Gătaia

Gătaia is a town in Timiș County, Banat, western Romania. It is located on the Bârzava River at 52 km (32 mi) from Timișoara and 47 km (29 m) from Reșița.

Gătaia
Town
Gătaia train station
Location in Timiș County
Gătaia
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 45°26′N 21°26′E
CountryRomania
CountyTimiș
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2024) Raul Cozarov[1] (PNL)
Area
143.85 km2 (55.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
5,861
 • Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.TM

Name

In German: Gattaja; in Hungarian: Gátalja; in Serbian: Гатаја / Gataja.

Villages

It administers five villages: Butin (Temesbökény), Percosova (Berkeszfalu), Sculia (Szigetfalu), Șemlacu Mare (Mezősomlyó) and Șemlacu Mic (Vársomlyó). Declared a town in 2004, it also administered four other villages until that time, when they were split off to form Birda Commune.

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±%
2002 8,103—    
2011 5,449−32.8%
Source: Census data

At the 2011 census, 78.1% of inhabitants were Romanians, 11.6% Hungarians, 1% Germans, 0.6% Roma and 8.4% other.

Transport

Train services to Buziaș and Jamu Mare are operated by Regiotrans.

Notable people

It is the birthplace of Adalbert Deșu, a Romanian football striker, who played at the 1930 FIFA World Cup with the Romanian national football team.

References
  1. "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  2. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.


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