The territory of the commune is crossed by the Aranca River from east to west, which separates the low plain of subsidence and divagation in two relief levels.

[4] The territory of the commune is located in the Danubian steppe area, at the interference of the ante-steppe sub-zone with the forest-steppe sub-zone, which makes it benefit from a temperate continental climate, with weak Mediterranean influences, manifested by mild winters and not-too-hot summers, the average annual temperature being 10.8 °C (51.4 °F), and the average annual rainfall being 536.3 mm (21.11 in).

[5] The first name of the locality can be explained by the fact that in 1333 the Romanians from Sânpetru Mare had an Orthodox parish and a church dedicated to Saint Peter.

Until the end of the 18th century, German colonists also settled here, some from the neighboring locality of Periam, until they became the second largest community.

The Igriș Monastery was founded by Agnes of Antioch, the first wife of King Béla III of Hungary.

[6] During the regency of King Andrew II (1205–1235), the monastery was renovated and transformed, surrounded by a fortress wall and strong fortifications that can be seen today.

[8] In the summer of 1242 the Mongols occupied the fortified monastery, killed the local nobles who had taken refuge here, but left the monks alive.

After Ögedei Khan's death, which led to the withdrawal of the Mongols, the monks returned and rebuilt the monastery under King Ladislaus II.

The inhabitants of Igriș fought against the Turks under the command of Pál Kinizsi, according to his epistle of 2 July 1494, when they defeated the Turkish armies led by the Wallachian voivode Basarab II on Câmpul Pâinii.

In 1500, Ladislaus II gave the fortress to Bishop Miklós Csáky [hu] of Cenad, with the consent of Parliament and the Pope, which is why the monks left the monastery forever.

In 1551 the fortress was conquered by Mehmed Bey, who destroyed the entire existing fortification, the inhabitants leaving for the most part these lands.

Around 1845 some inhabitants converted to Greek Catholicism and thus a community was formed which in 1912 completed the construction of its own church.

Due to this, in 2004, when steps were taken for the village to regain its commune status, this goal could not be achieved because it did not meet the population criterion, i.e. at least 1,500 inhabitants.