Baraolt
| Baraolt Barót |
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|---|---|
| — Town — | |
| Location of Baraolt | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Covasna County |
| Status | Town |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | István Nagy (Independent) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 128.48 km2 (49.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 9,670 |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Hungarians | 95.87% |
| • Romanians | 3.1% |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Website | Official site |
Baraolt (Romanian pronunciation: [baraˈolt]; Hungarian: Barót, Hungarian pronunciation: [bɒroːt]) is a town and administrative district in Covasna County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The town was mentioned for the first time as a settlement in 1224. It administers five villages:
- Biborțeni / Bibarcfalva
- Bodoș / Bodos
- Căpeni / Köpec
- Micloșoara / Miklósvár
- Racoșul de Sus / Felsőrákos
Demographics
According to the 2002 Census, Baraolt has a population of 9,670 and an absolute Székely Hungarian majority (9,271 (95.87%) Hungarians, 300 (3.1%) Romanians, 84 Roma, 15 others).[1] Approximately 47.9% of the town's inhabitants adhere to the Hungarian Reformed Church, while 29.9% follow Roman Catholicism, 16.8% consider themselves Unitarians and 2.6% are Romanian Orthodox.
The town has one high school and a provincial hospital with 82 beds. The hospital's specialties include internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics & gynecology, and paediatrics; it also has an accident and emergency service.
Demographic movement according to the censuses:
External links
- (Romanian) About the town on Covasna County's Prefecture's Site
- (Hungarian) About the town on Covasna County's Concil's site