Romanian church and the "Gypsy outskirts" or Chertiz, a group of specific houses, along with Serbs and Romanians. At the end of World War II many of the German inhabitants left the village because of Soviet occupation. The inhabitants traveled through Yugoslavia and Hungary for about seven weeks to get to Austria on 1 November 1944. The inhabitants were then assigned families to stay with. By religion, most inhabitants are Orthodox (76.41%), but there are also minorities of Roman Catholics (5.71%), Pentecostals (5.64%), Baptists (1.37%) and Serbian Orthodox (1.23%). For 7.85% of the population, religious affiliation is unknown. Economy The economic activity is a consistent one, supported at local level by 223 firms active in fields such as agriculture, trade, production, software, construction and iron processing, among others. The agricultural area of the commune consists of 3,464 ha of arable land on which cereals are grown: wheat, maize, barley, two-rowed barley, sunflower and rapeseed; 2 ha of orchards with fruit trees and pasture that covers an area of 418 ha. Notable people (1775–1818), priest, teacher and fabulist Aurel Șunda (b. 1957), footballer and manager References Communes in Timiș County Localities in Romanian Banat