Șagu (, ) is a commune in Arad County, Romania, is situated on the Vingăi Plateau and it stretches over . It is composed of five villages: Cruceni (Temeskeresztes; Kreuzstätten), Firiteaz (Féregyház), Fiscut (Temesfűzkút), Hunedoara Timișană, and Șagu (situated at 15 km from Arad).
Population
According to the 2002 census, commune had 3,862 inhabitants, out of which 91.5% were Romanians, 3.8% Hungarians, 2.7% Roma, 1.2% Germans, and 0.8% were of other or undeclared nationalities. At the 2021 census, Șagu had a population of 3,863; of those, 82.68% were Romanians, 6.94% Roma, and 1.63% Hungarians.
History The first documentary record of Șagu dates back to 1333. Cruceni was attested documentarily in 1772, Firiteaz in 1256, Fiscut in 1493, while Hunedoara Timișană in 1925.
Natives (1920–2013), historian and academic
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