Atid ( hu, Etéd, ) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.

Component villages

The commune is composed of five villages:

History

From ancient times the area was populated by

Dacians The Dacians (; la, Daci ; grc-gre, Δάκοι, Δάοι, Δάκαι) were the ancient Indo-European inhabitants of the cultural region of Dacia, located in the area near the Carpathian Mountains and west of the Black Sea. They are often consid ...

. After the

Roman conquest of Dacia The Dacian Wars (101–102, 105–106) were two military campaigns fought between the Roman Empire and Dacia during Emperor Trajan's rule. The conflicts were triggered by the constant Dacian threat on the Danubian province of Moesia and also by ...

, the Romans imposed their control in the area by constructing a fort known as Praetoria Augusta in

Inlăceni Atid ( hu, Etéd, ) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. Component villages The commune is composed of five villages: History From ancient times the area w ...

village. The fort was discovered in 1858. Josephinische Landaufnahme pg160

The villages were historically part of the Székely Land region of Transylvania province. They belonged to

Udvarhely Udvarhely (german: Oderhellen) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was ''Székelyudvarhely'' (now Odorheiu Secuiesc). Geogr ...

district until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when they fell within

Udvarhely County Udvarhely (german: Oderhellen) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was ''Székelyudvarhely'' (now Odorheiu Secuiesc). Geogr ...

in the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, they became part of Romania and fell within

Odorhei County Odorhei County was a county (Romanian: '' județ'') in the Kingdom of Romania. The county seat was Odorheiu Secuiesc. Geography Odorhei County covered 2,977 km2 and was located in central part of Greater Romania, in eastern part of the historical ...

during the interwar period. In 1940, the second Vienna Award granted

Northern Transylvania Northern Transylvania ( ro, Transilvania de Nord, hu, Észak-Erdély) was the region of the Kingdom of Romania that during World War II, as a consequence of the August 1940 territorial agreement known as the Second Vienna Award, became part of ...

to Hungary, which held it until 1944. After Soviet occupation, the Romanian administration returned, and the commune became officially part of Romania in 1947. Between 1952 and 1960, the commune fell within the Magyar Autonomous Region, between 1960 and 1968 the Mureș-Magyar Autonomous Region. In 1968, the province was abolished, and since then, the commune has been part of Harghita County. The Reformed church was built in 1802, on the site of a 17th-century church destroyed in the great fire of 8 September 1792. The Roman Catholic parish church was built in 1876 in honor of St. Michael. Its tower was completed in 1889. The village used to be famous for its weekly fairs.

Demographics

The commune has an absolute

Székely Székely may refer to: *Székelys, Hungarian people from the historical region of Transylvania, Romania **Székely Land, historic and ethnographic area in Transylvania, Romania * Székely (village), a village in northeastern Hungary *Székely (sur ...

Hungarian majority. According to the 2002 census it has a population of 2,837 of which 98.37% or 2,791 are Hungarian.

Villages

Atid

Atid ( hu, Etéd) had 1228 inhabitants at the 2011. File:RO HR Drumul Atia-Atid (8).jpg, Road Atia-Atid File:RO HR Atid (13).jpg, Street in Atid File:RO HR Atid (23).jpg, Townhall File:RO HR Atid (16).jpg, School File:RO HR Biserica reformata din Atid (88).jpg, Reformed church File:RO HR Biserica reformata din Atid (50).jpg, Reformed church interior File:RO HR Atid (31).jpg, Street in Atid File:RO HR Atid (20).jpg, Székely gate

Inlăceni

Inlăceni ( hu, Énlaka, Hungarian pronunciation: ) had 228 inhabitants in 1992, all of them Székely Hungarians. As in the village's vicinity, most inhabitants belong to the Unitarian Church of Transylvania.Árpád E. Varga: Ethnic statistics
/ref> Image:Enlaka1.JPG, Unitarian church image:enlaka2.jpg, Unitarian church interior image:enlaka3.jpg, Unitarian church interior image:enlaka4.jpg, Székely runes

References

{{Communes of Harghita County Communes in Harghita County Localities in Transylvania Székely communities