Socol

For other uses, see Sorin Socol.

See also: Sokol

Socol
—  Commune  —
Location in Caraş-Severin County
Socol Location in Romania
Coordinates: 44°51′N 21°23′E / 44.85°N 21.383°E / 44.85; 21.383
Country	Romania
County	Caraş-Severin County
Population (2002)[1]
– Total	2,301
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Socol (Romanian: Socol, Serbian: Сокол/Sokol, or Соколовац/Sokolovac, Hungarian: Nérasolymos) is a commune in Caraş-Severin County, Romania (in the Clisura Dunării area of Banat). In 2002, the population of the commune (comprising five villages) numbered 2,301 people and its population was ethnically mixed. It is composed of five villages: Baziaş, Câmpia, Pârneaura, Socol and Zlatiţa.

Sokol means "hawk" in Serbian. The commune is officially bilingual, with both Romanian and Serbian being used as working languages on public signage and in administration, education and justice.

Demographics

In 2002, population included:^[2]

• 49.54% Serbs
• 43.15% Romanians
• 4.60% Czechs
• 1.21% Hungarians

Baziaş

Baziaş (Serbian: Базјаш, Bazjaš; Hungarian: Báziás) is a village of Socol commune, notable as the place where the Danube enters Romania, and where, in 1854, the first railway line was opened on the territory of present-day Romania—the line ran from Baziaş to Oraviţa, at a time when the area was under Austrian administration. The village has a significant Serbian heritage, being the site of Baziaş Monastery, said to have been founded in 1225 by Saint Sava while on a brief refuge there, and rebuilt several times.^[3] The local forest includes several protected plant species.

Natives

• Miodrag Belodedici (b. 1964), a former world-class soccer player.

See also

• Caraş-Severin County
• Clisura Dunării
• Serbs in Romania

References

1. ^ (Romanian) "Socol", at the Erdélyi Magyar Adatbank's Recensământ 2002; Retrieved on August 22, 2009
2. ^ 2002 census data
3. ^ (Romanian) Baziaş at Enciclopedia Banatului

Coordinates: 44°51′N 21°23′E / 44.85°N 21.383°E / 44.85; 21.383