Iecea Mare
History
The first recorded mention of a settlement named Uche dates from 1317. This settlement existed throughout the Middle Ages, as shown by numerous medieval documents reminiscent of Wche (1417), Ewcze (1467), Eqche (1479). After the expulsion of the Turks from Banat, one cannot speak of a settlement, but there was the Jetsa estate, as shown by Count Mercy's map of 1723.
The present-day village was founded in 1767 by Councilor Johann Wilhelm Edler von Hildebrand, who brought German settlers from Lorraine, Luxembourg, Trier, Bavaria, etc., for whom he built 202 houses. The Germans named some areas of the village and the streets after their origin. Thus, there were Österreich ("Austria") and Haszrundel areas and Luxembourg, Trier, Bakowa, Kirchen, Nei, Periam, Lefelstadt, Yeger, Schwarzwald ("Black Forest") and Letzte ("last arrived") streets. In 1779 the name Gross Jetscha ("Great Iecea") also appears, and the locality is assigned to Torontál County. In 1836, there was a cholera epidemic that killed about 100 locals.
Demographics
Religious composition (2011)
Iecea Mare had a population of 2,231 inhabitants at the 2011 census, down 4% from the 2002 census. Most inhabitants are Romanians (84.18%), with a minority of Roma (5.24%). For 9.73% of the population, ethnicity is unknown. By religion, most inhabitants are Orthodox (74.9%), but there are also minorities of Pentecostals (5.87%), Roman Catholics (5.06%), Adventists (2.24%) and Greek Catholics (1.88%). For 9.73% of the population, religious affiliation is unknown.
| Census | Ethnic composition | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Population | Romanians | Hungarians | Germans | Roma |
| 1880 | 3,297 | 24 | 21 | 3,193 | – |
| 1890 | 3,431 | 30 | 20 | 3,329 | – |
| 1900 | 3,099 | 38 | 68 | 2,923 | 68 |
| 1910 | 2,535 | 34 | 48 | 2,360 | 81 |
| 1920 | 2,549 | 47 | 5 | 2,412 | – |
| 1930 | 2,289 | 38 | 11 | 2,107 | 130 |
| 1941 | 2,355 | 59 | 69 | 2,051 | – |
| 1956 | 3,056 | – | – | – | – |
| 1966 | 3,173 | 1,573 | 21 | 1,411 | 161 |
| 1977 | 2,986 | 1,610 | 23 | 1,162 | 187 |
| 1992 | 2,297 | 1,907 | 25 | 115 | 243 |
| 2002 | 2,315 | 2,008 | 24 | 37 | 239 |
| 2011 | 2,231 | 1,878 | 9 | 8 | 117 |
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