Hodac

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Hodac
Görgényhodák
Hodac does not have a coat of arms
Hodac (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Mureș
Coordinates : 46 ° 46 '  N , 24 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 46 '28 "  N , 24 ° 55' 22"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 463  m
Area : 97.68  km²
Residents : 5,104 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 52 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 547310
Telephone code : (+40) 02 65
License plate : MS
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Hodac, Arșița , Bicașu , Dubiștea de Pădure , Mirigioaia , Toaca , Uricea
Mayor : Ioan Farcaș ( PMP )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 89
loc. Hodac, jud. Mureș, RO-547310
Website :

Hodac (outdated Hodacul Gurghiului ; Hungarian Görgényhodák ) is a municipality in the Mureș County , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Hodac in Mureș County

The municipality of Hodac is located in the western foothills of the Gurghiu Mountains (Munții Gurghiu) east of the Reener Ländchen , in the northeast of the Mureș district. On the Gurghiu, a left tributary of the Mureș (Mieresch) and on the county road (drum județean) DJ 153H, the place Hodac is 15 kilometers east of the city of Reghin (Saxon Rain) and about 50 kilometers northeast of the district capital Târgu Mureș (Neumarkt am Mieresch) removed.

history

The place Hodac was first mentioned in documents in 1453. An earth wall on the area of ​​the community center could not yet be assigned to an era.

In the Kingdom of Hungary , today's municipality belonged to the Régen alsó (Lower Rain) district in Maros-Torda County , then to the historical Mureș District and, from 1950, today's Mureș District.

Hodac is also the center of traditional flute making with around 200,000 flutes produced in the 1980s.

On March 19, 1990, residents of the place transported to Târgu Mureș by bus took part in the escalation between Hungarians and Romanians as a result of the end of the Ceausescu dictatorship .

population

The population of the municipality of Hodac developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 1,196 1,145 - - 51
1900 2,632 2,508 33 21st 70
1930 3,857 3,631 11 2 213
1966 5,077 5,049 11 - 17th
2002 4,981 4,960 8th 2 11
2011 5,104 5,018 4th - 82

The highest number of inhabitants has been registered in the area of ​​today's municipality since 1850 and that of Romanians in 1966. The highest number of Magyars was (50) in 1890, that of Romanian Germans in 1900 and that of Roma (201) in 1941.

The main occupation of the population is livestock, agriculture and forestry.

Town twinning

According to its own information, the French municipality of Bressuire has had a partnership with the municipality of Hodac since 1990. The municipality of Hodac does not provide any information on partnerships.

Web links

Commons : Hodac  - 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. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - Hodac , accessed October 3, 2018 (Romanian).
  4. ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian)
  5. ↑ Municipality of Bressuire: Les villes jumelées. ville-bressuire.fr, accessed on October 3, 2018 (French).
  6. ↑ dorgo: O înfrățire culturală 'cu cântec'! (A cultural partnership 'incorrect'!). amfostacolo.ro, August 14, 2010, accessed October 3, 2018 (Romanian).