Sânsimion (Harghita)

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Sânsimion
Csíkszentsimon
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Sânsimion (Harghita) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Harghita
Coordinates : 46 ° 15 '  N , 25 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 15 '18 "  N , 25 ° 53' 3"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 646  m
Area : 46.30  km²
Residents : 3,482 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 75 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 537285
Telephone code : (+40) 02 66
License plate : MR
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Sânsimion, Cetățuia
Mayor : István-Florin Kozma ( UDMR )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 210
loc. Sânsimion, jud. Harghita, RO-537285
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Sânsimion or old spelling Sînsimion [ ˈsɨnsimion ] (outdated Sântsimon or Simoneşti ; Hungarian Csíkszentsimon or Szentsimon ) is a municipality in Harghita County in Transylvania , Romania .

Geographical location

Location of Sânsimion in Harghita County

The municipality of Sânsimion is located in the Eastern Carpathians in the historical Szeklerland on the upper reaches of the Olt ( Alt ) river. On the left bank of the Alt, on the county road ( drum județean ) DJ 123A and the railway line Sfântu Gheorghe-Siculeni-Adjud , the place is about 12 kilometers southeast of the district capital Miercurea Ciuc ( Szeklerburg ).

history

The place Sânsimion was first mentioned in 1333.

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 2,477 18th 2,436 - 23
1930 2,851 46 2,707 21st 77
1977 3,719 50 3,667 - 2
2002 3,446 51 3,386 - 14th
2011 3,482 38 3,363 - 81

The highest population of today's municipality - and at the same time that of Hungarians - was 1977; that of the Romanians (62) in 1956, that of the Germans in 1930 and that of the Roma (81) in 1966. In addition, in 1900 and 1930, one resident identified himself as a Ukrainian , one in 1900 and one in 1930 as a Slovak .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ^ Dictionary of the localities in Transylvania
  3. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
  4. ↑ Census, last updated November 2, 2008, p. 75 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.1 MB)