Poian

Poian
Kézdiszentkereszt

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Covasna

Coordinates :

46 ° 4 ' N , 26 ° 10' E Coordinates: 46 ° 4 '5 " N , 26 ° 9' 39" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

610 m

Area :

59.26 km²

Residents :

1,768 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

30 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

527140

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 67

License plate :

CV

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Poian, Belani

Mayor :

Endre Páll ( UDMR )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 10
loc. Poian, jud. Covasna, RO-527140

Website :

kezdiszentkereszt.ro/index.php/ro/

Poian ( Hungarian Kézdiszentkereszt ) is a municipality in the Covasna district , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Poian is also known by the outdated names Polian and Poiana , and the Hungarian Kézdipolyán and Poján .

Geographical location

Location of the Poian commune in Covasna County

The municipality of Poian is located north of the Kronstadt depression (Depresiunea Brașovului) in the eastern foothills of the Bodoc Mountains (Munții Bodoc) , a part of the Eastern Carpathian Mountains . In the so-called Szeklerland in the north of the Covasna district, Poian is on the Târgu Secuiesc – Brețcu railway line and the DJ 114 district road (Drum județean) seven kilometers north of the small town of Târgu Secuiesc (Szekler Neumarkt) and about 45 kilometers northeast of the district capital Sfântu Gheorghe (Sankt Georgen) away.

history

The village of Poian, mainly inhabited by Szeklern people, was first mentioned in a document in 1332. According to the directory of historical monuments of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Ministerul Culturii și Patrimoniului Național) , north of the place, called Kőhát ( Romanian Panta de Piatră ) by the locals , a settlement in the Late Bronze Age and in the village center in the 2nd and 3rd centuries Century noted.

At the time of the Kingdom of Hungary Poian belonged to the Kézdi chair district in the Háromszék County ( Romanian Comitatul Trei-Scaune ). Then Estelnic belonged to the historical Trei-Scaune (German three chairs ) and from 1950 to today's Covasna district. Until 2005, the municipality of Estelnic to the north belonged to today's municipality of Poian .

There are several mineral water springs with a high proportion of lithium on the Poian area . From 1895 to 1989, the mineral water was bottled with a few interruptions; this was prohibited due to a lack of approvals.

population

The population of the two places of today's municipality developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	2,261	99	2.113	-	49
1941	2,718	3	2.711	4th	-
1966	2.113	6th	2,104	1	2
2002	1,804	11	1,791	-	2
2011	1,768	7th	1,745	-	16

Since 1850 the highest number of inhabitants and that of the Magyars in 1941 have been determined in the area of what are now the two places of the municipality of Poian. The highest number of Romanians and Roma was registered in 1850 and that of Romanian Germans in 1941.

Attractions

In Poian the Roman Catholic church Găsirea Sfintei Cruci , built in 1717, renovated in 1992, and the wooden church Sf. Arhangheli Mihail și Gavril built in 1762, has a 12 meter high wooden tower, both churches are listed.
In the incorporated village of Belani the Roman Catholic Church Sf. Bartolomeu , built in the 15th century, renovated in 1758 and remodeled in the 20th century, is a listed building.