# Cenei

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Not to be confused with [Čenej](/source/%C4%8Cenej) in Vojvodina, Serbia.

**Cenei** (Hungarian: *Csene*; German: *Tschene*; Serbian: Ченеј; Croatian: *Čenej*) is a [commune](/source/Commune_in_Romania) in [Timiș County](/source/Timi%C8%99_County), [Romania](/source/Romania). It is composed of two villages, Bobda and Cenei (commune seat). It also included [Checea](/source/Checea) until 2004, when it was split off to form a separate commune.

## History

Cenei is one of the oldest settlements in [Banat](/source/Banat), first recorded in 1221 as a property of the archdiocese of [Ittebe](/source/Srpski_Itebej), today in [Serbian Banat](/source/Serbian_Banat). By 1330 it belonged to the Sărad Fortress. Cenei was the site of a [battle between the Turkish and Austrian troops](/source/Battle_of_Olasch) on 20 August 1696.[1]

As of 1720, the natives were mostly [Romanians](/source/Romanians) and [Serbs](/source/Serbs). Through the efforts of the Vuketići family, Cenei was colonized with [Croats](/source/Croats) between 1801 and 1820.[2] German settlers arrived here only after 1848,[2] 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"; Serbian: Српски Ченеј) and **Ceneiu Croat** ("Croatian Cenei"; Croatian: *Hrvatski Čenej*) in 1902.[2]

## Demographics

Cenei had a population of 2,760 inhabitants at the 2021 census, up 3.37% from the 2011 census. Most inhabitants are [Romanians](/source/Romanians) (72.21%), larger minorities being represented by [Serbs](/source/Serbs) (12.5%) and [Hungarians](/source/Hungarians) (6.12%). For 8.18% of the population, ethnicity is unknown.[3] By religion, most inhabitants are [Orthodox](/source/Eastern_Orthodox_Church) (67.13%), but there are also minorities of [Serbian Orthodox](/source/Serbian_Orthodox_Church) (12.57%), [Roman Catholics](/source/Roman_Catholic) (8.18%) and [Pentecostals](/source/Pentecostal) (2.46%). For 8.55% of the population, religious affiliation is unknown.[4]

Census[5] 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[a] 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](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_(Romania)), has been in office since 2020. As from the [2024 local elections](/source/2024_Romanian_local_elections), the local council has the following composition by political parties:[6]

Party Seats Composition Social Democratic Party 8 National Liberal Party 2 Alliance for the Union of Romanians 2 Union of Serbs of Romania 1

## Notable people

- [Stefan Jäger](/source/Stefan_J%C3%A4ger) (1877–1962), painter
- [Gheorghe Jurma](/source/Gheorghe_Jurma) (b. 1945), literary critic, writer, eminescologist and editor
- [Ioan Ardeleanu](/source/Ioan_Ardeleanu) (1947–2007), poet, prose writer, essayist and founder of *Banat* magazine

## Notes

1. Data on Cenei's population missing

## References

1. Murphey, Rhoads (1998). *Ottoman Warfare, 1500-1700*. Routledge. p. 214. ISBN 9781857283891.

1. ["Fișa Primăriei comunei Cenei pe anul 2020"](http://81.196.33.68/judetul-timis/unitati-administrativ-teritoriale/comuna-cenei.html). *Consiliul Județean Timiș*

1. ["Populația rezidentă după etnie"](https://www.recensamantromania.ro/rezultate-rpl-2021/rezultate-definitive-caracteristici-etno-culturale-demografice/). *RPL 2021*. Institutul Național de Statistică.

1. ["Populația rezidentă după religie"](https://www.recensamantromania.ro/rezultate-rpl-2021/rezultate-definitive-caracteristici-etno-culturale-demografice/). *RPL 2021*. Institutul Național de Statistică.

1. Varga, E. Árpád. ["Temes megye településeinek etnikai (anyanyelvi/nemzetiségi) adatai 1880-2002"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070610213704/http://www.kia.hu/konyvtar/erdely/erd2002/tmetn02.pdf). Archived from [the original](http://www.kia.hu/konyvtar/erdely/erd2002/tmetn02.pdf) on 2007-06-10. Retrieved 2021-09-20.

1. ["Alegeri locale 2024"](https://istoric.rezultatevot.ro/elections/116/results?division=locality&countyId=18648&localityId=18729). *Rezultate Vot*

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