Săcele

Săcele
Seven villages
Négyfalu

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Brașov

Coordinates :

45 ° 37 ' N , 25 ° 41' E Coordinates: 45 ° 37 '3 " N , 25 ° 41' 16" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

717 m

Area :

320 km²

Residents :

30,798 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

96 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

505600

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 68

License plate :

BV

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

Municipality

Mayor :

Virgil Popa ( PSD )

Postal address :

St. Piața Libertății, no. 17
loc. Săcele, jud. Brașov, RO-505600

Website :

www.municipiulsacele.ro

Săcele ( German Siebendörfer , Hungarian Négyfalu and formerly Szecseleváros ) is a city in Romania in the Brașov district , which belongs to the Transylvania region. Its center is located around 15 kilometers south-east of the city center of Brașov , the western district of Baciu has merged with the outskirts of the city. In terms of area, Săcele is the third largest city in Romania.

Cityscape

View of Săcele

Church of the Dormition of Mary ( Biserica Sfânta Adormire a Maicii Domnului ) in the Satulung district

The German place name Siebendörfer has its origin in seven localities that were probably created to secure the border. These seven localities have the following Romanian, Hungarian and German name: Baciu / Bácsfalu / Batsch village , Turches / Türkös / door Eschendorf , Cernatu / Csernátfalu / Zernsdorf , Satulung / Hosszúfalu / Langendorf , Tărlungeni / Tatrang / Tatrang , Purcareni / Pürkerec / Pürkeretz and Zizin / Zajzon / Zuisendorf .

In 1950 the administrative merger of Baciu , Turcheș , Cernatu and Satulung to the city of Săcele (the Hungarian name of the city of Négyfalu means "four villages"). The other three of the seven villages now form the municipality of Tărlungeni .

Since 2013, the city council has not been able to decide to display a coat of arms for the city until 2015.

population

In 1850 there were 17,212 people living in the area of today's city, of whom 9985 described themselves as Romanians , 6340 as Hungarians and 872 as Roma . In the 2002 census, 29,915 inhabitants were registered, of which 21,364 Romanians, 7164 Hungarians and 1291 Roma and 75 Germans . Unofficial estimates, however, assume around 10,000 Roma who live in four settlement areas on the outskirts.

Sports

In the village there is the Trambuline ski jumping facility, a former training center for young jumpers of the Romanian national team. After parts of the facility were stolen in 2006, it is falling into disrepair.

Town twinning

France Vire , France
Hungary Kisújszállás , Hungary

Personalities

Johann Michael Hoffinger (1723–1756), plague doctor who treated the inhabitants of Săcele during the plague epidemic 1755–1756, member of the learned society " Leopoldina "
Iosif Boroș (* 1959), handball player.