Baraolt (Covasna)
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Baraolt Barot |
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 Romania
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| Historical region : | Transylvania | ||||
| Circle : | Covasna | ||||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 4 ' N , 25 ° 36' E | ||||
| Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | ||||
| Height : | 482 m | ||||
| Area : | 128.48 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 8,672 (October 20, 2011) | ||||
| Population density : | 67 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Postal code : | 525100 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+40) 02 67 | ||||
| License plate : | CV | ||||
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| Community type : | city | ||||
| Structure : | 5 districts / cadastral communities: Biborțeni , Bodoș , Căpeni , Micloșoara , Racoșul de Sus | ||||
| Mayor : | Barna-András Lázár-Kiss ( UDMR ) | ||||
| Postal address : | Libertății street, no. 2 loc. Baraolt, jud. Covasna, RO-525100 |
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| City Festival : | May | ||||
Baraolt ( German outdated Boralth , Hungarian Barót ) is a city in the Covasna district in Transylvania , Romania .
location
Baraolt is located in the historic Szeklerland in a valley ( Depresiunea Baraolt ) named after the city in the Eastern Carpathians between the Harghita Mountains in the northeast, Baraolt in the southeast and Perșani in the west. The district capital Sfântu Gheorghe is located about 30 km southeast.
history
The oldest archaeological finds in the region date from the Eneolithic and the Bronze Age . There is also evidence of a settlement from the time of the Roman Empire . Baraolt was first mentioned in 1224 under the name Boralt in the golden charter of the Hungarian King Andreas II . Baraolt is named there as the border of the area to be settled by the Transylvanian Saxons ; however, the place was probably mainly inhabited by Szeklers from the beginning . The place later belonged to the Principality of Transylvania and Austria-Hungary . The presence of Wallachian families has been documented since 1614 and the Romanian name since 1787. In the 19th century, an economic boom began due to the mining of lignite - low-quality hard coal. After the end of the First World War , Baraolt came to Romania in 1918/20. From 1940 to 1944 the place became part of Hungary again for a short time through the Second Vienna Arbitration and was located directly on the Romanian border. Romanian sources reported reprisals against the local Romanian minority during this period. In 1968 Baraolt received city status.
Today Baraolt lives from mining, agriculture, bottling mineral water, wood processing, the textile industry and trade.
population
In 1850, 5540 inhabitants were registered in the area of today's city, of which 1849 lived in Baraolt, the remaining 3691 in the villages that are now incorporated. 4946 were Hungarians , 399 Romanians and 175 Roma . The population grew by 1992 (10,493). At the 2002 census there were still 9,670 people living in Baraolt, 5914 of them in the city proper and 3,756 in the cadastral communities. 9271 described themselves as Hungarians, 300 as Romanians, 84 as Roma and eleven as Romanian Germans .
traffic
Baraolt does not have its own rail connection. The Augustin train station on the Teiuș – Brașov railway line is about 5 km away. There are regular bus connections to Sfântu Gheorghe, Brașov and Budapest .
Attractions
- museum
- Catholic Church (1564)
- catholic chapel (1755)
- Reformed church in the Biborțeni district (13th / 14th century)
- Reformed church in the district of Căpeni (14th century)
