Fântânele is a commune

Communes of Romania

A commune is the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania. There are 2686 communes in Romania. The commune is the rural subdivision of a county .There is no clear restriction on the population of a commune, even though when a commune...

 in Arad County

Arad County

Arad is an administrative division of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crişana and few villages in Banat. The administrative center of the county lies in the city of Arad...

, Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

. The commune is situated on the Vingăi Plateau, on the left bank of the Mureș River

Mureș River

The Mureș is an approximately 761 km long river in Eastern Europe. It originates in the Hășmașu Mare Range in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains, Romania, and joins the Tisza river at Szeged in southeastern Hungary....

. It is composed of two villages: Fântânele (situated 10 km from Arad

Arad, Romania

Arad is the capital city of Arad County, in western Romania, in the Crişana region, on the river Mureş.An important industrial center and transportation hub, Arad is also the seat of a Romanian Orthodox archbishop and features two universities, a Romanian Orthodox theological seminary, a training...

) and Tisa Nouă. It also included Aluniş and Frumuşeni villages until 2004, when they were split off.

Population

According to the 2002 census, the population of the commune is 5692 (4975 Romanians, 378 Hungarians, 159 Slovaks, 112 Germans, 31 Romani and 29 others.

History

The first documentary record of Fântânele dates back to 1457. while Tisa Nouă in 1135.

Economy

Although the economy of the commune is prevalent agricultural, grain, technical crops and fodder-plant growing are widespread, vegetable growing and cattle raising are also practised, and the secondary and tertiary economic sectors have also developed recently.

Tourism

The locality is included in the area with cultural value of national interest.
In Fântânele village one can visit the Roman Catholic church called "Îngerul Păzitor" (1780) and the Kover-Appel castle dating
back to the 19th century with its surrounding park and architectural complex.