Arcuș ( ) is a commune in

Covasna County Covasna County (, , ) is a county (județ) of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Sfântu Gheorghe. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 210,177, making it the second least populous of Romania's 41 counties and the ...

Transylvania Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and ...

, Romania. Composed of a single village, Arcuș, it became an independent commune when it split from

Valea Crișului Valea Crișului ( ) is a commune in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania composed of two villages: Calnic (''Kálnok'') and Valea Crișului. In 2004, the village of Arcuș split away from Valea Crișului to form an independent commune. Histo ...

in 2004. Arcuș previously formed part of the

Székely Land The Székely Land or Szeklerland (, , Old Hungarian script, Székely runes: 𐲥𐳋𐳓𐳉𐳗𐳌𐳞𐳖𐳇; and sometimes ; ; ) is a historic and ethnographic area in present-day Romania, inhabited mainly by Székelys, a subgroup of Hung ...

region of the historical Transylvania province.

Geography

The commune lies in a hilly area between the

Baraolt Baraolt (; , ) 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 fiv ...

and the mountains, at an altitude of , on the banks of the river Arcuș. It is located in the central-west part of the county, north of the county seat,

Sfântu Gheorghe Sfântu Gheorghe (; or ''Szentgyörgy'' ; ; English lit.: ''Saint George'') is a city that serves as the seat of Covasna County in Transylvania, Romania. Located in the central part of the country, it lies on the Olt River in a valley between ...

. Arcuș is crossed by the

county road A county highway (also county road or county route; usually abbreviated CH or CR) is a road in the United States and in the Canadian province of Ontario that is designated and/or maintained by the county highway department. Route numbering can ...

DJ121B, which runs from Sfântu Gheorghe to Valea Crișului, where it ends in DJ121A. The Arcuș train station serves the CFR Main Line 400, which connects

Brașov Brașov (, , ; , also ''Brasau''; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat (i.e. administrative centre) of Brașov County. According to the 2021 Romanian census, ...

with the northwestern city of

Satu Mare Satu Mare (; ; ; or ) is a city with a population of 102,400 (2011). It is the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania, as well as the centre of the Satu Mare metropolitan area. It lies in the region of Maramureș, broadly part of Transylvania ...

Demographics

The commune has a Székely Hungarian majority. According to the 2011 census, it had a population of 1,527, of which 96.2% or 1,469 were Hungarian. At the 2021 census, Arcuș had a population of 1,722; of those, 88.56% were Hungarians and 4.82%

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, ...

References

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