Târgu Secuiesc
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Târgu Secuiesc Szekler Neumarkt Kézdivásárhely |
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 Romania
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| Historical region : | Transylvania | ||||
| Circle : | Covasna | ||||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 0 ' N , 26 ° 8' E | ||||
| Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | ||||
| Height : | 570 m | ||||
| Area : | 55.39 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 18,491 (October 20, 2011) | ||||
| Population density : | 334 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Postal code : | 525400 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+40) 02 67 | ||||
| License plate : | CV | ||||
| Structure and administration (as of 2016) | |||||
| Community type : | Municipality | ||||
| Structure : | 1 District / cadastral municipality: Lunga | ||||
| Mayor : | Tiberiu Bokor ( UDMR ) | ||||
| Postal address : | Piața Gábor Áron, no. 24 loc. Târgu Secuiesc, jud. Covasna, RO-525400 |
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Târgu Secuiesc old spelling Tîrgu Secuiesc [ ˈtɨrɡu ˈsekuiesk ] (outdated Târgul Săcuilor ; Hungarian Kézdivásárhely , German Szekler Neumarkt ) is a town in the Covasna district in the Transylvania region in Romania .
history
The city was first mentioned in 1407 as "Torjawasara". “Târg” in Romanian and “vásárhely” in Hungarian mean market , proof of the importance of the market town in the Middle Ages.
population
The population in the Târgu Secuiesc area developed as follows:
| census | Ethnic composition | ||||
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| year | population | Romanians | Hungary | German | other |
| 1850 | 5,667 | 24 | 5,409 | 24 | 210 |
| 1930 | 7,364 | 281 | 6,826 | 58 | 199 |
| 1992 | 22,912 | 1,818 | 20,998 | 19th | 77 |
| 2002 | 20,488 | 1,601 | 18,633 | 19th | 235 |
| 2011 | 18,491 | 1,293 | 16,292 | 12 | 894 |
Since 1850 the highest number of inhabitants and at the same time that of the Magyars and Romanians were registered in the area of today's district in 1992. The highest number of Romanian Germans was determined in 1930 and that of Roma (280) in 2011.
Personalities
- János Bányai (1886–1971), geologist, founder and editor of the Székelység magazine
- Kató Havas (1920–2018), violinist and violin teacher
- Iosif Csapó (* 1938), politician
- Ioan Robu (* 1944), Roman Catholic Archbishop and Metropolitan of Bucharest
- Béla Markó (* 1951), poet and politician
- Gergely Kovács (* 1968), Roman Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Alba Iulia
Town twinning
Târgu Secuiesc has partnerships with the Hungarian cities of Mezőhegyes (since 1990), Szentendre (since 1990), Kisvárda (since 1992), Gyöngyös (since 1995), Mezőkövesd (since 1997), Hatvan (1998), Nagyatád (since 2000), Paks (since 2004), the Budapest district of Terézváros (since 2011) and the Dutch city of Maassluis .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
- ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian)
- ↑ Information on János Bányai at mek.oszk.hu , accessed on November 11, 2018 (Hungarian)
- ↑ Information on Iosif Csapó on the website of the Romanian House of Representatives , accessed on November 11, 2018 (Romanian)
- ↑ Information on town twinning on the town's website , accessed on November 11, 2018 (Romanian)
