Vețca

Vețca
Vitzka
Székelyvécke

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Mureș

Coordinates :

46 ° 21 ' N , 24 ° 47' E Coordinates: 46 ° 21 '7 " N , 24 ° 47' 23" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

379 m

Area :

37.49 km²

Residents :

892 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

24 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

547640

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 65

License plate :

MS

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Vețca, Jacodu , Sălașuri

Mayor :

Pál Fekete ( UDMR )

Postal address :

Str. Principală nr. 140
loc. Vețca, jud. Mureș, RO-547640

Website :

www.primariavetca.ro

Vețca [ ˈvet͡ska ] ( German Vitzka , Hungarian Székelyvécke ) is a municipality in the Mureș district , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

The place Vețca is also known under the Hungarian name Vécke .

Geographical location

Location of Vețca municipality in Mureș County

The municipality Vețca is located in the Kokel Valley (Podișul Târnavelor) in the Transylvanian Basin . Veca is located on the creek of the same name and the district road (Drum județean) DJ 134, 15 kilometers south of the small town Sângeorgiu de Pădure (Sankt Georgen auf der Heide) and about 40 kilometers southeast of the district capital Târgu Mureş (Neumarkt am Mieresch) .

history

The place Vețca was first mentioned in 1301. After the Reformation , the Hungarian aristocratic Horváth family convinced the Unitarian village population to convert to Catholicism in the 18th century .

A settlement on the territory of the municipality Vetca is on the site Cetate (Váruta hegy) of the unincorporated village Jacodu (Hungarian-Sacken) to the early history dates back. Archaeological finds on the area of the incorporated village are assigned to the Neolithic and Bronze Age . In the area of the incorporated village of Sălașuri ( Székelyszállás in Hungarian ), archaeological finds made of silver were ascribed to the era of the Great Migration and in the area of Vețcas to the Bronze Age.

In the list of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, finds of a settlement in the incorporated village of Sălaşuri near Cărămidărie (Hungarian Teglas dülo ) date back to the Latène period.

In the Kingdom of Hungary , places of today's municipality belonged to the Homoród chair district in the Udvarhely County and then to the historical Odorhei district and, from 1950, to the present-day Mureș district.

population

The population of Vețca municipality developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	2.010	89	1,920	-	1
1941	2.224	32	2.165	-	27
1992	972	22nd	905	-	45
2002	862	13	785	-	64
2011	892	12	757	-	123

The highest number of inhabitants has been recorded in the area of today's municipality since 1850 and that of the Magyars in 1941. The highest number of Romanians was registered in 1850, Roma (98) in 2011 and Romanian Germans (11) in 1910.

Attractions

The Roman Catholic Church built in 1741 in the community center is worth seeing ; it is a listed building, otherwise there is no noteworthy object to be mentioned in the area of the community.