Atid (, ) is a commune in

Harghita County Harghita County (, and , ) is a county () in the center of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Miercurea Ciuc. Demographics 2002 census In 2002, Harghita County had a population of 326,222 and a population density of ...

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. It lies in the

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, an ethno-cultural region in eastern

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. The route of the

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passes through the village of Inlăceni, which is administered by Atid commune.

Component villages

The commune is composed of five villages:

History

From ancient times the area was populated by

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. After the Roman conquest of Dacia, the Romans imposed their control in the area by constructing a

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known as Praetoria Augusta in Inlăceni village. The fort was discovered in 1858. Josephinische Landaufnahme pg160

The villages were historically part of the

region of

province. They belonged to Udvarhely district until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when they fell within Udvarhely County in the

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...

. After the

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of 1920, they became part of

and fell within Odorhei County during the interwar period. In 1940, the

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granted

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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 was part of 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 Hungarian majority. According to the 2002 census it had a population of 2,837, of which 98.37% or 2,791 were

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...

. At the 2021 census, Atid had 2,594 inhabitants; of those, 88.13% were Hungarians and 1.31% Roma.

Villages

Atid

Atid ( 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 (, 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