Covasna County
Covasna ( ) is a Romanian district (Județ) in the Transylvania region with the district capital Sfântu Gheorghe . Its common abbreviation and license plate number are CV.
The Covasna County borders in the north to the Harghita County , in the northeast of the county Bacau , in the east of the county of Vrancea , further to the east and in the south of the county Buzau and in the west and in the south west of the county Braşov .
Demographics
Covasna is the smallest county in Romania by population .
In 2002 Covasna County had 222,449 inhabitants and a population density of 60 inhabitants per km². 75% of the population had Hungarian as their mother tongue, 24% Romanian .
In 2011 the district had 210,177 inhabitants, thus a population density of 57 inhabitants per km².
geography
The district has a total area of 3705 km², which corresponds to 1.55% of the area of Romania. Located in the southeast of the Transylvanian Basin , the Covasna district is located in the Bodoc and Baraolt Mountains and is crossed by the Olt (Alt) river in a north-south direction .
cities and communes
Status of the localities
The Covasna County officially consists of 128 localities. Five of them have city status , 40 that of municipality and the rest are administratively assigned to cities and municipalities.
Biggest places
| City / municipality | Residents |
|---|---|
| Sfântu Gheorghe ( German Sankt Georgen , Hungarian Sepsiszentgyörgy ) | 56.006 |
| Târgu Secuiesc (German Szekler Neumarkt , Hungarian Kézdivásárhely ) | 18,491 |
| Covasna (German Kovasna , Hungarian Kovászna ) | 10.114 |
| Baraolt (Hungarian Barót ) | 8,672 |
| Întorsura Buzăului (German Bodsau , Hungarian Bodzaforduló ) | 7,528 |
| Zagon (ung. Zágon ) | 5,282 |
| Ghelința (German Gälänts , Hungarian Gelence ) | 4,815 |
| Brăduț (Hungarian Bardóc ) | 4,728 |
| Zăbala (German bit village , Hungarian Zabola ) | 4,597 |
| Sita Buzăului (Hungarian Szitabodza ) | 4,584 |
| Sânzieni (Hungarian Kézdiszentlélek ) | 4,582 |
| Vâlcele (Hungarian Előpatak ) | 4,475 |
| Ozun (German Usendorf , Hungarian Uzon ) | 4,430 |
| Bățani (Hungarian Nagybacon ) | 4,403 |
| (As of October 20, 2011) | |
See also
Web links
- Covasna County Council website
- Inspectoratul pentru Situații de Urgență: Plan de analiză și acoperire a riscurilor al județului Covasna. (PDF; 1.7 MB) December 22, 2016, accessed December 27, 2019 (Romanian).
- Maps of Covasna County: [1] ; [2]
Individual evidence
Alba | Arad | Argeș | Bacau | Bihor | Bistrița-Năsăud | Botoșani | Brăila | Brașov | Bucureşti | Buzău | Călărași | Caraș-Severin | Cluj | Constanța | Covasna | Dâmbovița | Dolj | Galați | Giurgiu | Gorj | Harghita | Hunedoara | Ialomița | Iași | Ilfov | Maramureș | Mehedinți | Mureș | Neamț | Olt | Prahova | Sălaj | Satu Mare | Sibiu | Suceava | Teleorman | Timiș | Tulcea | Vâlcea | Vaslui | Vrancea