Baraolt
Baraolt
Barót | |
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 Location in Covasna County | |
  Baraolt Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 46°4′30″N 25°36′0″E / 46.07500°N 25.60000°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Covasna |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Barna-András Lázár-Kiss[1] (UDMR) |
| Area | 128.48 km2 (49.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[2] | 7,730 |
| • Density | 60/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Vehicle reg. | CV |
| Website | primariabaraolt |
Baraolt (Romanian pronunciation: [baraˈolt]; Hungarian: Barót, pronounced [ˈbɒroːt] ) is a town and administrative district in Covasna County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The town was mentioned for the first time as a settlement in 1224. It administers five villages:
- Biborțeni / Bibarcfalva
- Bodoș / Bodos
- Căpeni / Köpec
- Micloșoara / Miklósvár
- Racoșul de Sus / Felsőrákos
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census, Baraolt has a population of 8,567 and an absolute Székely Hungarian majority 8,213 (96%) Hungarians, 237 (3%) Romanians, 100 Roma, 15 others).[3] Approximately 47.9% of the town's inhabitants adhere to the Hungarian Reformed Church, while 29.9% follow Roman Catholicism, 16.8% consider themselves Unitarians and 2.6% are Romanian Orthodox. According to the 2011 Census the ethnic composition of the town was as follows: Székely Hungarian made up (9,271 (95.87%) Hungarians, 300 (3.1%) Romanians, 84 Roma, 15 others).
The town has one high school and a provincial hospital with 82 beds. The hospital's specialties include internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics & gynecology, and paediatrics; it also has an accident and emergency service.
Demographic movement according to the censuses:
References
- ^ "Results of the 2016 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
- ^ "Census data 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
External links
- (in Romanian) About the town on Covasna County's Prefecture's Site
- (in Hungarian) About the town on Covasna County's Council's site
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