Pădureni (until 1965 Lighed;[4] Hungarian: Temesliget; German: Paduren; Ukrainian: Гусарька; Turkish: Erdevik) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania.

[5] It borders Șag to the north, Liebling to the east, Jebel to the south and Parța to the northwest.

[6] At the same time, there is a village called Mira (1310), now disappeared, which legend has it was destroyed in a Turkish raid.

After this moment no other data are known until 1761, when it appears again mentioned with the name Lighed or Temeslighed and a number of 312 houses.

[8] According to historian Nicolae Ilieșiu [ro], after the conquest of Banat by the Austrians, the locality was systematized by Count Mercy, from where until then the village was a "clog" on Trajan's Wall in the area called Iarc.