Ghimeș-Făget

Ghimeș-Făget Gyimesbükk
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Transylvania
Circle :	Bacau
Coordinates :	46 ° 35 '  N , 26 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 35 '14 "  N , 26 ° 3' 10"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	745  m
Area :	184.85  km²
Residents :	5,094 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	28 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	607205
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 34
License plate :	BC
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Bolovăniș , Făget , Făgetu de Sus , Ghimeș , Răchitiș , Tărhăuși
Mayor :	Vilmoș Gârbea ( PNL )
Postal address :	Loc. Ghimeș-Făget, jud. Bacau, RO-607205

Ghimeș-Făget ( Hungarian Gyimesbükk ) is a municipality in Bacău County in Romania . The seat of the municipality is the village of Făget .

Geographical location

Location of Ghimeş-Făget in Bacau County

The municipality of Ghimeș-Făget is located in the Eastern Carpathians between the Tarcau and Ciucului mountains . On the upper reaches of the Trotuş - a right tributary of the Sereth - Ghimeş-Făget is on the national road ( drum național ) DN 12A and the railway line Sfântu Gheorghe – Siculeni – Adjud about 40 kilometers northwest of the small town of Comăneşti ; the district capital Bacau is located about 100 kilometers east of Ghimeş-Făget.

To the east of the county Bacau in the region of Transylvania in the historical Szeklerland , is the town near the at 1,159  m located Gyimespass . ⊙

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1476. In the historical chair district Felcsíki ( Obercsík ) of the Csík county , the place is about 20 kilometers north of the Ghimeş gorge and the eastern border of the Kingdom of Hungary to Moldova . Here on the right bank of the Trotuș was the Rákóczi border castle built in the 17th century .

The local Catholic parish of the Holy Eucharist runs a parish center there, which was inaugurated in 2008. The Romanian parish is the sponsor community of the Catholic parish of St. Konrad in Bergisch Gladbach-Hand .

population

60% of the inhabitants are Hungarians . In the 2002 census, Ghimeş-Făget registered 5,340 inhabitants, including 2,720 Magyars , 2,522 Romanians , 25 Roma , 71 Tschango and two others.

View of Ghimeș-Făget

Web links

Commons : Ghimeș-Făget, Bacău  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ghimeș-Făget at ghidulprimariilor.ro

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
2. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft-Verlag, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
3. ↑ 2002 census from edrc.ro accessed on December 12, 2015