Câmpeni (
German: ''Topesdorf'';
Hungarian: ''Topánfalva'') is a town in
Alba County,
Transylvania,
Romania. The town administers 21 villages: Boncești, Borlești, Botești (''Botesbánya''), Certege (''Csertés''), Coasta Vâscului, Dănduț, Dealu Bistrii, Dealu Capsei, Dric, Fața Abrudului, Florești, Furduiești, Mihoești, Motorăști, Peste Valea Bistrii, Poduri, Sorlița, Tomușești, Valea Bistrii, Valea Caselor, and Vârși (''Virs'').
History
The town has historical significance as the capital of the "
Țara Moților" region. It is believed to be the site where the
Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan (1784–1785) started. Horea was born near Câmpeni in the village that used to be called Arada (since renamed to Horea). His cellar is a tourist attraction in the town.
During the
Transylvanian revolution of 1848
Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...
, Câmpeni was the political and military stronghold of
Avram Iancu
Avram Iancu (; hu, Janku Ábrahám; 1824 – September 10, 1872) was a Transylvanian Romanian lawyer who played an important role in the local chapter of the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848–1849. He was especially active in the Țara Mo ...
, a revolutionary leader of the Transylvanian Romanians' national movement. The Avram Iancu Museum is located in the town.
Economy
The town is a regional center for
lumber exploitation and the furniture industry. Even though the town is located in a mining region the mining industry is not part of its industrial heritage. Câmpeni is growing in popularity as a tourist center.
Demographics
At the
2021 census, Câmpeni had a population of 6,569. According to the
census from 2011, the town had a total population of 6,942; of those, 96.52% were ethnic
Romanians, 3.35% ethnic
Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnicities
* Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule
* Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...
, and 0.08% ethnic
Hungarians.
Natives
*
Valeriu Moldovan (1875–1954), lawyer and politician
*
Rubin Patiția (1841–1918), lawyer and political activist
*
Iosif Trifa (1888–1938), Romanian Orthodox priest and evangelist
*
Valerian Trifa (1914–1987), archbishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church in America and Canada, member of the
Iron Guard
The Iron Guard ( ro, Garda de Fier) was a Romanian militant revolutionary fascist movement and political party founded in 1927 by Corneliu Zelea Codreanu as the Legion of the Archangel Michael () or the Legionnaire Movement (). It was strongly ...
Climate
Câmpeni has a warm-summer
humid continental climate (''Dfb'' in the
Köppen climate classification).
References
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Populated places in Alba County
Localities in Transylvania
Towns in Romania