were part of Ciacova Commune until 2004, when they were split off.

History

According to :

• 10th century – According to a legend, there was a battle between the Romanian Voivode (duke) Glad and the Hungarian army in the place of the present-day village of Gad. Glad might be the origin of Ghilad.
• 12th century – the locality of Ghilad was named Gyad and then Galad.
• 1212 - the commune was given to a count named Sebus by King Andrew II of Hungary.
• 16th century – the beglerbeg Rami of Timişoara brought several Romanian families from Transylvania to Ghilad.
• 17th century – the village of Gad was plundered by the Ottomans.
• 1717 – present: Ghilad was mentioned under the name of Gor ni Gilad (with 80 houses) and Dolni Gilad (with 100 houses); the settlement of Gad had 30 houses.
• 1721 - several German families settled in the area.
• 1842 - several Hungarian families settled in the area.
• 1851-1860 – Hungarian and German families settled in the area.
• 1900 – 35% of the inhabitants of the village of Gad were Serbian.
• 1926 – Ghilad had 3,589 inhabitants.
• 1936 – Ghilad had three churches, a primary school, a cultural centre, a historical monument, a military band, two town libraries, a men’s choir, 850 houses, 3,539 inhabitants. Gad had a Serbian and German state school, a men’s choir, a mixed choir, a sports club, a monument dedicated to heroes.
• 20 February 1942 – Ioan (Ionel) Bogdan was born in Gad, instrumental performer and conductor.
• 1947 – Viorel Cristea was born in Ghilad, well-known naive painter (d. 15 May 1993).
• 2002 – Ghilad and Gad had 1,849 inhabitants.
• 2004 – the commune of Ghilad was re-founded by separating from the town of Ciacova.
• 2009 – 12 kilometres of road between Ghilad and Gad (the latter with 185 inhabitants) were paved with stone.

Coordinates: 45°28′N 21°09′E / 45.467°N 21.150°E / 45.467; 21.150

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