Stânceni

Stânceni
Meisterhausen
Gödemesterháza

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Mureș

Coordinates :

46 ° 58 ' N , 25 ° 14' E Coordinates: 46 ° 57 '36 " N , 25 ° 13' 40" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

626 m

Area :

124.56 km²

Residents :

1,450 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

12 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

547575

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 65

License plate :

MS

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Stânceni, Ciobotani , Meştera

Mayor :

Dinu Ciobotă ( PSD )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 37
loc. Stânceni, jud. Mureș, RO-547575

Stânceni old spelling Stînceni [ stɨnˈt͡ʃenʲ ] (outdated Gudea-Meșterhaza ; German Meisterhausen, Hungarian Gödemesterháza ) is a municipality in the Mureș district in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Stânceni in Mureș County

The municipality of Stânceni is located in the northern foothills of the Gurghiu Mountains (Munții Gurghiu) and the southern foothills of the Călimani Mountains (Munții Călimani) - both mountain ranges of the Eastern Carpathians - on the upper reaches of the Mureș (Mieresch) . In the northeast of the Mureș district at the confluence of the Zebrac brook in the Mureș, the village of Stânceni is located on Drum național 15 - section of the European route 578 - and the railway line from Târgu Mureș to Gheorgheni , 12 kilometers west of the city of Toplița (Töplitz) in Harghita district and about 90 kilometers northeast of the district capital Târgu Mureș (Neumarkt am Mieresch) .

The municipality of Stânceni is located in the nature reserve of the Deda-Toplița Gorge , part of the Defileul Mureșului Superior nature park , according to various sources, of 7,733 hectares or 9,156 hectares .

The incorporated villages are each three kilometers from the community center.

history

The town of Stânceni was first mentioned in a document in 1808 or 1874, according to various sources.

In the Kingdom of Hungary , today's municipality belonged to the Régen Felső (Ober-Regen) district in Maros-Torda County , then to the historical Mureș District and, from 1950, today's Mureș District.

The incorporated village of Ciobotani (Schumbau) belonged to the nearby town of Toplița until 1960.

population

The population of the municipality of Stânceni developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	972	882	75	-	15th
1920	1,637	1,082	407	13	135
1966	1,812	1,340	470	-	2
2002	1,547	1,237	269	-	5
2011	1,450	1,208	216	-	26th

Since 1850, the highest number of inhabitants (2,133) was registered in the area of today's municipality in 1910. The highest number of Romanians (1,429) was found in 1977, the Magyars (746) in 1941, the Romanian Germans (73) in 1910 and the Roma (73) in 1941. In addition, 19 Ukrainians were registered when it was admitted in 1910 .

The main occupation of the population is forestry .

Attractions

Apart from the fact that the municipality is the starting point for the Călimani National Park , there are no noteworthy sights in the municipality.

The wooden church built in Stânceni in 1847 was transferred to the monastery of Sf. Ilie relocated to the nearby town of Toplița and is a listed building.