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Baraolt (; hu, Barót, ) 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
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About the town on Covasna County's Prefecture's Site
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About the town on Covasna County's Council's site
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Towns in Romania
Populated places in Covasna County
Localities in Transylvania
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census, Baraolt has a population of 8,567 and an absoluteSzékely 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 8,213 (96%) Hungarians, 237 (3%) Romanians, 100 Roma
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, 15 others). Approximately 47.9% of the town's inhabitants adhere to the Hungarian Reformed Church, while 29.9% follow Roman Catholicism
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, 16.8% consider themselves Unitarians
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and 2.6% are Romanian Orthodox. According to the 2011 Census the ethnic composition of the town was as follows: 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 made up (9,271 (95.87%) Hungarians, 300 (3.1%) Romanians, 84 Roma
Roma or ROMA may refer to:
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** Roma Airport
** Roma Courthouse
** Electoral district of Roma, defunct
** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council
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, 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
External links
*About the town on Covasna County's Prefecture's Site
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About the town on Covasna County's Council's site
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Towns in Romania
Populated places in Covasna County
Localities in Transylvania