Banloc
Sign in to saveBanloc (; ; Banat Swabian: Paanlack; ) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Banloc (commune seat), Ofsenița, Partoș and Soca.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- commune
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Timiș
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.name
- Banloc
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Lucian Trifonescu
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2016–
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- PNL
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Banloc jud Timis.svg
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Timiș County
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- 2007 castel banloc.JPG
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- Karátsonyi Castle in Banloc
- Romanian subdivision.area_total_km2
- 125.87
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 307010–307016
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- Climate
- Flora and fauna
- History
- Banloc
- Ofsenița
- Partoș
- Soca
- Demographics
- Politics and administration
- Education and culture
- Notes
- References
Banloc (; ; Banat Swabian: Paanlack; ) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Banloc (commune seat), Ofsenița, Partoș and Soca.
== Etymology == The name Banloc was originally born by the fusion of two words: the name of the god Pan and the word "loc" (place), "Pan's place". Later, when "pan" became "ban", it kept the original meaning of a master. The Panloc castle became the Banloc castle, name preserved until now. There is a bas-relief above one of the access doors in the basement of the castle, bas-relief depicting the god Pan playing the syrinx. Also, statues in the form of fauns used to guard the alleys of the park; fragments of these are currently held at the Museum of Banat in Timișoara, along with several other statues of the same origin.