Jamu Mare (Hungarian: Nagyzsám; German: Freudenthal or Großscham; Serbian: Велики Жам, romanized: Veliki Žam) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Clopodia, Ferendia, Gherman, Jamu Mare (commune seat), and Lățunaș.
Jamu Mare | |
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 The Roman Catholic church in Jamu Mare | |
 Location in Timiș County | |
  Jamu Mare Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 45°15′N 21°25′E / 45.250°N 21.417°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Timiș |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–) | Petre Gagea-Neaga (PNL) |
Area | 207.11 km2 (79.97 sq mi) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[2] | 2,748 |
| • Density | 13.27/km2 (34.36/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 307230–307234 |
| Vehicle reg. | TM |
| Website | www |
Name
editHistory
editJamu Mare was first documented in 1335, under the name Jam.[3] In 1370 it belonged to Krassó County and was called Suma.[4] In Marsigli's notes from 1690 to 1700 it is called Seham and appears with 67 houses.[4] Between 1730 and 1740 a plague epidemic decimated the population. Thus, with the third German colonization, a new locality was established a little further west of the old settlement. Then 152 houses were built. In 1786, thirty families settled here, and in the autumn of the next year the rest of the newcomers. It was then called Freudenthal. The administration moved the Romanians to the border area, and the houses were assigned to the Germans. At the end of the 18th century, Hungarian statistician Elek Fényes recorded that the village called Nagy-Zsám had a population of 1,562 and belonged to the nobleman László Karácsonyi.[5] In 1807 another wave of German colonists from Torontál County settled here. 1809 is considered the year of the effective establishment of the new locality, on the current location. The old Freudenthal colony was gradually abandoned by the Germans, who preferred to move to Jamu Mare, and in 1893, the territory of the colony was incorporated into the current commune.[5]
Demographics
edit- Romanians (84.6%)
- Roma (4.07%)
- Hungarians (2.14%)
- Unknown (7.96%)
- Others (1.26%)
- Orthodox (73.8%)
- Roman Catholics (8.33%)
- Greek Catholics (5.09%)
- Baptists (2.07%)
- Unknown (8.29%)
- Others (1.93%)
- Irreligious, atheists and agnostics (0.50%)
Jamu Mare had a population of 2,748 inhabitants at the 2021 census, down 7.51% from the 2011 census. Most inhabitants are Romanians (84.57%), larger minorities being represented by Roma (4.07%) and Hungarians (2.14%). For 7.96% of the population, ethnicity is unknown.[6] By religion, most inhabitants are Orthodox (73.79%), but there are also minorities of Roman Catholics (8.33%), Greek Catholics (5.09%) and Baptists (2.07%). For 8.29% of the population, religious affiliation is unknown.[7]
| Census[8] | Ethnic composition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Population | Romanians | Hungarians | Germans | Roma | Czechs | Slovaks |
| 1880 | 6,978 | 3,127 | 581 | 2,750 | – | – | 425 |
| 1890 | 7,727 | 3,175 | 813 | 3,162 | – | – | 15 |
| 1900 | 8,174 | 3,535 | 950 | 3,074 | – | – | 20 |
| 1910 | 8,277 | 3,661 | 1,097 | 2,898 | – | – | 70 |
| 1920 | 3,717[a] | 2,415 | 436 | 458 | – | – | – |
| 1930 | 7,513 | 3,656 | 754 | 2,527 | 114 | – | 406 |
| 1941 | 7,662 | 3,711 | 914 | 2,433 | – | – | – |
| 1956 | 6,283 | 3,958 | 738 | 1,311 | – | 234 | 20 |
| 1966 | 5,907 | 3,932 | 621 | 1,079 | 71 | 153 | 12 |
| 1977 | 4,697 | 3,315 | 468 | 686 | 103 | 95 | 6 |
| 1992 | 3,487 | 2,923 | 320 | 114 | 55 | 54 | 5 |
| 2002 | 3,327 | 2,893 | 243 | 63 | 73 | 35 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2,971 | 2,621 | 117 | 29 | 83 | 13 | – |
| 2021 | 2,748 | 2,324 | 59 | 15 | 112 | 5 | – |
Politics and administration
editThe commune of Jamu Mare is administered by a mayor and a local council composed of 11 councilors. The mayor, Petre Gagea-Neaga, from the National Liberal Party, has been in office since 2020. As from the 2024 local elections, the local council has the following composition by political parties:[9]
| Party | Seats | Composition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberal Party | 5 | ||||||
| Social Democratic Party | 4 | ||||||
| Force of the Right | 1 | ||||||
| Alliance for the Union of Romanians | 1 | ||||||
Infrastructure
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Notable people
edit- Ioachim Miloia (1897–1940), painter, philosopher and philologist
Notes
edit- ↑ Data on the populations of Jamu Mare and Lățunaș missing
References
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- ↑ "Primăria Jamu Mare". Ghidul Primăriilor.
- ↑ "2021 Romanian census". National Institute of Statistics. 1 December 2021.
- ↑ Pesty, Frigyes (1884). Krassó vármegye története (PDF). Vol. II. Budapest: Athenaeum R. Társ. Könyvnyomdája.
- 1 2 Szabó, M. Attila (2003). Erdély, Bánság és Partium történeti és közigazgatási helységnévtára. Miercurea Ciuc: Pro-Print Kiadó.
- 1 2 "Fișa Primăriei comunei Jamu Mare". Consiliul Județean Timiș.
- 1 2 "Populația rezidentă după etnie". RPL 2021. Institutul Național de Statistică.
- 1 2 "Populația rezidentă după religie". RPL 2021. Institutul Național de Statistică.
- ↑ Varga, E. Árpád. "Temes megye településeinek etnikai (anyanyelvi/nemzetiségi) adatai 1880-2002" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-10. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
- ↑ "Alegeri locale 2024". Rezultate Vot.