Rodna

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Rodna
Altrodenau
Óradna
Rodna Coat of Arms
Rodna (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Bistrița-Năsăud
Coordinates : 47 ° 25 '  N , 24 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 25 '18 "  N , 24 ° 48' 44"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 584  m
Area : 225  km²
Residents : 5,777 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 26 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 427245
Telephone code : (+40) 02 63
License plate : BN
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Rodna, Valea Vinului
Mayor : Valentin Iosif Grapini ( PSD )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 756
loc. Rodna, jud. Bistrița-Năsăud, RO-427245
Website :

Rodna ( German Altrodenau , Hungarian Óradna ) is a municipality in the Bistrița-Năsăud district in Romania .

location

Rodna is located in northern Transylvania in the Rodna Mountains on the Great Somesch River . About 30 km to the east is the 1271  m high Rotunda Pass, which separates the Rodna from the Suhard Mountains.

history

On March 31, 1241, the inhabited city founded by Transylvanian Saxons was sacked and destroyed by Mongols during their invasion of the Kingdom of Hungary, and the population was abducted. After that the place was rebuilt and mostly inhabited by Hungarians, Romanians and Jews.

population

The vast majority of the population in the municipality calls themselves Romanians. In the 2002 census, 5628 of the 6313 inhabitants at that time declared themselves to be Romanian , 582 to Hungarian , 8 to German, 1 to Ukrainian , 1 to Serbian , 2 to Slovak , 2 to Polish and 1 to Armenian nationality. 88 called themselves gypsies.

traffic

The national road DN 17D runs through Rodna. The train station is at the western entrance to the town. This is where the Beclean pe Someş – Rodna Veche railway ends .

Attractions

  • Look at the old rum. Church and ruins of the basilica

  • New Romanian Church, consecrated in 1965

  • Railway station and Rodna Mountains

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ^ Censuses in Transylvania 1850–2002
  3. ↑ Florian Porcius in the web presentation of the Romanian Academy