Ronaț
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45°45′22″N 21°10′13″E / 45.7561888°N 21.1702519°E Ronaț (Hungarian: Rónáctelep; German: Ronaz)[1] is a district located on the western outskirts of Timișoara. It is a district where houses and villas predominate, which means a low population density,[2] although there are also a few apartment blocks with 800–1,000 residents.[3] It has a mixed population of Romanians, Germans, Hungarians, Serbs, and Roma.[3]
A rural settlement from the Daco-Roman era (2nd–4th centuries AD) and an incineration necropolis from the Early Middle Ages (10th–11th centuries) were discovered here in the 1980s.[4] Both were listed in the National Register of Historic Monuments in 2004.[5]
Ronaț appeared around 1900 as a workers' colony. The history of this district is closely linked to CFR, most of Ronaț's inhabitants being at some point its employees and their families.[6] The CFR Pavilions were built in the 1930s. Initially, they served as homes for CFR staff, being later converted into a halt mainly for commuters.[7] The current station, from which Ronaț got its name, is today a freight terminal.[8] During the communist period, Ronaț was proposed for demolition, the tram line was removed and construction permits were no longer issued.[9]
