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Fărău
Fărău (; ) is a commune located in northeastern part of Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Fărău, Heria (''Hari''), Medveș (''Nagymedvés''), Sânbenedic (''Magyarszentbenedek'') and Șilea (''Magyarsülye''). The commune is situated on the Transylvanian Plateau, on the border with Mureș County, at a distance of from the county seat, Alba Iulia. It lies at the divide between the Mureș River and Târnava Mică River valleys. The Fărău river, a left tributary of the Mureș, flows through the commune. Fărău borders to the east and northeast Bichiș commune, to the southeast Jidvei commune, to the south and southwest Șona commune, to the west Hopârta commune, and to the north and northwest Noșlac commune. According to the census from 2011 there was a total population of 1,569 people living in this commune, of which 69.66% were ethnic Romanians, 22.18% ethnic Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fărău (river)
The Fărău () is a left tributary of the river Mureș in Transylvania, Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to .... It discharges into the Mureș near Noșlac. Its length is and its basin size is . Its name means ''"Hot Creek"'' in Hungarian. References Rivers of Romania Rivers of Alba County {{Alba-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hopârta
Hopârta (; ) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 1,128 as of 2021. It is composed of five villages: Hopârta, Silivaș (''Mikószilvás''), Șpălnaca (''Ispánlaka''), Turdaș (''Oláhtordos''), and Vama Seacă (''Szárazvámtanya''). Geography The commune is situated on the Transylvanian Plateau, in the northeastern corner of the county. The river Fărău flows north through Vama Seacă, discharging into the Mureș near Noșlac. Hopârta has the following neighbors: the town of Ocna Mureș to the west and northwest, Noșlac commune to the northeast, Fărău and Șona communes to the east, and Lopadea Nouă commune to the south and southeast. It is traversed by county road DJ107E, which connects the city of Aiud, to the west, to Vama Seacă, and then on via DJ107D, to Ocna Mureș. is traversed by county road DJ107E, which connects the city of Aiud Aiud (; , , Hungarian pronunciation: ; ) is a city located in Alba County, Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mureș (river)
The Mureș () or Maros (; German: ''Mieresch'', ) is a river in Eastern Europe. Its drainage basin covers an area of .Analysis of the Tisza River Basin 2007 IPCDR It originates in the Hășmașu Mare Range in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains, , rising close to the headwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noșlac
Noșlac (; ) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Căptălan (''Maroskáptalan''), Copand (''Maroskoppánd''), Găbud (''Gábod''), Noșlac, Stâna de Mureș (''Maroscsúcs''), and Valea Ciuciului (''Zilahipatak''). Geography The commune lies on the Transylvanian Plateau, on the left bank of the river Mureș, close to where the river Fărău flows into the Mureș. Noșlac is located in the northeastern corner of Alba County, on the border with Cluj and Mureș counties. It is situated east of the town of Ocna Mureș and north of the county seat, Alba Iulia Alba Iulia (; or ''Carlsburg'', formerly ''Weißenburg''; ; ) is a city that serves as the seat of Alba County in the west-central part of Romania. Located on the river Mureș (river), Mureș in the historical region of Transylvania, it has a .... References Communes in Alba County Localities in Transylvania {{Alba-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alba County
Alba County () is a county (județ) of Romania located in the historic region of Transylvania. Its capital is Alba Iulia, a city with a population of 63,536. Name "Alba", meaning "white" in Latin and Romanian, is derived from the name of the city of Alba Iulia. In Hungarian language, Hungarian, the county is known as ''Fehér megye'' (fehér also meaning white), and in German language, German as ''Kreis Karlsburg''. Geography This county has a total area of , with mountains occupying about 59% of its surface. The Apuseni Mountains are in the northwest; the northeastern side of the Parâng Mountains group – the Șureanu Mountains, Șureanu and Cindrel Mountains, Cindrel mountains – are in the south. In the east there is the Transylvanian Plateau with deep but wide valleys. The three main elements are separated by the Mureș (river), Mureș River valley. The main rivers are the Mureș (river), Mureș River and its tributaries, the Târnava, the Sebeș (river), Sebeș, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commune In Romania
A commune (''comună'' in Romanian language, Romanian) is the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania. There are 2,686 communes in Romania. The commune is the rural subdivision of a Counties of Romania, county. Urban areas, such as towns and cities within a county, are given the status of ''Cities in Romania, city'' or ''Municipality in Romania, municipality''. In principle, a commune can contain any size population, but in practice, when a commune becomes relatively urbanised and exceeds approximately 10,000 residents, it is usually granted city status. Although cities are on the same administrative level as communes, their local governments are structured in a way that gives them more power. Some urban or semi-urban areas of fewer than 10,000 inhabitants have also been given city status. Each commune is administered by a mayor (''primar'' in Romanian). A commune is made up of one or more villages which do not themselves have an administrative function. Communes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Romanian Census
The 2021 Romanian census () was a census held in Romania between 1 February and 31 July 2022, with the reference day for the census data set at 1 December 2021. The census was supposed to be done in 2021, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania in order to avoid census takers from getting infected when coming into contact with ill or quarantined people. It was the first census held in Romania in which data was collected online, something that had support among Romanian youth. The census was divided into three phases: one in which personal data of the Romanian population was collected from various sites; another in which the population was to complete more precise data such as religion, in which town halls would help the natives of rural areas to answer the census; and a third one in which census takers would go to the homes and households of those who did not register their data online. Data for this census was planned not to be collected on paper, but inste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romani People In Romania
Romani people in Romania, locally and pejoratively referred to as the (), constitute the second largest ethnic minority in the country (the first being Hungarians). According to the 2021 census, their number was 569,477 people and 3.4% of the total population. The size of the total population of people with Romani ancestry in Romania is even more, with different estimates varying from 4.6 percent to over 10 percent of the population, because many people of Romani descent do not declare themselves Roma. For example, in 2007 the Council of Europe estimated that approximately 1.85 million Roma lived in Romania, based on an average between the lowest estimate (1.2 to 2.2 million people) and the highest estimate (1.8 to 2.5 million people) available at the time. This figure is equivalent to 8.32% of the population. On the other hand, less than half are native speakers of the Romani language. Origins History, genetics and linguistics all indicate the Roma originate from northern Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungarians In Romania
The Hungarian minority of Romania (, ; ) is the largest Minorities of Romania, ethnic minority in Romania. As per the 2021 Romanian census, 1,002,151 people (6% of respondents) declared themselves Hungarian, while 1,038,806 people (6.3% of respondents) stated that Hungarian language, Hungarian was their mother tongue. Most Hungarians, ethnic Hungarians of Romania live in areas that were parts of Hungary before the Treaty of Trianon of 1920. Encompassed in a region known as Transylvania, the most prominent of these areas is known generally as Székely Land (; ), where Hungarians comprise the majority of the population. Transylvania, in the larger sense, also includes the historic regions of Banat, Crișana and Maramureș. There are forty-one counties of Romania; Hungarians form a large majority of the population in the counties of Harghita County, Harghita (85.21%) and Covasna County, Covasna (73.74%), and a large percentage in Mureș County, Mureș (38.09%), Satu Mare Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanians
Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, common culture and Cultural heritage, ancestry, they speak the Romanian language and live primarily in Romania and Moldova. The 2021 Romanian census found that 89.3% of Romania's citizens identified themselves as ethnic Romanians. In one interpretation of the 1989 census results in Moldova, the majority of Moldovans were counted as ethnic Romanians as well.''Ethnic Groups Worldwide: A Ready Reference Handbook By'' David Levinson (author), David Levinson, Published 1998 – Greenwood Publishing Group.At the time of the 1989 census, Moldova's total population was 4,335,400. The largest nationality in the republic, ethnic Romanians, numbered 2,795,000 persons, accounting for 64.5 percent of the population. Source U.S. Library of Congres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Romanian Census
The 2011 Romanian census was a census held in Romania between 20 and 31 October 2011. It was performed by some 120,000 census takers in around 101,000 statistic sectors throughout the country established by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Romania. Preparations started already in 2009, and it was announced that the process would not end until 2014. Anyone who did not answer questions in the census questionnaire would be fined between 1,500 and 4,500 Romanian lei, although 4 of the 100 questions related to the respondent's ethnicity, mother language, religion, and possible disabilities were not mandatory. Preliminary results were released once on 2 February 2012 and again on 20 August 2012. The final definitive result of the census came out on 4 July 2013, showing that, among other things, Romania had lost 1,559,300 people since the 2002 census, consequently having 20,121,641 inhabitants. Some people like sociologist Vasile Ghețău, director of the Center of Demog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bichiș
Bichiș (, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Bichiș, Gâmbuț (''Gombostelke''), Nandra (''Lándor''), and Ozd (''Magyarózd''). The commune is situated on the Transylvanian Plateau, at an altitude of , on the banks of the river Ațintiș. It is located in the southwestern part of Mureș County, south of the town of Luduș and from the county seat, Târgu Mureș, on the border with Alba County. Bichiș had a population of 1,039 at the 2002 census, and 805 at the 2011 census. 2011 census results, |
