Hodoșa

Hodoșa Székelyhodos
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Transylvania
Circle :	Mureș
Coordinates :	46 ° 38 ′  N , 24 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 38 ′ 13 "  N , 24 ° 49 ′ 35"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	430  m
Area :	39.48  km²
Residents :	1,261 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	32 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	547320
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 65
License plate :	MS
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Hodoșa, Ihod , Isla , Sâmbriaș
Mayor :	Ottó Barabási ( UDMR )
Postal address :	Str. Principală, no. 56 loc. Hodoșa, jud. Mureș, RO-547320
Website :	www.hodosa.ro

Hodoșa [ hoˈdoʃa ] (outdated Hodiș ; Hungarian Székelyhodos or Hodos ) is a municipality in the Mureș County , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Hodoșa in Mureș County

The municipality of Hodoșa is located north of the Kokel Highlands (Podișul Târnavelor) in the Transylvanian Basin . At the brook Hodoș , a right tributary of the Niraj (Niersch) , and on the county road (Drum jude nordean ) DJ 135A, the place Hodoșa is 15 kilometers north of the small town Miercurea Nirajului (Sereda) and about 30 kilometers northeast of the district capital Târgu Mureș ( Neumarkt am Mieresch) away. The three incorporated villages are three to seven kilometers from the community center.

history

The place Hodoșa was first mentioned in 1332. No information is recorded on an earlier settlement of the community area, except that an archaeological find from the Bronze Age was assigned to the area of ​​Hodoșa .

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

population

The population of the municipality of Hodoșa developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	2,058	136	1.911	-	11
1920	2,352	100	2.214	-	38
1956	2,729	24	2,636	-	69
2002	1,420	9	1,293	-	118
2011	1,261	13	1,121	2	125

Since 1850, the highest number of inhabitants and that of the Magyars were registered in the area of ​​today's municipality in 1956. The highest population of Romanians was determined in 1850, that of Roma (118) in 2002 and that of Romanian Germans in 2011.

Attractions

• In the community center the Roman Catholic Church , built in the 14th to 18th centuries and rebuilt in the 19th, is a listed building.
• In the incorporated village of Isla (Hungarian Iszló ) the Unitarian church , built in the 17th century, is a listed building.

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  Roman Catholic Church in Hodoșa

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  Unitarian Church in Isla

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  Catholic Church in Isla

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  town hall

Town twinning

The municipality of Hodoșa has partnerships with the Hungarian municipalities Géderlak and Szegi , with the French municipality Venerque and with the Dutch municipality Eijsden .

Web links

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

• Hodoșa at ghidulprimariilor.ro

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
2. ↑ Arcanum Kézikönyvtár: Historical-administrative book of place names of Transylvania, Banat and Partium. Retrieved May 15, 2018 (Hungarian). 
3. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
4. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - Hodosa , accessed on June 8, 2018 (Romanian).
5. ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian)
6. ↑ Information on the Roman Catholic Church in Hodoșa at biserici.org, accessed on June 8, 2018 (Romanian)
7. ↑ ^{a b} List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian)
8. ↑ Information on the Unitarian Church in Isla at biserici.org, accessed on June 8, 2018 (Romanian)
9. ↑ Hodoșa municipality: Localități înfrățite. Retrieved June 8, 2018 (Romanian).