Dorobanți, Arad

Dorobanți Kisiratos
Commune
Dorobanți Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46.35°N 21.2333°E / 46.35; 21.2333
Country	Romania
County	Arad
Population  (2021-12-01)[1]	1,509
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.	AR

Dorobanți (Hungarian: Kisiratos) is a commune in Arad County, Romania. Dorobanți commune lies in the Arad Plateau and it stretches over 2780 hectare. It is composed of a single village, Dorobanți, split off from Curtici town in 2004. It is situated at 25 km from Arad.

Population

According to the last census the population of the commune counts 1618 inhabitants. From an ethnical point of view it has the following structure: 8.59% are Romanians, 89.3% Hungarians and 1.27% are of other or undeclared nationalities.

History

The first documentary record of the locality dates back to 1454.

Economy

The commune's present-day economy can be characterized by a powerful dynamic force with significant developments in all the sectors present in the commune. Dorobanți is known as an important agricultural centre of the region.

References

1. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.