Darova
Sign in to saveDarova ( or Darowa; ) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Darova (commune seat), Hodoș and Sacoșu Mare. Ștefănești existed as a separate hamlet from 1885 to 1930, when it was merged into Darova, with Darova Nouă similarly absorbed in 1956.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- commune
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Timiș
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.name
- Darova
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- Daruvár, Nepomuki Szent János-szobor 2022 01.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- The Roman Catholic church with the statue of John of Nepomuk
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- ROU TM Darova CoA.PNG
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Darova jud Timis.svg
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Timiș County
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Viorel-Aurel Cherciu
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2024–
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- PSD
- Romanian subdivision.subdivisions
- Darova, Hodoș, Sacoșu Mare
- Romanian subdivision.established_date
- 1786
- Romanian subdivision.area_total_km2
- 104.59
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 307140–307142
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Darova ( or Darowa; ) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Darova (commune seat), Hodoș and Sacoșu Mare. Ștefănești existed as a separate hamlet from 1885 to 1930, when it was merged into Darova, with Darova Nouă similarly absorbed in 1956.
== History == thumb|left|Bracelets of Sacoșu Mare treasure on display at the National History Museum of Romania In the autumn of 1960, in the Sacoșu Mare area, a local resident accidentally unearthed an Iron Age hoard, attributed to the Hallstatt period (the First Iron Age) and contemporaneous with the presence of the Dacians on the territory of present-day Romania. The hoard comprises 25 gold ingots, jewelry, and wire-ingots, and is currently housed at the National Museum of History in Bucharest.