OIKONYMS IN THE CURVATURE CARPATHIAN RURAL AREA. POPULATION AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES. ARGUMENTATION
Journal Title: Revue Roumaine de Géographie/Romanian Journal of Geography - Year 2017, Vol 61, Issue 1
Abstract
The Curvature Carpathians represent an important historical and geographical area, continuously populated since times immemorial. Humanisation of the area has been an ongoing process, as proven also by the horizontal and vertical expansion of settlements. The region has a remarkable demographic potential, its 840,000 inhabitants being disseminated in 271 villages grouped by 90 communes, as well as in 19 cities and towns. This mountainous zone is dominated by the village, a permanent settlement both in terms of number, distribution in the territory and economic activities (mainly agro-pastoral). Arguments in this respect are sustained by the wealth of settlements and the linguistic origin of most words. Inside the Curvature Carpathian area, toponymy stands proof, alongside other ancient Dacian and Daco-Roman names, also of many Slavicrooted ones. The fact that few place-names are of Hungarian origin suggests the continuous habitation by Romanians of the area’s settlements, even after the Szechlers had arrived. Oikonyms reflect the local relief, waters, vegetal cover, as well as the community’s social and historical life.
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MIHAELA PERSU, DANIELA NANCU
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