Vinga

Vinga is a commune in Arad County, western Romania, south of the county seat of Arad, with a population of five,828 population. Vinga is located within the northern phase of the Banat. The human beings in Vinga are mainly Romanians, the second one largest ethnic group being Hungarians. There is a Bulgarian minority of Catholic faith, called the Banat Bulgarians, who have historically been the dominant ethnicity in Vinga. The first proof of Vinga's lifestyles as a small village dates lower back to 1231 A.D. After Vinga changed into destroyed via Turks throughout the enlargement of the Ottoman Empire, Vinga turned into repopulated in the yr 1741 with one hundred twenty five households of ethnic Bulgarians from Chiprovtsi, joined later through Romanians from the encompassing region.

After World War I, a majority of these Bulgarian families moved to Arad and Timişoara. After World War II, more and more Bulgarians moved to Vinga and began to own large and essential pieces of land inside the vicinity. During the communist regime of Nicolae Ceauşescu, the authorities promised to contribute and renovate Vinga in order that it is able to be recognized as a small city.