Păuliş 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

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, is situated in the contact zone of the Mureș Couloir with the Aradului Plateau and Zărand Mountains. The administrative territory of the commune is 12,806 hectares. The commune centre is situated at 25 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...

. It is composed of four villages: Baraţca, Cladova, Păuliş and Sâmbăteni.

Population

According to the last census, the population of the commune counts 4148 inhabitants, out of which 92,3% are Romanians, 3,2% Hungarians, 2,7% Roms, 1,3% Germans and 0,5% are of other or undeclared nationalities.

History

The first documentary record of Păuliș dates back to 1333. Baraţca was attested documentarily in 1913, Cladova in 1308, while Sâmbăteni in 1138.

Economy

The commune's present-day economy can be characterized by a powerful dynamic force with significant developments in all the
sectors present in the commune. In agriculture vine-growing occupies a significant proportion, Baraţca village being a well-known viticultural and wine-growing centre. The industry of building materials is represented by the exploitation of granite and diorite in Cladova and Baraţca.

Tourism

TheAmong the main sights are the Heroes Monument in Păuliș put up to the memory of the Romanian soldiers killed in the battles in 1944 while defending the Mureș couloir, the dendrologic park with rare species of yew-tree, magnolia and Himalayan pine, the reinforced settlement and the church dating from the 14-16th centuries situated on the Carierei Hill in Cladova, as well as the famous blindages in Sâmbăteni dating back to the Dacian-Roman period.