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| Coordinates region | RO |
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| Subdivision type | Country |
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| Subdivision name | |
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| Timezone | EET |
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| Utc offset | +2 |
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| Timezone dst | EEST |
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| Utc offset dst | +3 |
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| Map caption | Location of Gheorgheni| |
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| Official name | Gheorgheni |
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| Other name | Gyergyószentmiklós| |
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| Image shield | Gyergyoszentmiklós-zaszlo.gif| |
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| Subdivision type1 | County| |
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| Subdivision type2 | Status| |
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| Settlement type | Municipality|| |
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| Leader title | Mayor| |
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| Leader party | Hungarian Civic Party| |
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| Demographics type1 | Ethnicity |
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| Demographics1 title1 | Hungarians |
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| Demographics1 title2 | Romanians |
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| Demographics1 info1 | 87.54% |
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| Demographics1 info2 | 10.79% |
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| Website | http://www.gheorgheni.ro |
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Gheorgheni (, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a municipality in
Harghita County,
Romania.
It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern
Transylvania. Four villages are administratively part of the municipality:
Covacipeter / Kovácspéter
Lacul Roşu / Gyilkostó
Vargatac / Vargatag
Visafolio / Visszafolyó
Nearby are two spectacular natural sites, the beautiful mountain lake Red Lake and Cheile Bicazului, a dramatic narrow canyon through the Eastern Carpathian Mountains forming the border with Neamţ County.
History
The town historically formed part of the
Székely Land region of
Transylvania province. It was first mentioned in 1332. It belonged to the
Kingdom of Hungary, to the
Principality of Transylvania (1557–1765) and the Grand Duchy of Transylvania (1765–1867). Between 1867–1918 it fell within the Kingdom of Hungary. Administratively, the town belonged to
Gyergyószék, then, from 1876 until 1918 to the
Csík County in the Kingdom of Hungary. After WWI, by the terms of the
Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of
Romania and fall within
Ciuc County. As a result of the
Second Vienna Award, it belonged to Hungary again between 1940 and 1944. After WWII, it came under Romanian administration and became part of Romania in 1947. Between 1952 and 1960, it formed part of the
Hungarian Autonomous Province, then, of the Mureş-Hungarian Autonomous Province until it was abolished in 1968. Since then, the commune is part of Harghita County.
Demographics
The municipality has a population of 20,018, of which 87.54% (17,524) are
Székely Hungarians forming a majority. 2,161 or 10.8% are
Romanians..
Demographic movement according to the censuses:
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Twinnings
Békés,
Hungary
Budapest 17th District, Hungary
Cegléd, Hungary
Eger, Hungary
Kiskunmajsa, Hungary
Siófok, Hungary
Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary
Bačka Topola,
Serbia
References
Category:Populated places in Harghita County
Category:Cities in Romania
Category:Székely communities
