Şeitin is a commune

Communes of Romania

A commune is the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania. There are 2686 communes in Romania. The commune is the rural subdivision of a county .There is no clear restriction on the population of a commune, even though when a commune...

 in western Romania

Romania

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, located in the southwest part of Arad County

Arad County

Arad is an administrative division of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crişana and few villages in Banat. The administrative center of the county lies in the city of Arad...

, is situated in the south-western part of the Arad Plateau, in the valley of the Mureş River

Mures River

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, and it covers approximately 6680
ha. The commune is composed of a single village, Şeitin, situated at 47 km from Arad

Arad, Romania

Arad is the capital city of Arad County, in western Romania, in the Crişana region, on the river Mureş.An important industrial center and transportation hub, Arad is also the seat of a Romanian Orthodox archbishop and features two universities, a Romanian Orthodox theological seminary, a training...

.

Population

According to the last census, the population of the commune consists of about 2996 inhabitants, out of which 93.7% are Romanians,
0.9% Hungarians, 3.9% Roms, 0.7% Slovaks, 0.5% Ukrainians and 0.3% are of other or undeclared nationalities.

History

Șeitin was first mentioned in documents in 1138. Archaeological excavations

Archaeology

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 performed in the place called
"La Imaș" have discovered traces of a Dacian-Roman settlement and a burial vault

Burial vault

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 that prove the continuity of inhabitance
on this area.

Economy

The economy of the commune is mainly agrarian, the locality is well-known in the region as an important grain-bearing vegetable-
growing place. Livestock-breeding is based on pig and cattle raising.

Tourism

The natural park called "Lunca Mureșului" and the Mureș valley are the main sights of the commune.

Natives

• Ioan T. Morar
  Ioan T. Morar
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   (b. 1956), journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist, literary and art critic
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  , and civil society
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  activist.