Chichiș

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Chichiș
Kökös
Coat of arms of Chichiș
Chichiș (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Covasna
Coordinates : 45 ° 47 '  N , 25 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 46 '33 "  N , 25 ° 48' 42"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 506  m
Area : 20.64  km²
Residents : 1,537 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 74 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 527075
Telephone code : (+40) 02 67
License plate : CV
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Chichiș, Băcel
Mayor : Gyula Sánta ( UDMR )
Postal address : Str. Europe no. 103
loc. Chichiș, jud. Covasna, RO-527075
Website :

Chichiș [ ˈciciʃ ] ( Hungarian Kökös ) is a municipality in Covasna County , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Chichiș in Covasna County

The municipality of Chichiș is located southeast of the Transylvanian Basin in the Kronstadt Depression (Depresiunea Brașovului) in the historic Szeklerland . In the southwest of the circle Covasna the river Râul Negru (Schwarzenbach) is Chichis located at the mouth of the national road drum naţional 12 in the drum naţional 11 and the railway line Braşov-Sfântu Gheorghe-Târgu Secuiesc 12 kilometers south of the circle capital Sfântu Gheorghe (Saint Georgen) away.

history

The place Chichiș was first mentioned in a document in 1461.

According to the archaeologist Zoltán Székely , archaeological finds on the area, known by the locals as După anini (Hungarian Egermege ; in German Behind the Alder ), point to prehistory . Finds from the Bronze and Roman Ages can be found in the Muzeul Național Secuiesc (Szekler National Museum) in the district capital of Sfântu Gheorghe.

At the time of the Kingdom of Hungary Chichiş belonged to the Sepsi chair district in the Háromszék County ( Romanian Comitatul Trei-Scaune ). Subsequently, Micfalău belonged to the historical Trei-Scaune (German three chairs ) and from 1950 to today's Covasna district.

In 2014, 78% of households in the community center were connected to the drinking network and around 70% to the sewage network. Since the sewer system was in poor condition, most households had their own septic tanks . In the incorporated village of Băcel (in Hungarian : Kökösbácstelek ) there was no drinking or sewage network.

population

The population of the municipality of Chichiș developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 881 318 541 - 22nd
1930 1,859 965 888 6th -
1966 2.135 930 1,198 4th 3
2002 1,697 812 864 - 21st
2011 1,537 579 818 2 138 (Roma 9)

Since 1850, the highest number of inhabitants in the area of ​​today's municipality was determined in 1966. The highest number of Magyars (1,310) and Romanian Germans (8) were registered in 1941, Romanians in 1930 and Roma (22) in 1850.

Attractions

Town twinning

Chichiș maintains partnerships with the Hungarian towns of Bucsa in Békés county and Olaszfalu in Veszprém county .

Web links

Commons : Chichiș  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB).
  2. Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
  3. Information on Zoltán Székely at lexikon.kriterion.ro, accessed on January 21, 2020 (Hungarian).
  4. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Chichiș , accessed January 21, 2020 (Romanian).
  5. Strategia de dezvoltare locală a comunei Chichiș, pentru perioada 2015–2020. (PDF; 2.2 MB) Accessed January 21, 2020 (Romanian).
  6. Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian).
  7. Information on the Unitarian Church in Chichiș at biserici.org, accessed on January 21, 2020 (Romanian).
  8. a b List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture , updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian).
  9. Information on the wooden church in Chichiș at biserici.org, accessed on January 21, 2020 (Romanian).
  10. Information on the Reformed Church in Chichiș at biserici.org, accessed on January 21, 2020 (Romanian).
  11. Information on partnerships on the website of the Chichiș municipality , accessed on January 21, 2020 (Romanian).