Covasna (city)
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Covasna Kovasna Kovászna |
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| Historical region : | Transylvania | ||||
| Circle : | Covasna | ||||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 51 ' N , 26 ° 10' E | ||||
| Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | ||||
| Height : | 560 m | ||||
| Area : | 158 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 10,114 (October 20, 2011) | ||||
| Population density : | 64 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Postal code : | 525200 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+40) 02 67 | ||||
| License plate : | CV | ||||
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| Community type : | city | ||||
| Structure : | 1 District / cadastral municipality: Chiuruș | ||||
| Mayor : | Jósef Gyerő ( UDMR ) | ||||
| Postal address : | St. Piliske, no. 1. loc. Covasna, jud. Covasna, RO-525200 |
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Covasna ( , German Kovasna , Hungarian Kovászna ) is a Romanian city with around 10,000 inhabitants in the Covasna district .
Geographical location
Covasna is located approx. 35 kilometers east of the district capital Sfântu Gheorghe at 500 m and belongs to the Szeklerland ( Székelyföld ), an area of Transylvania that is mainly inhabited by Hungarians and is still strongly influenced by the former rule of the Habsburg monarchy . The Austria-Hungary border ran just a few kilometers east of Covasna.
population
The population is made up of Hungarians (60%), Romanians (35%) and Roma (5%).
economy
Covasna is one of the former tourist strongholds of Romania. After the collapse of communism, most of the old hotels were abandoned and some were replaced by new facilities, including modern 4-star hotels. Covasna is called the “city of 1000 springs” because in different places in the city area partly natural and partly carbonated mineral water flows out of the earth. The place is also known for a special range of cures: Gases that rise from the earth through mofettes are used to treat other diseases, especially cardiovascular diseases.
Other important branches of the economy are agriculture and the wood industry. The latter was particularly favored by a snow storm in 2005. Large parts of the forest that surrounds Covasna were destroyed by wind breaks. The necessity of transporting wood led to the emergence of numerous companies in the wood processing sector.
Furthermore, PepsiCo established a plant in Covasna and provides a range of beverages here forth.
leisure
There are many leisure and sports opportunities in the Covasna area (skiing, horse riding, snowmobiling, quad biking, hunting, fishing, etc.).
Personalities
The researcher Sándor Csoma (1784–1842), who traveled to India in the 19th century to research the origins of the Hungarian language , was born near Covasna in the village of Csomakőrös.
Web links
- Covasna at ghidulprimariilor.ro (Romanian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Romania: Covasna (result of the 2011 census in Romania). From citypopulation.de, accessed on October 6, 2016
