Sântana de Mureş

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Sântana de Mureș
Marosszentanna
Coat of arms of Sântana de Mureș
Sântana de Mureș (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Mureș
Municipality : local community
Coordinates : 46 ° 35 '  N , 24 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 34 '34 "  N , 24 ° 33' 15"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 319  m
Area : 25.98  km²
Residents : 5,723 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 220 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 547565
Telephone code : (+40) 02 65
License plate : MS
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Structure : Sântana de Mureş, Bărdeşti , Chinari , Curteni
Mayor : Dumitru Moldovan (independent)
Postal address : St. Morii, no. 26
loc. Sântana de Mureș, jud. Mureș, RO-547565
Website :

Sântana de Mureș old spelling Sîntana de Mureș [ sɨntˈana de mureʃ ] ( Hungarian Marosszentanna and Szentanna ) is a municipality in the Mureș district in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Sântana de Mureş in the Mureş district

The municipality of Sântana de Mureș is located in the Transylvanian Basin north of the Kokel Highlands (Podișul Târnavelor) . In the center of the Mureș district at the confluence of the Iceni brook in the Mureș (Mieresch) and a little east of the Drum național 15E , the place Sântana de Mureș is located about three kilometers north of the district capital Târgu Mureș (Neumarkt am Mieresch) .

history

The place Sântana de Mureș, founded by Szekler , was first mentioned in 1332. On the area of ​​the place was a burial ground from the 3rd or 4th century; numerous archaeological finds associated with the migration period . A Roman road in the area of ​​Sântana de Mureş runs in a north-easterly direction to Călugăreni, a village belonging to the municipality of Eremitu . Roman roads are also present on the area of ​​the incorporated villages Chinari (Schlossberg) and Curteni (Hungarian Udvarfalva ).

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the place was owned by the Hungarian noble family Lázár .

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

population

The population of the municipality of Sântana de Mureș developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 1,837 1,088 613 - 136
1930 2,988 1,453 1,444 - 91
1977 4,316 1,834 2,333 - 149
2002 4,266 1,887 1,984 3 392
2011 5,723 2,868 2,309 8th 538 (Roma 387)

Since 1850, the area of ​​today's municipality has had the highest number of inhabitants and, at the same time, that of the Romanians in 2011. The highest number of Magyars was found in 1977, that of Romanian Germans (18) in 1880 and that of Roma (391) in 2002.

Attractions

  • In Sântana de Mureș the reformed church was built at the end of the 13th and beginning of the 14th century and is a listed building.
  • On the grounds of the unincorporated village of Chinari a Wallenburg built in the 9th or 13th century, about two kilometers northwest from the village, and 13 built the Protestant church to the 16th century and renovated in 1911, are listed buildings.

  • View of Sântana de Mureș

  • Reformed Church in Sântana de Mureș

  • Chinari Reformed Church

  • Reformed Church in Curteni

  • town hall

Personalities

  • Ion Chinezu (1894–1966), writer

Web links

Commons : Sântana de Mureș  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
  2. ↑ a b Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
  3. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Sântana de Mureș accessed on October 21, 2018 (Romanian)
  4. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - Chinari , accessed October 21, 2018 (Romanian).
  5. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - Curteni , accessed on 21 October 2018 (Romanian).
  6. ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian)
  7. ↑ a b List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
  8. ↑ Information on the Reformed Church in Chinari at biserici.org, accessed on October 21, 2018 (Romanian)
  9. ↑ Ion Chinezu at uniuneascriitorilor-filialacluj.ro