{{redirect|Papd|the law enforcement agency|PAPD}} {{distinguish|text=Čenej in Vojvodina, Serbia}} {{Infobox Romanian subdivision |type = commune |county = Timiș |population_total = auto |image_map = Cenei jud Timis.svg |map_caption = Location in Timiș County |name = Cenei |leader_name = Sîrgean Tanasin |leader_term = 2020– |leader_party = PSD |coordinates = {{coord|45|43|N|20|54|E|region:RO|display=it}} |image_skyline = Bobda.jpg |image_caption = The ruins of the church in Bobda, former mausoleum of the Csávossy counts and Roman Catholic church |image_shield = ROU TM Cenei CoA.jpg |area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ghidulprimariilor.ro/ro/businesses/view/city_hall/PRIM%C4%82RIA-CENEI/117698 |title=Primăria Cenei |work=Ghidul Primăriilor}}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 60.13 |elevation_m = |postal_code = 307100–307101 |website = {{URL|https://primariacenei.ro/}} }} '''Cenei''' ({{langx|hu|Csene}}; {{langx|de|Tschene}}; {{langx|sr|Ченеј|Čenej}}; {{langx|hr|Čenej}}) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Bobda and Cenei (commune seat). It also included Checea until 2004, when it was split off to form a separate commune. == History == Cenei is one of the oldest settlements in Banat, first recorded in 1221 as a property of the archdiocese of Ittebe, today in Serbian Banat. By 1330 it belonged to the Sărad Fortress. Cenei was the site of a battle between the Turkish and Austrian troops on 20 August 1696.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ottoman Warfare, 1500-1700 |last=Murphey |first=Rhoads |publisher=Routledge |date=1998 |page=214 |isbn=9781857283891}}</ref>
As of 1720, the natives were mostly Romanians and Serbs. Through the efforts of the Vuketići family, Cenei was colonized with Croats between 1801 and 1820.<ref name="cj-timis">{{cite web |url=http://81.196.33.68/judetul-timis/unitati-administrativ-teritoriale/comuna-cenei.html |title=Fișa Primăriei comunei Cenei pe anul 2020 |work=Consiliul Județean Timiș}}</ref> German settlers arrived here only after 1848,<ref name="cj-timis" /> much later than other nearby settlements. The Hungarian population did not settle here in waves of colonists, but gradually, over a long period of time. Today's village was formed by merging '''Ceneiu Sârbesc''' ("Serbian Cenei"; {{langx|sr|Српски Ченеј|Srpski Čenej}}) and '''Ceneiu Croat''' ("Croatian Cenei"; {{langx|hr|Hrvatski Čenej}}) in 1902.<ref name="cj-timis" />
== Demographics == <div style="float:left"> {{Pie chart |thumb=left |caption=Ethnic composition (2021)<ref name="etnie" /> |label1=Romanians|value1=72.21|color1=#8080ff |label2=Serbs|value2=12.5|color2=#c03f3f |label3=Hungarians|value3=6.12|color3=#80ff80 |label4=Unknown|value4=8.18|color4=#9f9f9f |label5=Others|value5=0.99|color5=#555555}} {{Pie chart |thumb=left |style=clear:none; |caption=Religious composition (2021)<ref name="religie" /> |label1=Orthodox|value1=67.13|color1=#8080ff |label2=Serbian Orthodox|value2=12.57|color2=#c03f3f |label3=Roman Catholics|value3=8.18|color3=#ffff80 |label4=Pentecostals|value4=2.46|color4=#3fc03f |label5=Unknown|value5=8.55|color5=#c0c0c0 |label6=Others|value6=1.01|color6=#9f9f9f |label7=Irreligious, atheists and agnostics|value7=0.1|color7=#555555}} </div> Cenei had a population of 2,760 inhabitants at the 2021 census, up 3.37% from the 2011 census. Most inhabitants are Romanians (72.21%), larger minorities being represented by Serbs (12.5%) and Hungarians (6.12%). For 8.18% of the population, ethnicity is unknown.<ref name="etnie">{{cite web |url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/rezultate-rpl-2021/rezultate-definitive-caracteristici-etno-culturale-demografice/ |title=Populația rezidentă după etnie |website=RPL 2021 |publisher=Institutul Național de Statistică}}</ref> By religion, most inhabitants are Orthodox (67.13%), but there are also minorities of Serbian Orthodox (12.57%), Roman Catholics (8.18%) and Pentecostals (2.46%). For 8.55% of the population, religious affiliation is unknown.<ref name="religie">{{cite web |url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/rezultate-rpl-2021/rezultate-definitive-caracteristici-etno-culturale-demografice/ |title=Populația rezidentă după religie |website=RPL 2021 |publisher=Institutul Național de Statistică}}</ref> {| class="toccolours" |- ! align="center" colspan="2" style="background:#ccccff;" | Census<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kia.hu/konyvtar/erdely/erd2002/tmetn02.pdf |title=Temes megye településeinek etnikai (anyanyelvi/nemzetiségi) adatai 1880-2002 |last=Varga |first=E. Árpád |access-date=2021-09-20 |archive-date=2007-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610213704/http://www.kia.hu/konyvtar/erdely/erd2002/tmetn02.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> ! align="center" colspan="5" style="background:#ccccff;" | Ethnic composition |- ! Year !! Population !! Romanians !! Hungarians !! Germans !! Serbs !! Croats |- | 1880 || 3,892 || 841 || 255 || 1,437 || 1,242 || – |- | 1890 || 4,193 || 833 || 213 || 1,714 || 1,187 || 149 |- | 1900 || 4,233 || 832 || 317 || 1,575 || 1,223 || 114 |- | 1910 || 3,917 || 830 || 304 || 1,205 || 1,446 || 96 |- | 1920 || 950{{efn|Data on Cenei's population missing}} || 669 || 74 || 200 || – || – |- | 1930 || 3,800 || 958 || 236 || 1,216 || 1,196 || – |- | 1941 || 3,609 || 1,087 || 193 || 1,051 || – || – |- | 1956 || 3,554 || – || – || – || – || – |- | 1966 || 3,546 || 1,421 || 374 || 573 || 1,156 || – |- | 1977 || 3,487 || 1,570 || 384 || 468 || 987 || 43 |- | 1992 || 3,091 || 1,915 || 334 || 110 || 683 || 18 |- | 2002 || 2,868 || 1,920 || 299 || 65 || 531 || 17 |- | 2011 || 2,670 || 1,795 || 235 || 39 || 430 || 4 |- | 2021 || 2,760 || 1,993 || 169 || 21 || 345 || 3 |} == Politics and administration == The commune of Cenei is administered by a mayor and a local council composed of 13 councilors. The mayor, Sîrgean Tanasin, from the Social Democratic Party, has been in office since 2020. As from the 2024 local elections, the local council has the following composition by political parties:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://istoric.rezultatevot.ro/elections/116/results?division=locality&countyId=18648&localityId=18729 |title=Alegeri locale 2024 |work=Rezultate Vot}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Seats ! colspan="8" | Composition |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}}" | | Social Democratic Party || '''8''' | style="background-color:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}}" | |- | style="background-color:{{party color|National Liberal Party (Romania)}}" | | National Liberal Party || '''2''' | style="background-color:{{party color|National Liberal Party (Romania)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|National Liberal Party (Romania)}}" | | | | | | | |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Alliance for the Union of Romanians}}" | | Alliance for the Union of Romanians || '''2''' | style="background-color:{{party color|Alliance for the Union of Romanians}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Alliance for the Union of Romanians}}" | | | | | | | |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Union of Serbs of Romania}}" | | Union of Serbs of Romania || '''1''' | style="background-color:{{party color|Union of Serbs of Romania}}" | | | | | | | | |}
== Notable people == * Stefan Jäger (1877–1962), painter * Gheorghe Jurma (b. 1945), literary critic, writer, eminescologist and editor * {{ill|Ioan Ardeleanu|ro}} (1947–2007), poet, prose writer, essayist and founder of ''Banat'' magazine
== Notes == {{Notelist}}
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